WITH A statement win at the Prefontaine Classic yesterday, Jamaican sprint hurdler Ackera Nugent said she is pleased with her form this season but will be taking a month-long break from the track to allow herself time to rest. Nugent toppled a...
ALTHOUGH SET to switch his allegiance from Jamaica to Turkey, men’s Olympic shot put bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell believes Jamaica has the talent to become a global force in the throws events. However, he said more will need to be done to...
FACED WITH the uphill task of facing the England Lionesses without several of his more experienced players, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr said the goal for today’s match will be finding the balance between being competitive and developing...
WITH THE Concacaf W Qualifiers set to begin in October later this year, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr said he is looking to bolster the national programme with several new faces to the squad. Busby was speaking in a pre-match press...
THE JAMAICA Football Federation (JFF) has earned high praise from the region’s governing body Concacaf following the relaunch of their Coaching Education Programme on Thursday. The JFF celebrated the relaunch at the Jaguar Land Rover Showroom in...
HAVING ALREADY won game one of the semifinals in the National Basketball League, Urban Knights’ head coach Oniel Brown said it will be business as usual when they take to the court in game two today against St George’s Slayers at the National...
WITH HIS team surviving a late scare against Guadeloupe in Friday’s Concacaf Gold Cup fixture, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren was critical of what he deemed inconsistent performances from his players. Jamaica recovered from their opening...
With the 2025 Reinas Cup set to kick off tomorrow, founder Neo Oxford said its record of producing national youth players and providing a path for overseas opportunities has made the competition a standard-bearer for developing women’s football in...
IN A contest which lacked the usual pace from the Reggae Boyz, Jamaica got the better of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) 1-0 at the A.O. Shirley Recreational Ground to book their spot in the third round of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers (WCQ)....
SOUTH AFRICA’S Bayanda Walaza has been catching headlines following his breakthrough season in track and field. However, the teenage sensation is a self-described student of the sport, determined to learn all he can about the art of sprinting....
STANDING AS one of the premier female junior powerlifters in Jamaica, Anna-Kay Brown is ready to blaze a trail as she boldly declares, in a male-dominated sport, that women can be strong too. Brown is currently preparing for the North American...
AFTER WHAT WAS a sometimes feisty Unity Cup final at the Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford, the Reggae Boyz failed to come from behind for a third time in the game, falling 5-4 on penalties to Nigeria following a hard-fought 2-2 draw in...
WHILE ANNOUNCING his squad for the upcoming Unity Cup in England last week, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren said the window of opportunity for Ravel Morrison’s return to the national programme is still open, under the right conditions. Over...
ACROSS A career spanning over a decade and a half, Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has faced several challenges in life. The one she finds the most fulfilling however, is finding the right balance between being a mother and a world-...
CRAIG BUTLER, technical director of Vere Phoenix United, says he will defend the claims made in a defamation lawsuit filed by Cavalier’s sporting director Rudolph Speid in the Civil Division of the Supreme Court on Friday. In the lawsuit, Speid...
MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy’s victory celebrations at the final of the inaugural KFC U17 Elite Cup were overshadowed, thanks to a fight between players just seconds after the final whistle at Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Mount...
JAMAICAN SPRINT hurdler Ackera Nugent became the second Jamaican to win a Grand Slam Track (GST) title as she took home the women’s short hurdles race group title by amassing 18 points across her two events at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miami,...
THE FOUR semi-finalists in the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Major League will be decided today as the second legs of the quarter-final round get under way. All four games in the first leg played last week had ended in a tie,...
WITH THE results of an investigation into a series of games involving Mount Pleasant yet to be released, teams in the fight for relegation, as well as play-off spots in the Jamaica Premier League,have no choice but to treat today’s final round of...
OLYMPIC SILVER medallist Kishane Thompson said he now knows where he will need to improve as he opened his 2025 season in the men’s 100 metres, clocking 9.99 seconds to place second at the Shanghai Diamond League yesterday. Thompson, who started...
WITH TWO games remaining in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) regular season, the matter of relegation is yet to be decided with five clubs still hanging precariously over the drop zone. Molynes United, Dunbeholden, Harbour View, Chapelton Maroons,...
STANDING AS one of the more storied clubs in the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), Santos’ relegation to the Major League came as a shock to many. Yet, administrators at the club believe their poor fortunes could be a blessing in...
UPON HER arrival to Jamaica on Friday night at the Norman Manley International Airport, president of the Pan American Boxing Confederation, Elise Seignolle, hailed Jamaica as one of the leading nations in the Caribbean. Seignolle is on the island...
JAMAICAN TRIPLE jumper Jordan Scott achieved a new personal best in the men’s triple jump, his 17.27 metres leading him to the top of the podium at the Xiamen Diamond League yesterday. Scott got the better of World Indoors silver medallist Zhu...
WITH JUST one point separating the teams ranked ninth to 13th in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) regular season standings, today’s fixtures could prove pivotal in the fight for survival. Five teams are looking to avoid the drop, with Harbour View...
