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West Indies’ Romario Shepherd on the go during his innings of 49 runs off 34 balls during the third T20 International cricket match against New Zealand at Saxton Oval in Nelson, New Zealand, on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

Rain puts paid to West Indies comeback chances

NELSON, New Zealand (CMC): WEST INDIES will now have to fight to level their T20I series against New Zealand after the fourth match was rained out on Sunday. Only 6.3 overs were possible before heavy…
West Indies captain Shai Hope.
December 9, 2025

Hope pleased with West Indies’ T20I progress

NELSON, New Zealand (CMC): WEST INDIES white-ball captain Shai Hope says he is satisfied with his team’s recent T20I performances and the progress they have been making. His comments came after…
Emergency personnel from Coral Springs and Coconut Creek on scene where a plane crashed in the Windsor Bay community in Coral Springs on Monday, November 10, 2025. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
December 9, 2025

Update | 2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighbourhood

A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two…
Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens smiles before his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle.
December 9, 2025

Legendary NBA coach Wilkens passes

SEATTLE (AP): LENNY WILKENS, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said on Sunday. He was 88. The family said…
JTA president, Mark Malabver.
December 9, 2025

JTA allocates $35 million to assist hurricane-affected teachers

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has announced the allocation of an initial $35 million to support teachers severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. JTA says this initial sum was approved at a…
Atlético Madrid’s Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring his side’s third goal during a Champions League opening phase football match against Union Saint-Gilloise in Madrid, Spain last Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

US football invasion hits Atlético Madrid

MADRID (AP): ATLÉTICO MADRID are about to come under American ownership. Apollo Sports Capital, an asset management company, will become the Spanish club’s majority shareholder early next year,…
File photo.
December 9, 2025

May Pen, St Ann’s Bay and Santa Cruz tax offices reopen

The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that its May Pen, St Ann’s Bay, and Santa Cruz tax offices have now joined other locations that have been reopened following the passage of Hurricane…
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives at the Interlagos race track ahead of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
December 9, 2025

Ferrari boss says Hamilton, Leclerc need to ‘focus on driving and talk less’

MILAN (AP): LEWIS HAMILTON and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less”, Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warned yesterday after both of the team’s drivers failed to finish the…
US President Donald Trump (centre) gestures to the crowd alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in L
December 9, 2025

Trump booed at regular-season NFL game

LANDOVER, Maryland (AP): DONALD TRUMP became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit…