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Published 6 hours ago by Spencer Darlington/Senior Reporter

Sunshine Girl Beckford eager to start third Super League stint

Sunshine Girl Shanice Beckford believes she will enter the 2027 Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) League in Australia a much improved player compared to when she first competed in the league in 2024. The 31-year-old goal attack recently signed with former champions West Coast Fever, having previously played in the league in 2024 and 2025.

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Mount Pleasant’s head coach Theodore Whitmore.
Updated 47 minutes ago by Gregory Bryce

‘Pressure is a gift’ - Whitmore expects Mt Pleasant to handle defending champions crown

Mount Pleasant Football Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore insists his team will not be weighed down by the pressure that comes with being defending champions as they seek to rebound from a…
Amoy McKenzie (right) dribbles away from an opponent during a Jamaica Women’s Premier League football match.
Updated 49 minutes ago by Karen Madden

More than her scars - Football turns McKenzie’s fight for survival into new journey

Amoy McKenzie’s entire life has been defined by struggle. As an infant, she miraculously survived a catastrophic incident that left her with life-threatening burns and permanent scars across her body.…
Dr Jubilee Brown-Service, president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association.
Updated 50 minutes ago by Edmond Campbell

JMDA warns of growing frustration over delayed IDT judgment

Dr Jubilee Brown-Service, the newly appointed president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), says the association is giving the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) another two to three…
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Published 6 hours ago by Robert Bailey

Defending champions Excelsior buoyed by newcomers

Keon Broderick, head coach of defending Manning Cup champions Excelsior High School, says that although preparations for the upcoming schoolboy football season have not gone exactly as planned, he…
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Published 6 hours ago

Leon Bailey Foundation kicks off back-to-school season in Cassava Piece

Jamaican international footballer Leon Bailey, through the Leon Bailey Foundation, is helping children in his home community of Cassava Piece begin the new school year equipped, encouraged and ready…
From left: Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine during the renaming of a stand in their honour at the Queen’s Park Oval.
Published 6 hours ago

Stand renamed in honour of Bravo, Narine, Pollard

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Trinidadian trio Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, and Kieron Pollard have been honoured with a stand bearing their names at Queen’s Park Oval. The Bravo, Pollard, Narine…
Shimron Hetmyer swings for the fences during a Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League game against the Trinbago Knight Riders at thee Queen’s Park Oval on Monday.
Published 6 hours ago

Hetmyer spoils Knight Riders’ Independence Day party

The Guyana Amazon Warriors remained unbeaten after spoiling the Independence Day celebrations at Queen’s Park Oval, defeating the Trinbago Knight Riders by nine runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern…
An image of the World Ultimate Championships trophy and bracelet.
Published 6 hours ago

Trophies revealed for World Athletics Ultimate Championship

With 10 days to go before the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship gets under way, World Athletics yesterday revealed the trophies that will be awarded to the winners of each discipline. As…
Michael Barnett washes a car with water from one of his tanks at his Kingston Gardens Public Car Wash in central Kingston on Tuesday.
Updated 56 minutes ago by Sashana Small

WATER CRUNCH - Drought drives up costs for car washes, laundries

The severe drought conditions currently affecting the island have resulted in increased operating costs for water-related businesses in the Corporate Area as they seek alternative sources of supply to…