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August 30, 2026

Past The Finishing Post

Aug 29, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $700,000 3YO&UP OPT. CLM($350,0 - $250,0)6YO&UP(NW4) IMP5YO(MDN)&NB5YO(NW2) Off At: 12:21:01PM Distance: 1500 M Track Condition: Dirt : Fast Winning…
From left: Jamaica squash players, Declan James, bronze medallist, Lewis Walters, Chris Binnie, and Tahjia Lumley.
August 30, 2026

Jamaica excited about Pan Am squash qualification

Jamaica Squash (JS) is still basking in the excitement of achieving its objective of qualifying for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, following the Pan Am Qualifier in Asuncion, Paraguay.…
Newcastle United’s Yoane Wissa (9) scores their side’s second goal during the British Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in London yesterday.
August 30, 2026

Four hundred million spent, zero points

AP: Tottenham’s remarkable US$400-million summer spending spree is yet to translate into on-field success in the Premier League. Two games. Zero points. Indeed, big-spending Spurs are still searching…
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August 30, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Chin finds positives in Kingston Open disappointments

Jamaican tennis player John Chin remains upbeat despite suffering first-round losses at the recently concluded Kingston Open 1 and 2 Championships. According to Chin, who lost 6-4, 6-4 to American…
England’s Harry Brook (centre) and batting partner Dan Lawrence run between the wickets as Pakistan’s Khurram Shahzad (right) looks on, on day three of the second Test match in London yesterday.
August 30, 2026

England extend lead to 357 against Pakistan

LONDON (AP): England extended their lead over Pakistan to 357 runs after reaching 177-7 at stumps on a rain-hit third day of the second Test at Lord’s, where only 24.5 overs were possible. England’s…
Philippines’ Alexandra Eala celebrates a point against United States’ Caty McNally during a National Bank Open tennis match in Toronto on Friday, August 7.
August 30, 2026

Eala returns to US Open with roaring fan base

NEW YORK (AP): More than 8,000 fans packed the Grandstand at the US Open last year to witness Alex Eala rally from 5-1 down in the third set to upset 14th-ranked Clara Tauson. The crowd went wild,…
August 30, 2026 by Sashana Small

MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN

There are fresh calls for greater accountability after more than hundreds Jamaican students failed to show up for this year’s regional examinations, with taxpayers paying the fees for some of the…
Thelma Lynn Robinson is moved to tears as she relates the struggles living in a cramped cornershop with her husband Mickey since Hurricane Melissa destroyed their home last October.
August 30, 2026 by Sashana Small

Elderly couple living in cramped cornershop

In the quiet rural district of Galloway, Westmoreland, Mickey Robinson diligently digs the foundation of the one-bedroom house he is rebuilding with the help of his son and grandson. Ten months has…
Petersfield High School security guard Joan Forbes Scarlett is unsure how her children’s back-to-school expenses will eb met for them to start school next week. Having lost their home to Hurricane Melissa, her family now lives in an unfinished abandoned
August 30, 2026 by Kimone Francis

‘Mi nuh have it’

For a year, her voice has been the steady authority at the gates of Petersfield High School in Westmoreland, shouldering the job of keeping hundreds of students safe behind the institution’s walls.…