Sports

Reggae Boyz head coach Rudolph Speid.
March 31, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Dangerous underdogs

It’s do or die for Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz when they go up against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the FIFA Intercontinental Play-off final at the Guadalajara Stadium in Mexico today at 4 p.m.…
File photo.
March 31, 2026

Reggae Boyz dream over after 0-1 defeat by Democratic Republic of Congo

Even with a second bite of the cherry, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will not be at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The Jamaicans, who went into an Intercontinental…
Duane Johnson, head coach for the Jamaica College track and field team, during the celebrations at the school’s campus on Monday for winning the boys’ title at Champs,
March 31, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Johnson enjoys dream second year in charge

When Duane Johnson was appointed head coach of Jamaica College’s track and field programme in 2024, he was not daunted by the task of leading the historic school, and dreamt of bringing the Mortimer…
Italy players react during a penalty shoot-out during the World Cup qualifying playoff final soccer match between Bosnia and Italy in Zenica, Bosnia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
March 31, 2026

Italy is out again. 4-time champion misses 3rd straight World Cup with shoot-out loss in Bosnia

One of football’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low. Four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beat in a penalty shoot-out with 10 men…
Brittany Baron of Edwin Allen High School is celebrated for her outstanding performance during a ceremony at the school yesterday.
March 31, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Fairy tale fit for a Baron

Edwin Allen High School had several individual winners at the recent ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), but undoubtedly their biggest winner was heptathlon champion…
March 31, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

St Catherine FA ordered to reinstate Royal Lakes

Michael Panchan, president, Royale Lakes Football Club, is celebrating a court order instructing the St Catherine Football Association (SCAFA) to immediately lift a two-year ban and $300,000 fine…
Blaise Bicknell in action.
March 31, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Bicknell continues ITF climb with M25 Las Vegas win

Jamaica’s number one tennis player Blaise Bicknell made another big jump in the ITF ranking, following an impressive win at the ITF M25 tournament in Las Vegas on the weekend. Bicknell dismissed the…
Ashimini Munisar
March 31, 2026

Promising Windies spinner Munisar coming into her own

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (CMC): In the shadow of a 90-run defeat to Australia in the second Women’s One-Day International (WODI), young West Indies off-spinner Ashmini Munisar offered a rare moment of…
From left: Wayne Robinson, principal of Jamaica College, Michael-Andre Edwards, captain, and Duane Johnson, head coach, join in the celebration of the school’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the institution’s Old Hope Ro
March 31, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

‘A nuh vibes win Champs’

Duane Johnson, head coach of Jamaica College’s (JC) track and field team, says the school’s 23rd hold on the Mortimer Geddes Trophy at last weekend’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics…