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Updated 12 hours ago
Messi: Nothing was handed to us
AP:
Lionel Messi has a message for Argentina’s detractors: “Nothing was handed to us.”
The Argentina superstar responded to critics who have been bashing the reigning World Cup champions over…
Updated 12 hours ago
by Raymond Graham
Tina Clayton returns to the top in Switzerland
Jamaicans Tina Clayton, Demisha Roswell, and Kelly Ann Beckford were among the winners at yesterday’s Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern meet in Switzerland, a World Continental Tour Silver meeting.
Updated 11 hours ago
St Kitts withdraws 2027 Carifta Games bid
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (CMC):
In a stunning and abrupt reversal, St Kitts and Nevis has officially withdrawn its bid to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, dashing the hopes of a nation that had eagerly…
July 17, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to attend World Cup final against Argentina
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez plans to attend Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina, his office said Friday.
Updated 11 hours ago
Lionel Messi once held baby Lamine Yamal in his arms…now the two will battle for the World Cup title
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn't think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub. Not until…
Updated 12 hours ago
English media, former players slam Tuchel
ATLANTA (AP):
England hired a German coach to end 60 years of hurt but will exit the World Cup in the most English of ways.
Another defeat in the semi-finals. Another defeat from a winning…
July 16, 2026
Best of Europe, South America pitted
AP:
The best offence. The best defence.
The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel Messi – the most prolific goal scorer in the tournament’s history – and defending…
July 16, 2026
by Livingston Scott
July 16, 2026
by Robert Bailey
Cavalier rising star heads to university - Scott takes up scholarship ahead of next JPL season
Prolific Excelsior High School striker and Jamaica Under-20 representative Kimarly Scott has accepted a four-year football scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in the United States,…