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Published:Friday | August 27, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Dunbeholden manager Paul Christie and Humble Lion head coach Andrew Price say, despite limited training time, both teams are adequately prepared for their rescheduled Jamaica Premier League fixture at the UWI-JFF Captain Burrell Centre of...

Published:Wednesday | August 25, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA FOOTBALL FEDERATION General Secretary Dalton Wint says that the English Premier League’s decision to not release players for games played in ‘red list’ countries could put the Reggae Boyz at a major disadvantage for their World Cup...

Published:Wednesday | August 25, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Having been denied an opportunity to represent Australia at the last Paralympic Games, 400 metres runner Alberto Campbell will get the opportunity to fulfil his dream in Tokyo with Jamaica, the land of his birth. The rescheduled Paralympic Games...

Published:Wednesday | August 25, 2021 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Michael Ricketts, says that plans are already in motion to get the necessary dispensation for the Reggae Boyz World Cup qualifying home opener against Panama to continue despite the latest COVID-19...

Published:Tuesday | August 24, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

National senior women’s football team head coach Hubert Busby Jr says that he is more focused on his team’s overall preparation for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers than the seemingly favourable draw that they have been given to start their...

Published:Saturday | August 21, 2021 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Whatever path the national senior women's team will have to take towards the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, head coach Hubert Busby Jr says that his team will have to be prepared to handle the role of favourites throughout the first round of...

Published:Friday | August 20, 2021 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Former national assistant women’s football team coach Charles Edwards says that changes to the Concacaf Women’s Championship have emphasised how critical it is for Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz to be adequately prepared for the upcoming qualifiers....

Published:Wednesday | August 18, 2021 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

NATIONAL DEFENDER Konya Plummer will look to continue her development in Europe for the remainder of the season. Plummer, 24, has secured a three-month loan deal to Swedish club AIK Fotball Damer from National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) outfit...

Published:Wednesday | August 18, 2021 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

NATIONAL PARENT-TEACHER Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) vice-president, Stewart Jacobs, says that a pathway to the return of schoolboy football this season is possible if ISSA can guarantee adequate measures to minimise COVID-19 challenges. His...

Published:Tuesday | August 17, 2021 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

DESPITE MISSING out on the RallyXNordic Supercar Championship this season, rallycross driver Fraser McConnell says that he has categorised his 2021 campaign as a success after finishing in the top three for the second consecutive year. McConnell...

Published:Monday | August 16, 2021 | 12:48 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts says that while spectators will not return to the National Stadium for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he is cautiously optimistic about their return for future games. Ricketts confirmed...

Published:Monday | August 16, 2021 | 12:47 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Humble Lion head coach Andrew Price says that they have not ruled themselves out of the playoff race yet after their 2-0 win over Harbour View in their Jamaica Premier League game at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence yesterday...

Published:Saturday | August 14, 2021 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

British journalist Rodney Hinds says that national winger Leon Bailey has the tools to help continue Aston Villa’s improvement in the English Premier League (EPL), as he prepares for his debut season. Bailey, 24, joined Aston Villa from German...

Published:Friday | August 13, 2021 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

General Secretary Dalton Wint says that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is committing to changes to the Jamaica Premier League schedule that are workable for all teams in light of the updated COVID-19 curfew. Prime Minister Andrew Holness...

Published:Wednesday | August 11, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

FIFA referee instructor Peter Prendergast says that a move to the natural grass surface for Jamaica Premier League (JPL) matches would be ideal in the future to avoid the long-term effects of playing on the artificial surface at the UWI/JFF Captain...

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2021 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Despite not achieving his goal of making the men’s 400m hurdles final at the Tokyo Games, Jaheel Hyde says that he has made significant improvement in his first Olympics under new head coach Okeile Stewart. Hyde was among a small group of athletes...

Published:Monday | August 9, 2021 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After seven months of searching, national midfielder Ravel Morrison finally has a new home for the upcoming season. Morrison, 28, has signed a one-year deal with English Championship club, Derby County, after being on trial with the club since...

Published:Saturday | August 7, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Even as she touched down on home soil as an Olympic bronze medallist, hurdler Megan Tapper says that she is still getting used to the magnitude of what her achievement means to her and her career. Tapper, 27, returned home Thursday night to the...

Published:Saturday | August 7, 2021 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

National senior team women’s football player, Kayla McCoy, is the latest international to make a move to Europe, as she has signed with Scottish club Rangers Women FC. McCoy, 24, was officially unveiled on Wednesday as the club’s latest signing,...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2021 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After securing bronze in the Women’s 100m Hurdles, Olympian Megan Tapper says that she feels she has taken a major step in her career. Tapper, 27, arrived last night at the Norman Manley International Airport still basking in the glow of her...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2021 | 12:21 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Through Our Eyes Foundation Executive Director Jon LeSane says that, despite the absence of their sport, regular sports camps offered them an opportunity to meet the urgent needs of school children in Negril. The non-profit organisation, which...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) President Martin Lyn, while unhappy at diver Yona Knight-Wisdom’s failure to make the men’s three-metre springboard final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, says that there is still optimism for the sport’...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2021 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

National winger Leon Bailey says he is appreciative of the growth he achieved as a player at former German club Bayer Leverkusen, as he begins the next chapter of his career, in the English Premier League. Bailey officially became an Aston Villa...

Published:Monday | August 2, 2021 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In the aftermath of Jamaica’s clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100m final at the 2020 Tokyo Games, Legacy Athletics head coach Omar Hawes says that it may not be the last time that the Jamaican women achieve similar feats in the future....

Published:Friday | July 30, 2021 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) director, Chad Cunningham, says new curfew times have forced a return to their original planned morning kick-offs for the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) for the next two weeks. On Monday last, Prime...

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