THOUGH THERE is just one more game until the third and final round of fixtures in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Vere Phoenix United technical director Craig Butler is confident his team will survive their relegation...
KINGSTON FOOTBALL Academy (KFA) director and coach, Eric Rademakers, has heaped praises on the inaugural KFC Elite Cup U17 competition as a platform for development for youth football in Jamaica. The Elite Cup currently stands as a new development...
AS EXCELSIOR High reaffirm their ambitions of breaking into the top five at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, Michael Vassell, head coach of the girls’ programme, said their strength will come from field events. Leading...
AS HE prepares for his first ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships as head coach of Jamaica College (JC), Duane Johnson says he is not daunted by the weight of expectation on his shoulders. “I don’t feel pressured. The truth is...
AS THE pot covers rang out among the din of an excited crowd at the National Indoor Sports Centre, the Sunshine Girls completed a sweep of their three-match Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series in a 58-47 win against South Africa in the series finale...
IN THE first game of the three-match Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series, Jamaica’s U21 netball team suffered a humbling 31-61 loss to South Africa yesterday at the National Indoor Sports Centre. In an important series being used by both teams as...
EVEN AS the island recorded its lowest Olympic medal tally since the 2004 Athens Games along with heartbreaking setbacks on the track, the sport of track and field could not call the season a loss with new stars emerging throughout. Jamaican...
AS SHE collected the prestigious RJRGLEANER Sportswoman of the Year award on Friday night at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, veteran triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts said her age will not be slowing her down as she prepares for the 2025 season. Ricketts...
Muschett High School’s Johan-Ramaldo Smythe, last year’s Boys’ Champs Class Two 200-metre gold medallist, said he is ready to test his mettle against the big boys this season as he makes the step up into his first year in Class One. Smythe grabbed...
Despite her personal best of 22.59 seconds already eclipsing Kevona Davis’ Girls Class Two 200m record of 22.72, Muschett High School’s Shanoya Douglas is not focused on chasing any records at the 2025 ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’...
With Netball Jamaica (NJ) having named their 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match series against South Africa yesterday, NJ president Tricia Robinson is encouraging corporate Jamaica to lend its support to the national team. The Sunshine...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts has acknowledged the work being done through its coaching-education programme, citing the achievements of several local coaches during the 2024 calendar year. Speaking at a press...
WITH JUST seconds left on the clock, a goal from Omarion O’Brian was the spark Garvey Maceo High School needed to orchestrate a dramatic end to the 2024 ISSA daCosta Cup, clipping McGrath High School 5-3 on penalties inside the National Stadium...
FOLLOWING HIS team’s 3-1 defeat to Kingston College (KC) in the ISSA Manning Cup final on Friday, St Catherine High School assistant coach Donovan Lofters promised the school will continue their chase for their first-ever Manning Cup title in the...
A BRACE from defender O’Neil Headly paved the way for Glenmuir High as they made schoolboy football history, toppling Jamaica College (JC) 3-1 to become the first team to successfully defend an ISSA Champions Cup title yesterday at the National...
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, Glenmuir High School, kept their hopes of repeating as Champions Cup titleholders alive after a last-minute goal gave them a 2-1 win over Kingston College (KC) at the Montego Bay Sports Complex last evening. Glenmuir join Hydel...
OF HIS 23 players selected for the Reggae Girlz upcoming friendlies against South Africa, head coach Hubert Busby has opened the door for five players aged 20 or under to join the senior team in his efforts to secure the programme’s continued...
IT WAS jubilation for St Catherine High School and their fans yesterday as they booked their spot in the semi-finals of the ISSA Manning Cup after playing out an intense 3-3 draw with Excelsior High at Stadium East. St Catherine secured their...
FOLLOWING THEIR 2-0 win over dethroned champions Mona High School on Friday in the ISSA Manning Cup, Kingston College’s (KC) head coach Vassell Reynolds said the team is aiming to kickstart their school’s 100-year anniversary celebrations with a...
WHILE NAMING his squad for Jamaica’s Concacaf Nations League quarter-final fixtures against the United States, Reggae Boyz head coach Stephen McClaren said the new additions to his team will play key roles in Jamaica’s ambition of advancing to the...
ST CATHERINE High School and Jamaica College (JC) fans were left disappointed and angered yesterday at the Spanish Town Prison Oval as the two teams played out a listless 1-1 draw in their final match of the ISSA Manning Cup second round yesterday...
THE WRAY and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) returns today for match week eight action with a doubleheader at Stadium East as Harbour View FC welcomes Racing United at 3 p.m. while Tivoli Gardens takes on defending champions Cavalier...
THERE WILL be an early top-of-the-table clash in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) as league leaders Montego Bay United play hosts to second-place Portmore United today at the Catherine Hall Sport Complex at 5:30 p.m....
IT CAME down to the dreaded penalty shoot-out in the Junior Cup Under-11 All-Island finals yesterday at the Constant Spring Sports Complex with Hillel Academy clipping eastern regional champions Lannaman’s Preparatory 7-6 after a tightly contested...
WITH JUST over a year since his debut for Jamaica, Reggae Boyz defender Tayvon Gray is excited to be back in the national set-up – his last appearance before the team’s 2-0 win over Nicaragua on Thursday night coming against the Dominican Republic...
