Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors are in France today and stand potentially just 80 minutes away from qualifying for a second successive Rugby League World Cup. But a mountain of handicaps have been put in their way and Jy-mel Coleman, joint-coach,...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made a wet, yet wonderful exit from big-time international athletics with a lead-off leg which spurred her colleagues onto a memorable silver medal in the women’s 4x100-metre relay at the 20th World Athletics Championships...
Jamaica splashed their way to another silver medal in horribly wet conditions in Tokyo at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Sadium. Like their male counterparts, the island’s women made one change to the line-up, which got...
Jamaica’s hopes of gaining a medal in the men’s 4x400m relay were washed away in monsoon-like conditions at Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo. The Island went with nearly the same team, which qualified as fastest non-automatic progressors but with...
After the drama of the men’s failure to get the baton round, Jamaica’s women’s quartet of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith executed smoothly from start to finish to win their 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics...
Disaster struck the Jamaican quartet of Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, and Kishane Thompson at the World Athletics Championships as they failed in their attempt to make the men’s 4x100-metre final. The baton had passed from Blake to...
The Jamaican quartet of Dejanea Oakley, Stacey-Ann Williams, Roniesha McGregor, and Nickisha Pryce stormed into the final of the women’s 4x400-metre Relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, today. The Jamaicans clocked a season’...
A tenacious last leg by Delano Kennedy was good enough to earn Jamaica a place in the final of the men’s 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships as they were fourth in their heat in a 2:59.13. Kennedy’s effort was enough for the Caribbean...
Shericka Jackson was forced to settle for the bronze medal in the women’s 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, as Melissa Jefferson-Wooden claimed the event inside the Japan National Stadium in a time of 21.68 seconds. Jackson...
Jamaica's Jordan Scott continued to show he was now one of the world's elite triple jumpers, finishing fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, earlier today with a best leap of 17.21 metres. Scott, needing at least 17.55 metres...
Bryan Levell beamed a huge smile of satisfaction when the big screen showed that he had won a photo finish for the bronze medal in a 200-metre World Championship won by the United States' Noah Lyles. Levell, just 21, had led coming off the bend but...
Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon faded to eighth place in the women’s 400m hurdles final as the Netherlands’ Femke Bol lived up to her billing as pre-race favourite to land the World Championship title in Tokyo. On a cooler night than usual Salmon began...
LAMARA DISTIN couldn’t hide her deep disappointment as she bowed out of the World Athletics Championships high jump competition at the first attempt. Jamaica’s sole aspirant in the women’s vertical jumps struggled to get any rhythm and dislodged...
Natoya Goule-Toppin made light work of the heats of the 800 metres, winning the seventh and last one, but neither Kelly-Ann Beckford nor Adelle Tracey made it through to Friday’s semi-finals. Goule-Toppin led for almost all of the two laps and...
Lamara Distin couldn’t hide her deep disappointment as she bowed out of the World Championship high jump competition at the first attempt. Barely an hour after entering the Japanese capital’s National Stadium, Jamaica’s sole aspirant in the...
CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR described his experience in the 200-metre heats at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium as “mind blowing”, after overcoming all but two to progress yesterday. The challenge brought out a personal...
Shericka Jackson and Ashanti Moore eased through the qualifying heats of the Women’s 200m but there was no room for youngster Gabrielle Matthews to join them. World champion Jackson, the second fastest woman ever over the half-lap distance, put in...
Shanieka Ricketts and Ackelia Smith comfortably made it through women's triple jump qualifying, despite neither managing the 14.35 metres required for automatic progression. As three South Americans and Dominica’s Olympic Champion Thea LaFond swept...
Stacey-Ann Williams smashed the 50-second barrier for the first time in her career to lead a triumphant trio of Jamaicans through the 400m heats on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the immediate wake of all but...
Danielle Williams celebrated her birthday by leading Jamaica’s three competitors into the second round of the 100-metre hurdles, before emphasising how inspirational iconic teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in terms of longevity. Double World...
TENACIOUS QUALIFYING performances from Bovel McPherson, Rusheen McDonald and Delano Kennedy were slightly overshadowed by the comprehensive elimination of defending champion Antonio Watson in the heats of the men’s 400 metres at the World Athletics...
Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to run both the men’s and the women’s 100-metre finals on the same night for the first time in the history of the World Athletics Championship. For many, the two shortest and fastest disciplines in the nine-...
TWO OF Jamaica’s leading rugby league figures have expressed huge disappointment that qualification for the 2026 World Cup will now come down to a winner-takes-all match in France on October 25. Romeo Monteith and Ben Jones-Bishop have reacted to...
“AMAZING”, IS how Sunshine Girls’ newcomer Rhea Dixon reflects on a whirlwind month leading up to the current Horizon Netball Series between Jamaica and England, which recommences at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) in Kingston next Monday...
ENGLAND’S VITALITY Roses claimed a one-match advantage in the Horizon Netball Series after a clinical second-half performance yielded an eight-point victory over a hard-working, but too often errant, Sunshine Girls. In contrast to the opening test...
