AFTER ENDURING a three-match winless streak, reigning Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Cavalier got back to winning ways as goals from Jalmaro Calvin and Shaquille Stein handed them a 2-1 victory over the struggling Vere United at the Stadium...
President of Tennis Jamaica, John Azar, says the country’s five-member team of Blaise Bicknell, John Chin, Daniel Azar, Rowland Phillips and Nicholas Gore is fully “prepared” for their opponents, New Zealand, in their Davis Cup Group II playoff...
REGGAE BOYZ head coach Stephen McClaren has predicted that the upcoming two-match friendly internationals against Trinidad and Tobago will be tough. A 28-man squad was announced by the Jamaica Football Federation yesterday to face Trinidad and...
VICE-PRESIDENT OF Netball Jamaica Simone Forbes says she will not seek to become the next president of the association after the announcement that incumbent Tricia Robinson would not be seeking another term at the helm. Robinson, who has been at...
DESPITE STUMBLING to a 3-0 defeat in their recent series against South Africa’s under-21s, the SPAR Baby Proteas, Annette Daley, head coach of Jamaica’s young Sunshine Girls, called it a good test for the youngsters to compete in high-level...
AFTER 19 rounds of matches in the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League season, five-time champions Harbour View have found themselves in the unenviable position of cellar dwellers. The club has now taken the bold decision to bring in reinforcements. The...
Racing United snapped an eight-game winless streak by registering a 2-0 victory over Tivoli Gardens at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. Tajay Grant and Nickyle Ellis were the scorers for the Anthony Patrick-coached team. It was Racing’s first victory...
JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE Girls, on the back of a dominant showing, completed a series victory over South Africa in the Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series with a 59-47 win in Game Two at the National Indoor Sports Centre yesterday. The series win was...
SOUTH AFRICA’S SPAR Baby Proteas took an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match series against Jamaica’s under-21 Sunshine Girls with their 49-32 victory yesterday at the National Indoor Sports Centre. South Africa completed a pillar-to-post...
MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) brushed off their stutter last week to reclaim second place on the Wray & Nephew Jamaica Premier League table after a 2-0 win over Molynes United at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex last evening...
KERRY-LEE RICKETTS, husband and head coach of the country’s reigning RJRGLEANER National Sportswoman of the Year, Shanieka Ricketts, is labelling the 2024 season ‘fantastic’, especially in light of its slow start. Ricketts, who earned the...
NETBALL JAMAICA enjoyed a relatively successful 2024. The Sunshine Girls ended the year ranked third, leapfrogging England in the rankings on the back of their 2-1 victory in the Horizon series which was played at the AO Arena in Manchester,...
General manager of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) club Dunbeholden, Roger Simmonds, has confirmed that former coach Harold Thomas has taken over the reins as head coach of the team after Byjeon Thomas tendered his resignation earlier this week....
IN A bid to get much-needed match practice ahead of the Netball Youth World Cup, scheduled to take place from September 19-28 in Gibraltar, South Africa’s under-21 team arrived in Jamaica on Saturday night, accompanying their senior team, who are...
SOUTH AFRICA’S ‘SPAR Proteas’ netball team arrived in Jamaica on Saturday night ahead of their upcoming three-match series against the Sunshine Girls set for the National Indoor Sports Centre with match days scheduled for January 18, 22, and 25....
FORMER JAMAICA and West Indies left-arm spinner Nikita Miller is excited about imparting his knowledge of the game to the Caribbean side’s spin-bowling unit for the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The series is scheduled to run from...
FORMER ASSISTANT coach at Racing United Donovan Lofters explained that while it was a tough decision to leave the Jamaica Premier League newcomers to take up another coaching role at Vere Phoenix United, he viewed the move as an opportunity for...
IN A bid to ensure Racing United’s survival in the Jamaica Premier League, head coach Anthony Patrick says the team will be busy in the transfer window. “We’ve already started by adding a few players, and it’s unfortunate that we only got a few...
JAMAICA’s Sunshine Girls will close out 2024 in third place after rising one place in the latest World Netball global rankings. They moved ahead of the England Roses who are now listed at fourth. This move comes on the heels of Jamaica’s recent 2-...
FORMER Jamaica batsman and President of Melbourne Cricket Club Mark Neita has backed Cricket West Indies’ move to appoint Daren Sammy as the head coach across all formats of the game in the Caribbean. Sammy, the current White-ball head coach,...
AFTER entering Sunday’s quarterfinal stage of the FIBA 3X3 basketball tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with high hopes of booking spots in the next round, Jamaica’s male and female teams suffered defeats. The men lost 21-14 to eventual...
PRESIDENT of Tennis Jamaica, John Azar, says the All-Jamaica Championships which serves off today could produce some stellar performances over the next seven days. The tournament, which has seen a record number of entries, is scheduled to run from...
“IT’LL BE with us for a while.” Those were the words uttered by Jermaine Thomas, head coach of McGrath High School following a heartbreaking defeat in the recently concluded ISSA daCosta Cup final. After conceding in stoppage time, McGrath went...
RESPECTED SPORTS medicine specialist Dr Paul Wright believes the recent injury to Reggae Boy striker Michail Antonio following last weekend’s car crash could be the end of his footballing career. Wright, while speaking with RJRSPORTS, explained...
JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE Girls have begun preparations for their upcoming home series against world number-five-ranked South Africa. The three-match series is scheduled for January 18, 22, and 25 at the National Indoor Sports Centre. According to...
