THE ‘SPICE Girls’ of Grenada have not been to a Netball World Cup in 19 years. They want to be at the next one. Shakira Collymore, captain of the Spice Girls, shares those hopes when she considers the upcoming Americas Netball World Cup qualifiers...
FOUR YEARS ago, Trinidad and Tobago’s Shaquanda Greene-Noel made her debut at the Netball World Cup. As the Americas Netball World Cup qualifiers approach, Greene-Noel is not only a seasoned veteran but captain of the ‘Calypso Girls’, who will be...
Ahead of the start of the 2022 Americas Netball World Cup Qualifiers in Kingston, Margaret Cutting, head coach of the Barbados Gems, believes that, in order for her team to book a spot at the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, their...
The first round of the urban leg of the Free Your Image (FYI) consultancy group-organised 2022 Junior Cup competition has been completed and the focus is now on the rural leg of the competition which will kick off at 8 a.m. today on the grounds...
ANTIGUA-BORN WEST Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, on the back of a strong showing at the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League, CPL, where he captured a tournament-best 18 wickets, carried over his good form to Australia where he ended the...
FORMER NATIONAL 400m record holder Jermaine Gonzales is optimistic that his post-track career will be equally, if not, more fruitful than the one he had when donning his spikes. The two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist from the 2006...
THE APPETITE of sports car fanatics in Jamaica has been whetted following the conclusion of the 2022 Red Bull Car Park Drift competition last weekend at Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, and come December 7 and 8 when champion Nicholas ‘Tazz’ Barnes...
CAMPION COLLEGE, Excelsior, Jose Marti and Clan Carthy will have their abandoned games on Thursday, played from the point at which they were called off. In a release, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) said the two Manning Cup...
FIVE-TIME JAMAICA Premier League champions, Arnett Gardens, following a sub-par performance last season, are buoyed by the prospects of the 2022-23 edition of top-flight football set to kick off on October 23. Eric Rademakers, assistant coach,...
DONOVAN LOFTERS, head coach of three-time Manning Cup champions Camperdown, believes his team have only themselves to blame after they failed to convert numerous chances in their Group E Manning Cup encounter against Hydel High at Stadium East on...
PREPARATIONS AHEAD of the 2022 primary and preparatory school football competition, organised by the Free Your Image (FYI) consultancy group, dubbed Junior Cup, are in high gear ahead of Saturday’s 8:00 a.m. kickoff at the Constant Spring Football...
FORMER Leeward Islands and West Indies fast bowler Winston Benjamin believes the use of saliva on the cricket ball is overrated, as it doesn’t really affect the game in the way that many might think it does. “Where shining of the ball is...
DEFENDING Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Harbour View Football Club are continuing to bolster their squad ahead of the October 23 start of the 2022/23 season. Their latest arrival is two-time premier league winner Julian McLeish....
SEVEN-TIME JAMAICA Premier League champions, Portmore United, are in preparation mood ahead of the October 23 start of the 2022/23 football season. The Phillip Williams-coached unit is eager to put the disappointment of last season, which saw...
UNITED STATES-BORN Jamaican UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain ‘Funk Master’ Sterling is currently locked into preparations ahead of his October 22 title defence against rival TJ Dillishaw in Abu Dhabi. Sterling, 33, with a record of 21 victories...
Reggae Boyz senior men’s captain and goalkeeper Andre Blake is the 2022 recipient of the John Wanamaker Athletic Award, a recognition given to a team, athlete or organisation which has done the most to reflect credit upon the city of Philadelphia...
IN a bid to retain their 2021/22 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) title, defending champions Harbour View Football Llub have signed four players ahead of the new season which is set to kick off on October 23. The four signees are goalkeepers David...
AHEAD of the October 16 start of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, chief selector for the West Indies team, Desmond Haynes, has picked Brandon King to play a key role as the regional team seeks to win the title for a third time. Following...
PETE RUSSELL, chief executive officer of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), believes the inaugural season of the women’s CPL was a massive success and has already laid a strong foundation to build on going forward. “I was really delighted...
TWO-TIME Caribbean Premier League winners, Jamaica Tallawahs, are aiming to rebound from their first defeat of the tournament following a narrow two-wicket loss against the St Lucia Kings on Wednesday. Captain of the Tallawahs, Rovman Powell,...
REGIONAL CRICKET analyst Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira believes that cricket’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), should do away with the use of the ‘soft signal’ in the modern game as it adds pressure to the on-field umpires....
Jamaica Premier League champions Harbour View are back home after a 2-0 loss to the Caribbean All-Stars in their preseason overseas assignment in New York last weekend. The players will now be given sufficient rest and recreation time ahead of a...
HAVING surpassed 200 club appearances for his Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise Philadelphia Union, Reggae Boyz captain Andre Blake believes his latest milestone, which now places him as the club’s most capped goalkeeper, is among the best...
FORMER PRESIDENT of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron said that for now, he has no plans of returning to the post despite elections fast approaching. The Jamaican, who held the title of CWI president for six years, made the...
DESPITE coming up short in making the final of the Women’s 6ixty tournament, captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica’s Stafanie Taylor, says her team members are shifting their mindset towards the inaugural season of the Women’s Caribbean...
