REGGAE GIRLZ head coach Hubert Busby is pleased with the attitude of his charges after the team, sans Jody Brown, trained at the Nautica Football Stadium in Brazil yesterday. The team is preparing for a two-match friendly international against...
WORLD CHAMPION Shericka Jackson says she is in much better shape than she was two weeks ago when she opened her half-lap season at the Le Grande Stade in Marrakech on May 19. Jackson was speaking at a press conference yesterday ahead of today’s...
WEST INDIES past players and coaches helping other teams hoping for an advantage in the Caribbean and the United States when the Men’s T20 World Cup begins next month must not be seen as traitors, says noted sports analyst and commentator Joseph ‘...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Gymnastics Association, Nicole Grant, is pleased the country will be hosting the inaugural Carifta Gymnastics Championships set for November 29-30 at the National Indoor Sports Centre. “We are elated, very happy to be the...
PRESIDENT OF Jamaica’s Gymnastics Association, Nicole Grant, is pleased with the performances of the three-member team of Isabelle David, Alana Walker, and Elel Wahrmann-Baker at the recently Pan American Gymnastics Championships in San Marta,...
JAMAICA-born Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards is currently in preparation mode ahead of his third welterweight title defence against Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 304 on July 27 at the Co-op Live Arena in...
FOLLOWING THE recent staging of the 2024 INSPORTS Primary School Championships at the National Stadium, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, was in awe of the performances that unfolded over the two days of action....
JAMAICA’S PAIR of Isabelle David and Alana Walker will aim at securing medals for the country when they contest the women’s all-round final later today at the 2024 Pan American Gymnastics Championships being held in San Marta, Colombia. David...
JAMAICAN TENNIS player Jeremy Miller believes a lack of experience was the reason behind his failure to progress beyond the qualifying round of the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis M15000 tournament, being hosted on local...
REGGAE Boy and West Ham striker Michail Antonio has opened up about his struggles with mental illness. While he is known for his toughness on the field of play, off the field, Antonio’s passion for the game was being tested, and while speaking on a...
Yohan Blake, the 2011 World 100 metres champion, is adamant that his best days are not long gone and there’s still gas left in the tank. Speaking on his YouTube platform, ‘Yohan Blake TV’, he revealed that a change in the moniker ‘beast’ to ‘...
THE seventh staging of the Jamaica Inn Backgammon tournament promises to be very entertaining and will be staged from June 14-16 in Ocho Rios, St Ann. Speaking at yesterday’s launch at the Spanish Court Hotel, Knolly Moses, director of the...
LOCAL umpire Chris Taylor is over the moon following his appointment by cricket’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), to officiate during the upcoming warm-up matches ahead of the men’s T20 World Cup. Taylor shared that while...
CAMPION COLLEGE are the 2024 ISSA Urban Area Under-16 champions. Resuming day two of their contest against St George’s College at Kensington Oval with the eventual runners up on 103-7, in chase of 378 for victory, the game lasted just 4.1 overs. St...
REAPPOINTED HEAD coach of the Reggae Girlz, Hubert Busby, says he’s excited to be back and is eager to see what lies ahead for the national team. “I’m excited to be back as this is an exciting group of players. This is also an exciting time in...
ACTION in the 2024 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis M15000 got under way yesterday at the Eric Bell National Tennis Centre as a host of players took aim at securing spots in the first round of the tournament. Among the players...
AFTER a six-year absence due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of sponsorship, the 2024 Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Under-17 competition kicks off today with matches in Zones B and D. Among the title...
Founder of Phoenix Academy Craig Butler is pushing for local football academies to be included in the Malta-sponsored Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Under-17 development programme. The programme was launched on Wednesday, and teams...
ONE OF Jamaica’s brightest under-17 talents, Marcus McDonald, has been given the opportunity to showcase his skills at the upcoming Basketball Without Borders Americas Camp. The internationally recognised camp, jointly organised by the National...
THE PROFESSIONAL Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), in partnership with Malta, yesterday launched its Under-17 development programme at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence. The pilot programme, which will see four teams – Arnett...
JAMAICA’S Under-18 Reggae Boyz recently returned to the island following their participation at the UEFA Friendship Tournament in Turkey. The young Reggae Boyz played in four games and suffered defeats to Saudi Arabia (2-1) Turkey (10-1 ) and Mali...
WITH 85 DAYS left before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, concerns are mounting due to the rise in dengue cases in the country. With well over 1,500 reported cases since the start of the year, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA...
JAMAICA’S SENIOR men’s national basketball coach, Rick Turner, is blaming inexperience for missing the opportunity to have the country’s 3x3 team represented at the Paris Olympics later this year. The team just failed to take advantage of any of...
