CHALLENGES SURROUNDING the staging of the 2024 Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) continued over the weekend as St Thomas-based Proven Girls Academy had their fixture against Real MoBay postponed with the former struggling to fill their roster....
Central Zone volleyball champions, St Jago High’s boys and Knox College’s girls, will be seeking the Inter-Secondary Sports Association (ISSA) rural titles when the finals are played at the G.C. Foster College today. In the girls’ final, set for 1...
Reggae Boy Leon Bailey has credited Aston Villa coach Unai Emery for his rich vein of form as he believes that the Spaniard’s keen eye for detail makes understanding football a lot easier. “He’s amazing, and he’s one of the best coaches that I’...
RIDING ON a three-game unbeaten streak, Arnett Gardens will look to create more breathing room between them and sixth-place Dunbeholden when they lock horns with Cavalier at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex tonight at 7:00. Xavier Gilbert, head...
CAVALIER missed a glorious chance to regain the lead in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Stadium East field last night after they were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Humble Lion. The former champions extended their unbeaten run to 12 games...
A change in philosophy was what did the trick as Wolmer’s Boys ended their season as Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association under-19 basketball champions following their 66-53 victory over Jamaica College in the final. Howard Harvey, head...
FORMER national captain Rodolph Austin shared that he’s enjoying life in his current role as assistant coach of the national under-20 team. Austin, who has been part of the setup for just over two months, said it is a learning experience for him...
DESPITE LOSING their second game on the trot to hosts Chile on the South American continent, Xavier Gilbert, interim head coach of Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz, says he is seeing improvement from his team. Gilbert explained that those improvements were...
WITH only two days left before the start of the 2024 KPMG Squash League set to run from February 29-April 19 at the Liguanea Club President of the Squash Association, Karen Anderson, stated that the upcoming tournament should spring some surprises...
PREPARATIONS are in high gear as the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) gets ready to host a three-day paralympic training clinic, March 13- 15, for boccia and track and field. The clinic will see more than 70 representatives from 11...
AFTER riding 50 winners last season and finishing fourth in the jockeys’ title race, Raddesh Roman has had a strong start to the 2024 season and was recently named the most improved jockey. Roman, who currently sits in second place on 18 victories...
HEADING into his second term as president of the Jamaica Basketball Association after being re-elected unopposed at the recent elections, Paulton Gordon says he is hopeful that his new team can help to grow the sport locally. “We’re grateful with...
THE INTER-SECONDARY Schools Sports Association (ISSA) is remaining mum on the continued attempt from Jamaica College (JC) to have a decision to render two of its athletes ineligible to compete at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...
FIVE-TIME national discus champion Fedrick Dacres believes a change in approach could work magic for him during the 2024 track and field season. Dacres, while speaking with RJR Sports, stated that he and his handlers have opted for a “conservative...
DESPITE heading into today’s start of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) without their regular players, last season’s beaten finalists Cavalier are hopeful that they will kick off their season with a win when they lock horns with St. Thomas-...
AFTER throwing a season’s best of 64.25 metres to finish third behind the pair of Traves Smikle and Fedrick Dacres at last Saturday’s King of the Ring competition at the Courtney Walsh Oval, veteran discus thrower Chad Wright has pointed to changes...
AFTER PLAYING second fiddle to Reyan Lewis in last season’s Jockeys’ Championship, Tevin Foster believes he is now more prepared to go one better when all rides are cast at the end of 2024. Foster, who entered Ash Wednesday’s race day tied with...
THE Marcel Gayle-coached Waterhouse moved to sixth-place in the Jamaica Premier League after they registered a 1-0 victory over Vere United at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Revaldo Mitchell scored the winner in the 25th minute,...
Interim head coach of the senior Reggae Girlz, Xavier Gilbert, has expressed his disappointment that the top players are are still not available to represent the country in two friendly internationals against Chile later this month. “I felt...
AFFECTIONATELY called ‘Compound’, the official home ground for five-time Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Harbour View is currently undergoing renovations to both the playing surface and infrastructure in a bid to get the stadium fit and...
AFTER A somewhat pedestrian start to the 2023-24 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, former champions Cavalier are enjoying life atop the standings. Rudolph Speid, head coach of the team, said while his offensive line is a force to be reckoned...
EVEN AS Jamaica’s number-one ranked tennis player, Blaise Bicknell, accepted responsibility for the country’s 3-2 defeat to Barbados in Group II Davis Cup action at the weekend, the team’s captain Noel Rutherford thinks there was another fly in the...
Jamaica’s five-member team comprised of Blaise Bicknell, Rowland ‘Randy’ Phillips, Jeremy Miller, Daniel Azar and David Goldsmith will go into action today against Barbados in Davis Cup Group II with the tie set to serve off at 11 a.m. at the Eric...
The Jamaican Davis Cup team are taking no chances in their Davis Cup Group II encounter, pitting their top two players, Blaise Bicknell and Rowland 'Randy' Phillips against the might of Barbados when the two serve off against each other at the Eric...
FOLLOWING last year’s resounding success of the inaugural staging of the RESI Cricket Legends, former West Indies fast bowler Daren Powell, founder of the event, believes Year Two will be bigger. The 2024 staging will be held on February 18 at the...
