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Shanieka Ricketts competing in the women’s triple jump qualification round at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Ricketts confident of Cuban coup

SHANIEKA RICKETTS goes into her sixth successive world triple jump final full of confidence after qualifying alongside Jamaican teammate Ackelia Smith for Thursday’s medal decider. Ricketts, twice…
Oblique Seville asks for silence in a trademark move whenever he wins during the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. He went on to forget the tradition when he claimed the title later that day.
December 9, 2025 by regory Bryce

Dangerously fast

STILL IN his early days as the reigning men’s 100-metre world champion, Jamaican speedster Oblique Seville says he was confident he would be able to take home the title, as long as he remained healthy…
The roll out of the rural school bus programme on September 8.
December 9, 2025

Submit requests for rural school bus service to JUTC

Communities across the island not yet covered under the National Rural School Bus Programme are being encouraged to submit requests for inclusion to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Speaking…
West Indies under-19 cricketers.
December 9, 2025

Nurse pleased with young West Indies

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC): WEST INDIES men’s under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse said he is satisfied with the team’s overall showing in the just-concluded seven-match Youth One Day International series…
St Lucia Kings Khary Pierre bowling on his way to figures of 3-24 during a Caribbean Premier League game against Barbuda Falcons at the Daren Sammy National Stadium last year.
December 9, 2025

Pierre gets maiden Test call-up, Chanderpaul, Athanaze recalled for India tour

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): LEFT-ARM SPINNER Khary Pierre has been rewarded for his impressive performance in this year’s West Indies Championship by being named in a West Indies’ 15-man squad to tour…
Outgoing Director of Public Prosecutiona Paula Llewellyn arriving at yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on the lawns of King’s House.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Llewellyn bids farewell after 17 years as DPP

“It has been the privilege of my life,” declared outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn on Tuesday as she delivered her final official address at the opening of the Michaelmas…
Barbados Royals Chinelle Henry (left) celebrates with teammates during their match against the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Providence Stadium in Guyana yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Royals warm up for final with demolition of Knight Riders

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): CHAMARI ATHAPATHTHU and Courtney Webb scored impressive half-centuries as the Barbados Royals Women prepared for today’s Women Caribbean Premier League final with a…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (left) watches as Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness signs the Instrument of Appointment during his Swearing-In Ceremony at King’s House in St Andrew on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

New term, new vision

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday set the agenda for his administration’s next term, emphasising the urgent need for innovative policies to accelerate Jamaica’s slow-growing economy and…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Sprint-relay gold a fitting send-off for Fraser-Pryce

AFTER PICKING up their first win in the women’s 4x100m relay at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with the quartet of Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Merlene Ottey, Jamaica…