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Sunshine Girls captain Shamera Sterling-Humphrey.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Banana peel awaits either Scotland or Sunshine Girls

The Sunshine Girls will be looking for their third win, and second-straight, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games when they take to the court against hosts Scotland today at the OVO Hydro Arena. The…
Jamaica U20 player Brandon Bent says team focused on what’s next.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Young Reggae Boyz close to U20 quarterfinal berth

Jamaica’s Under-20 Reggae Boyz could virtually seal a place in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf U20 Championship with a win over Panama in their second Group C game at the Estadio Universitario BUAP…
West Indies paceman Jayden Seales celebrates one of his five wickets during yesterday’s Test match against Pakistan at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Seales’ 5-20 gives West Indies 90-run win over Pakistan

TAROUBA, Trinidad (AP): Pakistan captain Babar Azam made an unbeaten 58 and shared a rearguard stand of 49 with No. 11 Mohammad Abbas to delay the end before West Indies completed a 90-run win in the…
Mount Pleasant’s Johnson Juedy gives a thumbs up after scoring in the quarterfinal of the Caribbean Club Shield against Weymouth Wales at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Arima, Trinidad.
29 Jul, 2026 0

‘They never made it easy for us’

Mount Pleasant Football Academy booked their place in the semifinals of the Concacaf Caribbean Shield following a 1-0 win over Weymouth Wales of Barbados in their quarterfinal game at the Larry Gomes…
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Sprinting glut leaves Ja U20s daring to dream

After a 24-year drought, Jamaica captured their second men’s World Under-20 4x100 metres title two years ago in Lima, Peru, when the quartet of Jace Witter, Gary Card, Nyrone Wade and Deandre Daley…
PHENOMENAL POWER (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo, wins the sixth running of the Diamond Mile ahead of GIRVANO (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park last Saturday.
29 Jul, 2026 0

JIMMIE SAYS … More big-day race meets necessary

Last Saturday’s Diamond Mile racecard attracted a whopping 141 entries spread over 11 races, including at least 11 genuine grade-one runners in the $10m feature event, which rewarded PHENOMENAL…
Referee Joao Pinheiro (centre), of Portugal, gives a red card to Switzerland’s Breel Embolo (left) during the World Cup quarterfinal football match against Argentina in Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, July 11.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Embolo red card was wrong – FIFA rules panel

GENEVA (AP): Football’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees, which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarter-finals against…
Zinedine Zidane, newly appointed coach of the France national football team, smiles during a media conference at the headquarters of French Football Federation in Paris, yesterday.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Emotional Zidane takes charge of France

PARIS (AP): Moments after being announced as France’s new coach yesterday, Zinedine Zidane clenched his fists and his usually measured voice trembled a little. “I’m excited,” he said. “The France team…
A beer can flies through the air near Croatia’s Josko Gvardiol (4) during the World Cup round-of-32 football match against Portugal in Toronto, Thursday, July 2.
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Gvardiol signs City contract extension until 2031

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Josko Gvardiol has signed a new five-year contract at Manchester City until 2031. The Croatia defender joined City in 2023 and had two years remaining on his deal at the…