Sports

BALCO founder Victor Conte holds up an autographed photo of track star Marion Jones addressed to him in his office in Burlingame, California, on October 21, 2003.
December 9, 2025

BALCO founder Victor Conte dies at 75

AP: VICTOR CONTE, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and Olympic track…
Coco Gauff of the United States plays a shot against Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their women’s singles match at the WTA tennis finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Gauff revives chances of advancing by eliminating Jasmine Paolini

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): DEFENDING CHAMPION Coco Gauff revived her chances of advancing at the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Jasmine Paolini yesterday. Gauff also improved her serving, hitting…
Yoni Epstein, Chairman of Montego Bay United.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Post-Melissa blueprint

MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) Chairman Yoni Epstein says the club will use the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa as added motivation to win this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL)…
Solomon Sharpe, chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Losses mount for horse racing despite quick restart

CHAIRMAN OF Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe, says the company has suffered losses of more than $150 million following the devastating passage of Category 5…
Harbour View coach Vassell Reynolds
December 9, 2025

Melissa makes Reynolds’ Harbour View appointment ‘bittersweet’

NEWLY APPOINTED head coach of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) strugglers Harbour View FC, Vassell Reynolds, has described his appointment as “bittersweet”, noting that his personal joy comes amid the…
Noah Lyles
December 9, 2025

Asafa, Lyles team up for Melissa relief

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): IN A powerful display of solidarity, Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles and Jamaican sprint legend Asafa Powell have joined forces to deliver critical aid to communities in…
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

JaVA to place all players on world volleyball database

AUDLEY WEIR, general secretary of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA), said the body is looking to incorporate the global Volleyball Information System (VIS) to bring more visibility to…
Jamaica Olympic Association President Christopher Samuda.
December 9, 2025

Samuda lands Americas Paralympic vice-president role

THE GENERAL Assembly of the Americas Paralympic Committee (AmPC), the governing body for national paralympic committees in 34 countries of North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean,…
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the Champions League opening phase match against Olympiacos in Barcelona, Spain, on October 21.
December 9, 2025

Yamal becomes youngest FIFPRO team of the year member

HOOFDDORP, Netherlands (AP): BARCELONA TEENAGER Lamine Yamal became the youngest player ever to be included in FIFPRO’s team of the year, and five players from Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions…