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Gout Gout (right) waves while winning the junior 100 metres at the Australian Athletics Junior Championship in Brisbane on Saturday.
April 22, 2026

Bolt urges Gout Gout to remain focused on track and field

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has advised teenaged sensation Gout Gout to stay focused on track and field and to surround himself with the right people. The rising 18-year-old…
ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Basketball MVP Danae Brown (centre) celebrates the title with teammates, Queens alumni Olive McNaughton (right) and coach Donald Bimmer (second right), after they defeated St Andrew High School 49-33 in the ISSA urban area final
April 22, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Queen’s lift ISSA schoolgirl basketball title

The combination of tournament MVP Danae Brown and defensive stalwart Mikala Morrison, at either ends of the court, helped the Queen’s School reclaim the ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Basketball title…
Referee Walter Lopez suspends a Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-final second leg football match between Mexico’s America and the United States’ Nashville SC in Mexico City on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The suspension happened on account of discriminatory
April 22, 2026

Homophobic chant surfaces again in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP): After a few months in which it was heard only sporadically at local tournaments across Mexico, a homophobic chant has resurfaced strongly in recent weeks in what could be a prelude…
Former PFJL Chairman Cristopher Williams.
April 21, 2026 by Livingston Scott

‘I GAVE IT MY ALL’

Former Chairman of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Christopher Williams, who was appointed to a similar role by the Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA), insists he did not run away…
PFJL Finance Committee Chairman Peter Higgins.
April 21, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

PFJL names new Finance Committee chairman

The Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has unanimously appointed Peter Higgins as the new chairman of its Finance Committee and also named Andrew Thomas as a new member. Higgins, who is also…
Barbados Pride captain Kraigg Brathwaite evades a sharp bouncer from Jamaica Scorpions fast bowler Ojay Shields on day two of their West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park yesterday.
April 21, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Vistors fight back after Scorpions mammoth 457

Barbados Pride mounted a resolute reply after Jamaica Scorpions piled up a towering 457 on a rain-hit second day of their West Indies Championship clash at Sabina Park yesterday. Resuming on 358 for…
Cavalier FC’s Kimarly Scott dribbles away from Spaish Town Police’s Adrew Vanzie during their Jamaica Premier League football match at Stadium East yesterday. Cavalier won 3-0.
April 21, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Cavalier carve out breathing room in top-six race

Sixth-placed Cavalier opened up a six-point gap on seventh-placed Arnett Gardens with a comfortable 3-0 win over Spanish Town Police in the Jamaica Premier League at Stadium East yesterday. Cavalier…
Chris Gayle
April 21, 2026

Gayle named co-owner of European T20 franchise

GLASGOW, Scotland (CMC): Legendary West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been announced as the co-owner of a Glasgow-based franchise taking part in this summer’s inaugural European T20 Premier League…
Jayden Seales
April 21, 2026

Harpy Eagles tighten grip, Red Force back on top

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) The Guyana Harpy Eagles and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force are in strong positions to push for victories in their second-round matches in the West Indies Championships at…