Chairman of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Christopher Williams, is appealing to the football fraternity and local fans of the sport to adhere to the Government’s COVID-19 protocols. This, as his organisation gets set to meet to...
ACTION ANN from the barn of improving trainer Christopher Pearson is the ante-post favourite for this Saturday’s 27th running of the Hotline Stakes for three-year-old fillies, which will be run over six furlongs at Caymanas Park. The race have...
Despite his team’s impressive showing at last weekend’s Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association Qualifying meets, Hydel High School’s head coach Corey Bennett says his team is still a long way off from their best. The Hydel girls stamped...
With the Sunshine Girls set to begin their preparations for next year’s Commonwealth Games, President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson said her association has re-entered negotiations with rivals England over a four-Test series. The highly...
Following the recent demolition of the tote board at Caymanas Park, General Manager of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Lorna Gooden, said her company is now in the process of submitting the final cost for a new digital...
Having been out for almost a month due to injuries, top apprentice jockey, Oshane ‘Johnny’ Nugent, said he was itching to return to the saddle in hopes of continuing his wonderful form at Caymanas Park. Nugent, who was the leading rider at the...
President of Netball Jamaica, Tricia Robinson, said the Sunshine Girls will take on South Africa and Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago in a tri-national Sunshine Series rubber in October this year. Robinson told The Gleaner in an interview that...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment General Manager Lorna Gooden says that the tote board on the infield at Caymanas Park will be demolished later this month. This is because it will be replaced by a digital one. “We will be demolishing that...
Assistant coach of the Jamaica Scorpions Nikita Miller warns that there is no room for complacency in the national side ahead of their opening game in the Regional Super50 Cup against defending champions Trinidad and Tobago. The Scorpions, who last...
Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has sought to assure cricketing interests that the sport is not being neglected in resumption talks, on the back of concerns raised by chief executive officer of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Courtney...
Jockey Shane Ellis says he is aiming to make his return to the saddle with a bang on the nine-race card at Caymanas Park today. Ellis will be making his comeback after almost three months out with a fractured collarbone, after falling from his...
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts and Dr Donovan Bennett, first vice-president of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), are encouraging Jamaican athletes to take the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available. The...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said a national risk assessment will have to done before a permit can be granted for the resumption of sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tufton said that his ministry has held dialogue with...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Chairman Solomon Sharpe says that the number of race days for this year has been increased from 80 to 85. Plans are also being made for an increase in purse this season. “For the past few years we have been...
Omar Hawes, head coach of the newly formed Calabar-based Legacy Athletics, believes that the club has assembled an impressive group of athletes as they seek to establish themselves as one of the top track and field outfits in the world. Legacy...
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts said his organisation has set aside a date in February for the restart of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL). This comes after previous deadlines, set for October and November 2020,...
Having recorded her second straight victory of the year, jockey Abigail Able believes that she now has an outside chance of winning this year’s championship. Able will be aiming to achieve a feat that no other female jockey has been able to...
National senior netball defender Malysha Kelly says she has no plans to retire from the sport anything soon, as she prepares to suit up for the Seven Stars in this season’s Vitality Netball Superleague in the United Kingdom (UK). Kelly, who turned...
Chairman of Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Christopher Williams, is pressing the Government to facilitate the resumption of football while refuting claims that this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) competition will not be...
Sagicor Group President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Zacca said the aim of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run this year is to raise $50 million. This year’s event will be done primarily virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with...
Sport Minister Olivia Grange says rehabilitation work on the National Stadium track is almost complete and the facility will be ready for action shortly. Grange told The Gleaner that the refurbishing of the track should have been completed last...
General Manager at Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited, Lorna Gooden, described the last 12 months as a very testing yet rewarding period for the local racing industry, which rebounded well after being brought to a standstill by the...
Despite featuring in only one international series in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls shone brightly around the world for their respective clubs in 2020. The Sunshine Girls began the year brilliantly as they defeated...
General Secretary Dalton Wint says the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is ensuring that conflicts between the body and players will be avoided in sorting out all necessary payments and contracts details with them soon. Players have publicly...
Having twice been named in the Australian Suncorp Netball Super League Team of theYear in as many seasons, national senior team defender Shamera Sterling has now set her sights on winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award next season. Sterling,...
