Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
With just a few days separating the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Champion-ships now under way at the National Stadium and Jamaica's crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica at the same venue, Independence Park Limited (IPL)...
Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 7:55 PMAndre Lowe
Calabar High School's Christopher Taylor delighted with a record run on the opening day of the 106th staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships inside the National Stadium.With six finals on the card, Jamaica College (JC...
Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Chairman of the organising committee for the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships, Colleen Montague, says she was pleased with the execution of the first day of the five-day championships, currently taking place inside the...
Published:Monday | March 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Calabar High and Edwin Allen High schools will certainly retain their respective titles at the 2016 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships.Well, at least that's what the experts believe...
Published:Saturday | March 12, 2016 | 2:13 PMAndre Lowe
A shortage of grandstand tickets was the only blimp on what was a largely successful start yesterday morning to ticket sales for this week's ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships.Just over 100 persons were already in line when...
There were no crazy crowds or the customary chaos when tickets for next week's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boy and Girls Athletics Championships went on sale at 8 o'clock this morning at the National Stadium. Just over 100 persons or so lined up in...
Published:Friday | March 11, 2016 | 2:11 PMAndre Lowe
To some, he might already be the greatest athlete, but six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says he won't feel comfortable tagging that title to himself until he delivers another triple-gold performance at the Olympic Games.With the Rio...
Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 5:56 PMAndre Lowe
Speaking at the launch of the inaugural Racers Grand Prix yesterday, club patriarch Glen Mills is promising a meet with a difference, while his top draw, Usain Bolt, says he will be using the June 11 event to show his readiness ahead of the Olympic...
Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2016 | 6:18 PMAndre Lowe
The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) will have to dip deeper into its pockets to stage this year's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium, with the 2016 budget climbing by over $13...
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
As the controversy surrounding an aborted Tennis Jamaica (TJ) election, which took place in November 2015, rages on, presidential candidate John Azar is looking to clear the air, as he disputes the association's position on the troubled election,...
Published:Tuesday | February 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Jamaica's Olympics-bound diver Yona Knight-Wisdom says winning the three-metre springboard silver medal at the FINA Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was a welcome bonus after his historic qualification to the Olympic Games.Knight-Wisdom...
Published:Monday | February 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
After raising his head above water following his final dive on Sunday at the biennial Diving World Cup - an Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro - the next few seconds seemed like an eternity for Jamaica's three-metre springboard representative,...
Published:Saturday | February 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Jamaican youngster Daniel Mayhew says he is extremely proud following his 13th-place finish in the Monobob competition at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway yesterday.The 17-year-old, who is the first Jamaican participant at the Winter...
Published:Saturday | February 20, 2016 | 4:30 PMAndre Lowe
World Championships 200-metre silver medallist Elaine Thompson looked at home on her indoor debut, twice clocking 7.14 on a day that saw her finishing second to her Dutch rival Dafne Schippers in the 60m at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix at the...
Published:Saturday | February 20, 2016 | 8:41 AMAndre Lowe
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson clocked 7.14 seconds for third place in the women's 60m heat at the Glasgow Indoors Grand Prix at the Emirates Arena a short while ago. Thompson, who finished second in the 200m at the World Championships in...
Published:Friday | February 19, 2016 | 8:30 PMAndre Lowe
"It has always been a dream of mine to play in the Premier League and I have done." Jamaican international Wes Morgan has not only realised his dream, he is also flourishing, making up for lost time even, as he leads unlikely title contenders...
Published:Thursday | February 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Manchester United legend in attendance. Check.Why stop there? Let's bring in Manchester United's mascot, 'Fred the Red' as well. Check.A Manchester United game on big screen (even if it was only a Europa League loss to lowly Midtjylland). Check....
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Just over two months after taking over as technical director and head coach of Waterhouse FC, coach Paul Young has been relieved of his duties, with the familiar face of Anthony Patrick now charged with rescuing the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL)...
Published:Monday | February 15, 2016 | 6:16 PMAndre Lowe
Coaches in the central region are expressing disappointment with an event schedule change - prompted by sponsors Digicel - which now has all but two track finals being contested on the second day of competition at the Central Championships.The two-...
Published:Wednesday | February 10, 2016 | 4:42 PMAndre Lowe
With next month's IAAF World Indoor Championships overlapping with the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships (Champs), general secretary of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, admits there are...
Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 5:36 PMAndre Lowe
Officials of one of the world's foremost sports investment agencies, Doyen Sports Group, and Arsenal Football Club are expected to sign an agreement with the Phoenix All-Star Academy this afternoon in Kingston.The deal, which is being hailed by...
Published:Friday | January 22, 2016 | 7:53 PMAndre Lowe
Meet 17-year-old Daniel Mayhew.He cannot drive a car, but he is quite competent, and on evidence, very comfortable guiding a bobsleigh downhill at 110km/h.The Charlemont High school student will head off to a training camp next week before taking...
Published:Wednesday | January 20, 2016 | 5:13 PMAndre Lowe
He may be a few months away from his 30th birthday and is still bothered by a serious case of scoliosis, but six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has no doubt that he still has a lot left in the tank - a point he hopes to prove this season.With the...
Published:Tuesday | January 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Ambassador BoltSprinter plans to stay in athletics after retirementThis year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will certainly be the last for sprinting icon Usain Bolt, but the Jamaican speedster says he plans to stay in the sport as an ambassador...
Under-fire West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has taken to the popular social media platform Instagram to unleash a flurry of strokes against the media and his critics. Gayle, who became an international talking point after being accused of making...
