Published:Saturday | January 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Track and field's golden boy, Usain Bolt, says he felt 'let down' by the sport's leaders following recent doping and bribery controversies but thinks that suggestions to reset the world records - including the...
Published:Friday | January 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
King and queen of the sprinting world and now, yet again, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have claimed the RJR Sports Foundation 2015 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year crowns after last night's coronation as Jamaican sporting royalty.Like...
Published:Thursday | January 14, 2016 | 8:08 PMAndre Lowe
When the RJR Sports Foundation announces speedsters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as the 2015 recipients of the National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year awards at tonight's ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus, it will hardly come as a...
Published:Wednesday | January 13, 2016 | 6:43 PMAndre Lowe
President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, says he does not support calls made by one of the sport's most powerful bodies to reset all world record marks amidst the ongoing doping crisis affecting...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2015 | 5:47 PMAndre Lowe
Jamaica-born American quarter-miler Sanya Richards-Ross told popular track and field outlet Athletics Weekly that she is looking to pace herself in training ahead of the 2016 season.The four-time Olympic and five-time World Championships gold medal...
Published:Monday | November 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
The FLOW-powered Super Cup competition has been a revelation since its creation in 2014, with clashes between the best rural and urban schoolboy football teams drawing massive crowds to, and inducing euphoria at, venues across the island.However, to...
Published:Sunday | November 22, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
His best time ever is 12.94 seconds. It's also the best time recorded by a Jamaican in the 110m hurdles, but if he has his way, Olympic and World Championships medallist Hansle Parchment will be making some adjustments to that record in the coming...
Published:Friday | November 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
It's as if they were made for each other. Jamaica College and St George's College have formed a powerful duopoly of local schoolboy football over the last decade in particular and will, for the first time this season, come face-to-face with the ISSA...
The rhythmic harmony of waves crashing against the shoreline and a hearty breeze is likely to meet you everytime you step into the rustic, open-air setting at Hellshire's seafood staple Prendy's on the Beach.Still, nothing is more welcoming than the...
Published:Thursday | October 22, 2015 | 8:12 PMAndre Lowe
Defending FLOW Super Cup champions Jamaica College (JC) will get their title defence under way against Vere Technical in a jam-packed opening weekend, spanning three venues and eight games.JC, which earlier this week suffered a penalty shoot-out...
Published:Wednesday | October 21, 2015 | 4:50 PMAndre Lowe
Chief executive officer of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, William 'Billy' Heaven, said calls to increase the fund's 40 per cent allotment to the sports industry deserves consideration, but thinks an increase is...
Published:Monday | October 19, 2015 | 7:08 PMAndre Lowe
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Mike Fennell is not ruling out a local-based training camp ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the organisation considers an offer from another Brazilian city.Fennell, who...
Published:Wednesday | October 14, 2015 | 5:24 PMAndre Lowe
It looks like there will again be a heavy Jamaican presence at a major international sporting event, with indications that Jamaicans have been gobbling up tickets to next summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with more than 500 tickets...
Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2015 | 3:24 PMAndre Lowe
Upcoming Jamaican sprinter Natasha Morrison has joined Asafa Powell and Kerron Stewart at the Texas-based Fast Twitch Factory after her recent departure from the MVP Track Club.Morrison, a 100m finalist and the lead-off runner on Jamaica's gold...
Published:Monday | October 12, 2015 | 7:26 PMAndre Lowe
A tough, yet successful season now behind him, sprinting supremo Usain Bolt will today take his first steps towards a dominant 2016 season, with the Rio Olympic Games and a new 200m world record topping his 'to-do' list.The 17-time Olympic and World...
Published:Saturday | October 10, 2015 | 6:27 PMAndre Lowe
"Come out and run with me; discover my parish and support a worthy cause."That's the message from superstar sprinter Usain Bolt, as the 'I's are dotted and the 't's crossed, ahead of the inaugural Jamaica National Building Society (JN) Foundation...
Published:Wednesday | October 7, 2015 | 7:58 PMAndre Lowe
Delivered under budget and within schedule, the new track at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport is expected to continue the institution's rich heritage of sporting education. But, it was not an easy fix.One of the region's...
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
Kaliese Spencer said she felt like an "outcast", while Christine Day spoke of a "break-up" text message.However, as the two athletes broke their silence about their split from the Stephen Francis-led MVP Track Club, it's clear they have little doubt...
Olympians Kaliese Spencer and Christine Day have made their first public comments since news broke last week that they were leaving the Stephen Francis-led MVP Track Club. The athletes who have since joined Bert Cameron's ‘Cameron Blazers...
Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
As preparations begin to hit high-gear ahead of the 2016 track and field season, word of more shifting and changing among some of the island’s more notable athletes continue to make the rounds, with Kerron Stewart’s return to the United...
Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 7:02 PMAndre Lowe
There are strong indications that World Championships 400m finalist Christine Day is among the athletes who will be leaving the MVP Track Club ahead of coming season.Day, along with her sister, Jonique; struggling quarter-miler Riker Hylton, who...
Published:Monday | September 21, 2015 | 7:39 PMAndre Lowe
After securing the broadcast rights, FLOW's vice-president of marketing and products, Carlo Redwood, has promised cutting-edge delivery of Jamaica's CONCACAF semi-finals round World Cup qualifiers and sought to alleviate fears with plans for wide-...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 6:24 PMAndre Lowe
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt has come to the rescue of his alma mater, William Knibb Memorial High, after donating $1.3 million, plus sporting equipment, to aid the school's ailing sports programme.Called upon for assistance after the institution...
Back in the island after his triple gold medal – winning performance at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has come to the aid of his alma mater's sports programme with a donation of $1.3 million...
Published:Saturday | September 12, 2015 | 12:00 AMAndre Lowe
BRUSSELS, Belgium:IMAGINE. Usain Bolt has not quite achieved his full potential.Ridiculous. Surely. Or is it?There are very few people who know Bolt as well as this fellow does, but despite the athlete's glittering CV, which includes a decade of...
