Following Jamaica’s historic third-place finish at the recent Concacaf Nations League, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts is looking forward to a ‘busy summer’ for the Reggae Boyz. In a press release from the JFF...
Jamaica’s Tiffany James-Rose has been handed a two-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). James-Rose has been adjudged guilty of three separate whereabouts failures in the span of 12 months. She was listed among a group of 22 athletes to...
HAVING ALREADY had their relegation confirmed, head coach Victor Ebanks says Treasure Beach FC will be playing for pride as they prepare for their final game of the Wray...
Robert Miller claimed Jamaica’s second record at the Carifta Games in the under-17 400 metres hurdles final yesterday. Miller stopped the clock in 52.19 seconds to erase Bahamian Stephen Newbold’s record of 52.75. Jamaica’s first record of the meet...
SEVERAL OF Jamaica’s junior athletes who dominated at the recently concluded ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships are expected to feature heavily at the 2024 Carifta Games being held in Grenada this weekend. The Jamaica...
OLYMPIC GARDENS FC has had an impressive season so far in this year’s Wray and Nephew Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Championship. Head coach Ira Hemmings says the team’s success is dedicated to the community. Olympic Gardens...
ST JAGO High School and Knox College claimed the 2024 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) boys and girls all-island volleyball titles with victories over Jamaica College (JC) and Wolmer’s Girls School respectively at the GC Foster...
IT WAS a dramatic end to the boys’ Class 2 1500 metres as Jamaica College’s (JC) Samuel Creary ran past Kingston College’s (KC) Nahashon Ruto on the homestretch to claim the title and earn a massive nine-point haul for JC. Inches separated the two...
While an injury may have cost Jamaica College’s (JC) Hector Benjamin some valuable time off the track, the Old Hope Road-based school’s leading man says he is still aiming to win the coveted Boys Class 1 100-metre title. Benjamin made the headlines...
THERE WERE a few high-profile names missing as Reggae Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson announced his 23-man squad for the Concacaf Nations League yesterday. Hallgrímsson, however, said that these absences will be an opportunity for new players...
FRESHLY MINTED head coach of Jamaica’s under-20 team, Jerome Waite, is hoping to start his tenure quickly. Waite said he will be looking towards getting as many training sessions with the teams because he only has three months to prepare before the...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) Christopher Samuda says he will be putting plans into place this year to establish a Paralympic academy. According to Samuda, this academy will provide opportunities for para-athletes in the...
AS HE watched the rededication of the Cauldron Petal display at the Norman Manley International Airport on Monday, Jamaican para-athlete Acee Green said it was important for para-athletes to be recognised for their achievements. The Cauldron Petal...
Jerome Waite, head coach of Jamaica Premier League outfit, Tivoli Gardens, and Manning Cup unit, Wolmer’s Boys’ School, has been chosen to replace John Wall as head coach of Jamaica’s under-20 squad. Wall, who led the young Reggae Boyz, for the...
Christopher Samuda, president of the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), said the Cauldron Petal display remains a symbol of hope for the Paralympic movement in Jamaica. This comes after a rededication ceremony for the display yesterday at the...
Head coach of St Andrew Technical High School’s (STATHS) track and field team, Mario Forsythe, says he will be carrying an inexperienced team to the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) next week. STATHS will be...
In the past, Camperdown High earned the moniker ‘sprint factory’ for the school’s dominance in the sprint events. Though their dominance has waned, head coach Okeile Stewart is hoping the school can return to their lofty heights. Stewart said the...
The G.C. Foster Classics meet manager Chester McCarthy says this year’s staging will be a ‘last-chance’ event for athletes preparing for the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs). The meet is the final ISSA-sanctioned...
G.C. Foster Classics meet manager Chester McCarthy said there are plans in place to build new stands for their facilities, as event organisers hope to keep the stagings of the track meet at home. McCarthy explained, with this year’s record number...
Head coach David Riley says Excelsior High will be aiming to break into the top five of the points standings at this year’s ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) set for March 19-23 at the National Stadium. Riley said...
FORMULA WOMAN race car driver Sara Misir has signed an endorsement deal with Red Stripe under the company’s ‘Drink and Live Responsibly’ and Heineken 0.0 brands. The announcement was made yesterday at Red Stripe’s headquarters. The announcement...
Jamelia Young of Clarendon College won the first final on the opening day of the Carifta Trials at the National Stadium yesterday as several of the best local junior athletes started their bid for spots on the Jamaican squad for the 2024 Carifta...
Speaking in an interview before the start of the national team’s two friendly matches against Trinidad and Tobago, head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says these games will be used as an assessment of the players’ potential to join the full-strength...
