HEIMIR HALLGRIMSSON, head coach of the Reggae Boyz, says he was left disappointed with both the result and performance of the team during their international friendly against Qatar yesterday which saw the Reggae Boyz suffering a 2-1 defeat....
HEIMIR HALLGRIMSSON, head coach of Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, says despite a short turnaround time between preparation and the Concacaf Gold Cup, Jamaica can expect its national team to do well. Hallgrimsson was speaking ahead of Reggae Boyz’s...
A SMALL Jamaican team produced some big performances at the recently concluded 2023 Youth Parapan American Games in Bogota, Colombia. Five athletes brought back four medals, inclusive of two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze medal from the Games...
JAMAICA’S men’s team will now have to rely on defeating Paraguay in their third and fourth playoff of the 2023 Hockey5s Pan American Cup tomorrow to book a spot at the 2024 Hockey5s World Cup following their 9-2 semifinal defeat by Trinidad and...
ON the heels of a successful 2022 staging of the Red Bull Car Park Drift competition, organisers are eyeing another season filled with tyres screeching and engines revving. This year’s qualifiers, which is expected to be a thrilling showdown of...
OLYMPIC GARDENS have been booted from the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) following last Saturday’s no-show for a semi-final against Frazsiers Whip. Additional sanctions will have significant impact on the Olympic Gardens club and its manager...
FIVE-TIME NATIONAL champion discus thrower Fedrick Dacres is downplaying his performance at the fifth staging of the Racer’s Grand Prix, held at the National Stadium on Saturday, where he finished fourth. Dacres only managed a best throw of 62.85...
JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL player Morgan Green is counting her blessings and is still optimistic about what lies ahead despite not being able to secure a spot on the Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) New York Liberty. The former Chabot...
AMID a plethora of challenges, which includes mainly financial struggles, Team Jamaica will be looking to qualify for the 2024 Hockey5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman, with the qualifiers set for June 4-11 at the Mona Hockey Field. The tournament will...
A four-member squash squad – Julian Morrison, Bruce Burrowes, Tajhia Lumley and Dane Schwier – will depart today to participate in the Pan American qualifiers in Cartegena, Colombia. The qualifiers will run from June 4-10. President of the...
AS TOP-FLIGHT basketball returns to Jamaica following a three-year hiatus from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Paulton Gordon, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association, announced new sponsorships and a June 17 tip-off. Speaking at the...
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Gymnastics Association (JGA), Nicole Grant, says that both management and national representatives are bitterly disappointed after failing to qualify for either the World Championships or Pan American Games at the recently...
HIGHLY rated local shooter David Wong was crowned champion of the Jamaica Skeet Club Sporting Clays Tournament after he fought off stiff challenges from 19 competitors in the first tournament for junior shooters since the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
A seven-member Jamaican gymnastics team comprised of Caleb Faulk, Michael Reid, Matthew McClymont, Elel Wahrmann-Baker, Tyesha Mattis, Mya Absolam and Kiara Richmon will bow into action today at the three-day Pan American Championships in Medellin...
AHEAD OF next week’s start to the 2023 National Basketball League (NBL) tournament, Lennox Lindo, head coach of the Spanish Town Spartans, has bemoaned the slow preparation but insists the club has been working assiduously to reorganise itself for...
NEWLY appointed technical director of Jamaica’s under-17 basketball programme, Wayne Dawkins, is salivating at the prospects he has at his disposal which he believes will take the country to new heights on the world stage. Dawkins stated that...
DEFENDING champions Jamaica had to settle for third place at the recently concluded Full Bore Shooting Championships held at the Crabbs Range in Antigua and Barbuda. Guyana took the title in impressive fashion, finishing on a total of 1,119 points...
FOLLOWING the decision of cricket’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), to remove the use of the ‘soft signal’ as of June 1, 2023, Jamaica-born regional umpire Chris Taylor believes that the decision means the roles of the on...
AS the National Basketball League (NBL) draws closer to resumption, title hopefuls Central Celtics are looking to emulate NBA franchise Boston Celtics and contend for a title of their own. The Boston Celtics are facing the Miami Heat in the...
FORMER Jamaica and West Indies fast bowler Daren Powell has welcomed the move to appoint former teammate Daren Sammy as the new white ball coach for the West Indies team. Powell believes that despite the move being rather unorthodox from the West...
THE SIMON Brown-coached Upper Room Eagles are in the process of finalising a squad for the 2023 National Basketball League (NBL), which tips off later this month following a three-year stoppage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Preparation has gone as...
AFTER ending the regular season of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) as table toppers, Arnett Gardens, the team affectionately known as the ‘Junglists’, are in a wait-and-see mode as to who they will face when the semi-final action kicks off....
FOLLOWING the completion of the regular season in the Jamaica Premier League, defending champions Harbour View will lock horns with Humble Lion in the first leg of their playoff tie set for the Stadium East field next Monday with kickoff set for 7:...
JAMAICA TALLAWAHS CEO, Jeff Miller, is downplaying speculations that something may be wrong within his Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise after the high-profile exit of winning captain Rovman Powell last week. According to the CEO,...
AS THE 2023 National Basketball League (NBL) draws closer to its restart in the final week of May, the tournament’s first staging since the COVID-19 pandemic, the UWI Runnin’ Rebels have been forced to bank on youth. According to Pete Matthews,...
