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Shakeya Reid of Penwood High School brought her school their first ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships points when she finished sixth in the Class One 100 metres.
March 29, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Penwood coach wants to use milestone to inspire

Head coach of Penwood High School, Derol Gardener, said he is hoping that his team’s performances at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships will inspire not only students, but…
Cavalier SC’s Jeovani Laing (left) tries to keep the ball away from Treasure Beach FC’s Naqwan Henry during a Jamaica Premier League match at the St Elizabeth Sports Complex on March 15.
March 29, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Leaders, champions take aim at breaking losing streak

Jamaica Premier League (JPL) leaders Montego Bay United and defending champions Cavalier will both look to end their two-match winless runs when they meet in the feature match of round 31 at Jarrett…
Lennox Graham
March 29, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

International eyes continue to focus on Champs

As the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) came to a close yesterday, the five-day annual track and field meet has once again drawn the attention of coaches overseas,…
Excelsior High School’s Jaeden Campbell in action in the Boys’ Class 2 400-metre hurdles at the ISSA/GracKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium.
March 29, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Campbell not surprised by Champs record

Excelsior High Class 2 intermediate hurdler Jaeden Campbell was one of the standout performers on Friday’s fourth day of competition at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships…
ISSA Vice-President and Principal of Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls Colleen Montague (left) and Kimberly Smalling, senior account executive at Main Event.
March 29, 2026 by Karen Madden

MAKING OF CHAMPS: The money that makes it all work

It takes cash to care or money makes the mare run. Whichever catchy maxim you choose, one thing is beyond doubt – it takes millions of dollars to execute an event of the scale of the ISSA/GraceKennedy…
From left: Coach Lennox Graham, middle-distance runner Natoya Goule, and 400m hurdler Kemar Mowatt.
March 29, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Veteran coach calls for better education of athletes

With a rigorous recruitment process and a changing landscape in collegiate sports, Lennox Graham, associate head coach of Clemson University track and field programme, said Jamaican athletes need to…
Stafanie Taylor
March 29, 2026

Taylor’s ton in vain as Aussies claim opening WODI

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): West Indies Women wasted an impressive century from veteran Stafanie Taylor, as Australia Women’s strong showing with the bat propelled them to a dominant 103-run victory…
Darcie Brown of Australia (second right) attempts to field off her own bowling to the West Indies’ Hayley Matthews during the first semifinal match of the Women’s Cricket World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
March 29, 2026

Restricting Australia batters key, says Taylor

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): West Indies Women’s bowlers will have to do a better job at containing Australia’s explosive batting lineup if they are to stand a chance of making a comeback against them…
Belgium’s Jeremy Doku (left) tries to get by the United States’ Timothy Weah during an international friendly football match in Atlanta yesterday.
March 29, 2026

US struggle against marauding Belgium

ATLANTA (AP): Belgium blew out the United States 5-2 on Saturday in a World Cup warmup that exposed the Americans’ defensive difficulties, rallying from a late first-half deficit on two goals by Dodi…