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Shanoya Dougas of Holland High School on her way to winning the Girls’ Class One 200 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships.
April 2, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Douglas has eye on World U20s, Commonwealth Games

Garth Smythe, coach of outstanding junior sprinter Shanoya Douglas, says that while she will compete at this weekend’s Carifta Games in Grenada, her focus remains on the World Under-20 Championships…
The FIFA World Cup Trophy is displayed before press conference at Rockefeller Plaza, June 16, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)
April 2, 2026

FIFA raises top ticket price for World Cup final to US$10,990 during glitch-hampered sales reopening

FIFA raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to US$10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales Wednesday after the 48-team field for this year’s tournament was finalized. The…
St Jago captain Vitel Lawes is all smiles after leading his side to the First Global Bank Grace Shield title in a game against Campion College at Melbourne Cricket Oval yesterday.
April 2, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Lawes leads from the front as St Jago snatch Grace Shield

In a thrilling final that ebbed and flowed over three days of high-quality schoolboy cricket, St Jago High School emerged as the champions of the First Global Bank Grace Shield, securing a hard-fought…
Davion Chantiloupe.
April 2, 2026 by Robert Bailey

CC coach turns to GoFundMe to replace stolen car

Davion Chantiloupe, head coach of Clarendon College, says a GoFundMe account has been set up to assist him in purchasing a motor vehicle after his car was stolen from the National Stadium car park…
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (right), owner of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 franchise, the Jamaica Kingsmen, Fawad Sarwar (left) and CPL Chief Exeecutive OFficer Pete Russell sta
April 2, 2026

Grange optimistic about Kingsmen

Minister of Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange is optimistic about the performance of the Jamaica Kingsmen in August’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).…
West Indies fast bowling consultant Ottis Gibson (right) gives instruction to fast bowler Jediah Blades during a series against Nepal in Sharjah in September 2025.
April 2, 2026

Gibson returns as Windies bowling consultant

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced the appointment of former West Indies fast bowler and head coach, Otis Gibson, as the new fast bowling consultant for the regional outfit on an initial one-year…
Iraq’s Aymen Hussein celebrates scoring his side’s second goal during the World Cup play-off final football match between Iraq and Bolivia in Monterrey, Mexico, on Tuesday.
April 2, 2026

World Cup qualifying marathon ends with Iraq securing the final spot

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP): The 48-team field for FIFA ‘s biggest-ever World Cup is complete after a qualifying process that spanned more than two and a half years. Iraq edged Bolivia 2-1 in an…
NEO STAR (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo, wins the second running of the nine-furlongs-and 25-yard International Women’s Day Trophy ahead of DON KWESI at Caymanas Park on March 7.
April 2, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Linguist the only competition for unlucky Don Kwesi

DON KWESI gets favourable company in Saturday’s Linval McFarlane after being beaten by overnight-allowance winners in consecutive races. Claiming rider Demar Williams replacing Dane Dawkins also gives…
Jamaica’s Renaldo Cephas (left) and DR Congo’s Brian Cipenga vie for the ball during the Intercontinental World Cup Playoff final in Guadalajara, Mexico yesterday.
April 1, 2026 by Livingston Scott

‘WE TRIED’

Jamaica coach Rudolph Speid said his team lost concentration on one play and that made the difference in their FIFA Intercontinental World Cup Playoff final against the Democratic Republic of Congo…