Despite Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) increasing their sponsorship of both races by $800,000 each, there has been a reduction in the purse for this year’s 46th staging of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas. SVREL chairman...
Sports Development Foundation (SDF) General Manager Denzil Wilks says the refurbishing of the National Basketball Courts, at Independence Park, is close to completion. “The basketball courts have been completed and the only thing that is...
Minister of Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange says a scholarship, valued at $1.8 million, has been established to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jamaica’s first Olympic gold medallist, Arthur Wint. The scholarship will be awarded to a second-year...
Sunshine Girl Jhaniele Fowler says the sudden rule change in the Suncorp Super Netball competition in Australia will not affect her game this season. The organisers announced the introduction of a two-goal ‘Super Shot’ in the final stages of...
Having fully recovered from a right-hand wrist injury which kept him out of action for almost two months, national senior tennis player Jacob Bicknell says he is now ready to return to competitive action. The 21-year-old Bicknell, who is the...
Having achieved her best finish in the saddle since she began riding almost two years ago, female apprentice jockey Tamicka Lawrence believes that she is now close to securing her first career win at Caymanas Park. Lawrence, who began riding in...
Former Boys’ Town FC head coach Andrew Price says the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the delay of the training compensation that the club is expected to receive from Belgian club Sporting Charleroi. This is for the signing of former Boys’ Town...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), through its parent company, Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), has signed a letter of intent with South African company Intelligent Gaming, which will see local racing begin broadcast there....
President of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven believes that the absence of Jamaican T20 superstar Chris Gayle from this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a massive blow for the tournament. The 40-year-old told...
WITH THE disappointment of this year’s postponement of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships still etched in his mind, Don Wehby, group chief executive officer of GraceKennedy, says his organisation will be going all out to...
In an effort to increase its revenue, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), through its parent company Supreme Ventures Limited, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Chukka Adventure Tours, which will see tourists...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited Chairman Solomon Sharpe says he is expecting excitement on the resumption of racing at Caymanas Park, with 11 races today. Racing will take place at the park for the first time since March 21 after...
Chairman of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) Clovis Metcalfe says that 95 per cent of racing personnel are now licensed and insured ahead of this weekend’s resumption of racing at Caymanas Park. Metcalf told The Gleaner that the licences and...
Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) chairman Solomon Sharpe is delighted that horse racing will resume on June 20. Sharpe told The Gleaner yesterday that Caymanas Park is in splendid condition and that Supreme Ventures...
With the cancellation of the lucrative Diamond Mile and Governor’s Cup races now confirmed, veteran trainer Gary Subratie believes that he stands a great chance of winning this year’s trainers’ championship at Caymanas Park. The Superstakes,...
Chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited, Solomon Sharpe, yesterday confirmed to The Gleaner that this year’s Governor’s Cup race meet has been cancelled. Sharpe also confirmed that a decision will be taken on whether or not...
Veteran racehorse trainer Gary Subratie believes that he has a glorious opportunity to win his first Jamaica Derby this year. Subratie, who has been a trainer for over 20 years at Caymanas Park, will be banking on his three-year-old colt, WOW WOW,...
Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah says she has been working to maintain her mental and physical conditioning and is now looking forward to the start of competition, following a COVID-19 delayed season. As is the case with most...
Minister of Sports Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has informed The Gleaner that there will be an increase in the cost to the rent the Independence Park Limited (IPL) sporting facilities across the country. The IPL facilities consist of the National Stadium...
President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, described World Athletics’ decision to create a welfare fund as an excellent move by the world’s governing body for athletics. World Athletics announced last...
National senior netball captain Jhaniele Fowler has expressed her delight at the announcement that the Australian Suncorp Super Netball competition is set to begin on August 1. The league was originally scheduled to begin on May 2, but it was...
Gary Peart, executive chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, says the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the process of installing a new tote board at Caymanas Park, almost a year after the equipment stopped functioning. The tote board, which is...
Having scored 10 goals so far in this season’s Costa Rican top-flight football competition, national striker Javon East says he will be seeking a move away from the club to Europe in the summer. The 25-year-old East, who signed a three-year...
In a bid to improve the racing product, executive chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), Gary Peart, says a lot of new and exciting products are set to come on stream as soon as horse racing resumes at Caymanas Park. SVL is the parent body...
DALTON WINT, general secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), says embattled Reggae Boyz striker Darren Mattocks is still part of the association’s plans for the upcoming Concacaf World Cup qualifiers. Mattocks, who plies his trade with...
