After a two-year hiatus, the Neville Myton Road Race returns to the local competition calendar on January 1. It will be staged for the 36th time in Myton’s hometown of Old Harbour Bay. Race organiser Dennis May said road racers and the Old Harbour...
FOUR YEARS from now, the FIFA World Cup will see 48 teams contesting the tournament for the first time in its history. Roy Simpson, Jamaica’s men’s team manager, and Xavier Gilbert, a member of the national coaching panel, aren’t worried that the...
With Jamaica’s Aiko Jones solid at the net, the University of Louisville made history a week ago simply by reaching the NCAA women’s volleyball final. However, the bid to win the title fell short. Jones hammered 32 kills in the round of 16, the...
LIONEL MESSI and Kylian Mbappé were the two best players at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Football analyst Clyde Jureidini, Excelsior High technical director Xavier Gilbert, and national men’s team manager Roy Simpson all agree on that. Ask...
Sunday’s riveting FIFA World Cup final in Qatar gave fans more than they bargained for. Bedazzled by a game that ended by a dramatic penalty shoot-out, football analyst Clyde Jureidini says the final went beyond the fairy-tale ending he had...
NATIONAL MEN’S team manager Roy Simpson and Harbour View stalwart Clyde Jureidini have made some tough calls during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Jureidini went against the grain and predicted that the magnificent run by Morocco would end at the hand...
MOROCCO GET high praise from football analyst Clyde Jureidini for a World Cup performance that has taken the African nation past three teams ranked among FIFA’s top 10. However, he tips France to survive their World Cup semi-final today in Qatar...
Lionel Messi must get on the ball more often if Argentina are to overcome the steely resolve of Croatia in today’s FIFA World Cup semifinal in Qatar. That’s the combined verdict from TVJ football analyst Andrew Price and national team manager Roy...
Whenever Croatia are playing a World Cup knockout game, there’s a possibility that the result could be decided by a penalty shoot-out. According to sports psychologist Yanique Levy, penalty takers shoulder huge stress that can only be mitigated by...
Speedy Kylian Mbappé could be the X factor when France take on England today in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals in Qatar. So says TVJ football analyst Andrew Price who expects Mbappé and his French teammate Ousmane Dembélé to work the English...
Xavier Gilbert, the Excelsior High and Jamaica coach, thinks in-form Portugal must resolve two issues if the team is to have the upper hand against Morocco in their World Cup quarter final today in Qatar. One concerns veteran Portuguese defender...
Today’s World Cup quarter-final in Qatar between old rivals Argentina and the Netherlands will be a chess match that could turn on a single moment of brilliance. That’s the word from national team manager Roy Simpson, who thinks the Argentines will...
“Brazil are the most powerful and the best national team at the World Cup. What I’ve seen so far, when you take a look at their selection of players, their quality, skills and value, then it is indeed terrifying.” Those are the words of Croatia’s...
WITH ITS share of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title safely tucked away, the University of Louisville go into the round of 16 in the 2022 NCAA women’s volleyball championships today, facing off against Baylor University. The Louisville team...
Just before the World Cup began, there was a lively discussion online about who the Female World Athlete of the Year should be, and last week, I was asked who I thought would be the RJR/GLEANER Sportswoman of the Year. However, no one is asking who...
Many observers became admirers of France at the 2022 FIFA World Cup yesterday after the reigning champions dispatched Poland 3-1 in the round of 16. However, after seeing almost all of the teams in the group stage, analyst Michael Hall suggested...
Football analyst Michael Hall has pinpointed a key matchup that could turn the result of the Netherlands’ round of 16 World Cup encounter with the United States today at 10 a.m. It’s a matter of speed. As an admirer of Dutch football himself, he...
Speaking at last Saturday’s President’s Trophy table tennis tournament, JTTA President Andrew Lue said there was what he described as a thirst for the sport. Lue was led to that conclusion by the level of support and the enthusiasm of the...
Top seeds Mark Phillips and Tsenaye Lewis topped the Jamaica Table Tennis Association President’s Trophy tournament at the G.C. Foster College for Physical Education and Sport in Spanish Town at the weekend. Phillips, 28, subdued Rudolph Sinclair...
When Nigerian Adeniyi Akindele ran through the Kingston and St Andrew Table Tennis Association’s Men’s B tournament in October without dropping a set, he appeared to be comfortable. Akindele confirmed this impression by winning the Jamaica Table...
Durable and consistent during his days on the track, World and Olympic 400-metre bronze medallist Greg Haughton will surprise you when you ask him about his hopes for Jamaican track and field for the future. Remarkably, his good wishes go first to...
Jamaica’s team to the recent Caribbean Mini and Pre-Cadet Championships in Guyana came home with more than just the 10 medals they won in battle. They returned with words of wisdom from the most successful Jamaican table tennis (TT) player of all...
Female players will be able to match skills against men at the President’s Trophy table tennis tournament to be staged on Saturday, November 26, at the G.C. Foster College for Physical Education and Sport. Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA)...
In all of World Cup history, only two countries have successfully defended the title, Italy and Brazil. Jamaican coach Xavier Gilbert doesn’t think France, the 2018 winners, will join them this year. Given the French injury list, Gilbert is...
With the Reggae Boyz absent, many Jamaicans will be supporting African teams at the FIFA World Cup when it kicks off tomorrow. Senegal were set to carry the continent’s challenge for the trophy but a late injury blow has them off balance. At world...
