President of the Jamaica Cycling Federation, Dr Wayne Palmer, said as pleasing as it is for him to see sporting activities resuming locally, he does not think minor sports are being treated with the same level of importance as more popular sports....
Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will play three friendly matches in Japan next month, but will have to do without Bayer Leverkusen star Leon Bailey who, according to head coach Theodore Whitmore, was not named to the 30-member squad because he has not yet...
Former England rugby international and Jamaica Rugby League Association (JRLA) Operations Director, Jason Robinson, believes Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors have immense potential, and is hoping they can make a mark when they make their historic Rugby...
America-based promoter Vernon Lynch said his Boxing Showdown promotions company is willing to wait a little longer for the Jamaican Government to approve a television boxing series that they have scheduled to take place on the island in June....
The 2021 Junior Pan American Cycling (track) Championships is set to take place in Mexico from May 31 to June 6, but Jamaica is almost certain to miss out on the event, as they are still to be granted approval to host their national trials, which...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary Dalton Wint said the cease-and-desist order issued by the federation on Monday was necessitated due to the online circulation of a photo showing the fixture list for an apparent local football...
President of the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), Martin Lyn, said getting the Government’s approval to host time trials will be of great benefit to young local swimmers seeking qualification times for regional and international...
The Jamaica Boxing Board oversees a sport that has been hard hit by COVID-19. A most decidedly contact sport, there hasn't been a way for the sport to survive under these conditions. But now, a lifeline might be in the distance, that is if the...
Jamaica Boxing Board (JBB) President Stephen Jones says the country could miss an opportunity if government approval is not granted for an international television boxing show that is due to get under way on May 29. Jones said that the JBB has...
The indefinite suspension of local football activity, which has lasted over a year, and the cancellation of the schoolboy football season, have forced high school coaches to use more creative ways to move players on to universities and colleges....
Former Reggae Girlz head coach, Hue Menzies, believes the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) should now prioritise finalising the contracts of members of the national senior women’s team, ahead of their FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers, which begin...
The decision to stage the Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at such a belated stage was never going to be easy. While many are looking forward to the return of the most impressive high school event in the world, there are a few...
Former senior national men’s football team head coach Carl Brown says that cancelling the Jamaica Premier League for the 2020-21 season is the sensible thing to do, as there are no guarantees that it will not impact an escalation of COVID-19 cases...
Former senior national men’s football team head coach Carl Brown says that the current squad is better than the team that qualified for the FIFA World Cup in France in 1998. He says that this cohort is more than capable of matching the feat with...
Veteran high school track and field coach Michael Clarke and renowned sports physician Dr Paul Wright highlighted the threat of injury to athletes as a major concern heading into the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships next...
The Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) will have to wait a bit longer to know if whether or not they will be granted approval to stage the Jamaica Premier League competition this season. The organisers of the local top-flight competition...
News of the sudden passing of local footballer Tremaine Stewart sent shockwaves across the local football fraternity on the weekend, and has led to calls from at least one sports medicine expert for stronger screening of sporting representatives...
Jamaica Football Federation Technical Committee Chairman Rudolph Speid disagrees with UEFA’s threat that footballers from teams set to participate in the proposed Super League may be banned from representing their countries. The move by 12 of...
Jamaica had their first defeat of the Central American and Caribbean (CENTRO) Championships, losing 92-54 to Nicaragua on Saturday. The tournament, being played in El Salvador, serves as a qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Head...
The local football fraternity is mourning after news that Dunbeholden FC player Tremaine Stewart passed away yesterday. Stewart collapsed while playing football in his community of Gordon Pen, St Catherine, and was taken to the Spanish Town...
Campion College unveiled its newly renamed cricket field in honour of its former coach Wilbert Parkes yesterday. The Wilbert Parkes Oval, as it is now named, commemorates Parkes’ nearly 50 years of service to the school. Parkes led Campion College...
An anonymous source at the Sport Development Foundation (SDF) said it has already committed funds to the new Veterans Assistance Programme but is now awaiting its implementation by the Ministry of Sport. The programme will provide assistance for...
Head coach of Jamaica men’s basketball team, Rick Turner, says intends to rotate his players in today’s opening Central American and Caribbean (CENTRO) pre-qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup against Costa Rica in El Salvador, in order...
With some of the region’s top nations expected to field weakened teams at this year’s Concacaf Gold Cup tournament, local football insiders, while pointing out a possible advantage for Jamaica, are warning Reggae Boyz head coach Theodore Whitmore...
In January, newly elected Jamaica Weightlifting Federation (JWF) president, Mark Broomfield, relaunched the association and declared that his short-term objective is to re-establish the sport locally and restore the country’s prominence regionally...
