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Stories by Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Published:Friday | November 18, 2022 | 6:06 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Haile Selassie ended St Catherine High School's reign as ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup Champions with a 4-1 win after the continuation of their quaterfinal game this afternoon at the Spanish Town Prison Oval. Bad light had stopped play in the fixture...

Published:Friday | November 18, 2022 | 5:48 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The absence of a live televised broadcast of the recent two-match Reggae Girlz international friendly series against Paraguay was by design, according to Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary Dennis Chung. Jamaica split the two-game...

Published:Friday | November 18, 2022 | 5:48 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Everything that could have gone wrong in yesterday’s ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup quarterfinal between Haile Selassie High and St Catherine High at the Spanish Town Prison Oval did. It started with kickoff being delayed for over an hour because of...

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:13 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE EMERGENCE of Kingston College’s (KC) Nashordo Gibbs as a goalscoring threat in this season’s ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup has been impressive and rewarding for head coach Raymond Watson. Gibbs has been a top producer for his team after an initial...

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Hue Menzies, the architect of the national senior women’s team’s 2019 World Cup Qualifying campaign, could be on the verge of returning to the programme with a view to helping the Reggae Girlz’s World Cup campaign, according to Jamaica Football...

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2022 | 12:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The top individual award in athletics is still up for grabs for multiple World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Fraser-Pryce was named among the five finalists for the World Athletics 2022 Female Athlete of the Year award by the sport’...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The latest chapter of the Jamaica College-St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) rivalry started like years past with both teams looking equally dangerous with the top spot in their quarterfinal group up for grabs. In the end, the Dark Blues claimed...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semifinal berths are already set in stone but it will not make the final quarterfinal round match-up between defending champions Kingston College and Mona High any less important. The two schools will face each other...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:59 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Campion College head coach Ashton Morgan is making a case for his goalkeeper, Alex James, to be rated as one of the best in schoolboy football this season. James got and took his opportunity to prove why, making two critical saves in the penalty...

Published:Friday | November 11, 2022 | 5:57 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

National senior men’s coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has hailed the local Reggae Boyz after the team’s 1-1 draw with hosts Cameroon on Wednesday. The head coach said he couldn’t have asked for more. He was very impressed by their attitude and...

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WITH LITTLE time for recovery, Jamaica College (JC) wanted to avoid the grind that would come if a final game to decide their place in the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semifinals had to be undertaken. Job done, the ‘Dark Blues’ guaranteed their place...

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

FOR THE third time in this schoolboy football season, a St Catherine derby will take place but this time, the implications are different, as St Catherine High School and St Jago High School try to get some silverware. The 2022 Walker Cup begins...

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be played across eight venues within the range of the capital Doha. Despite concerns regarding the readiness of the stadiums since construction began in 2015 and the treatment of its migrant workers, all the...

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA COLLEGE are once again on the doorstep of another ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup semi-final. In their way, is a Haile Selassie High team that is not daunted and ready to fight to extend their stay in the competition. They will face each other...

Published:Monday | November 7, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With a step taken towards a Jamaican Olympic debut in synchronised diving, Olympian Yona Knight-Wisdom is hoping that financial and structural support will be there for fellow diver Yohan Eskrick Parkinson to achieve their goal for Paris 2024. The...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In chronicling Jamaica’s top track and field performances in the island’s history, author Michael Grant said that he hoped that it would honour the current high status that the country enjoyed worldwide, as well as pay homage to a trailblazer who...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Having gone beyond their own expectations this year, Haile Selassie head coach Linval Dixon says that his team will approach their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup quarterfinal run with no fear, starting with their opener against St Andrew Technical High...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2022 | 12:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With the encouragement from senior women's head coach Connie Francis and captain Jhaniele Fowler, Jamaica's youthful national senior netballers will continue their growth and evolution on the international stage as they begin their Fast Five series...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Against Argentina, national senior men’s head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson got to see Jamaica’s strongest squad in action in evaluating the way forward for this new World Cup qualifying cycle. Against Cameroon in five days’ time, he will have the...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 11:28 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Wayne Shaw has tendered his resignation as president of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA). According to a statement released today by the association, he indicated verbally to the clubs that he would step down due to "personal...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 11:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

World Under-20 triple jump champion Jaydon Hibbert has been named a finalist for the 2022 World Athletics Men's Rising Star award. The full list of nominees were announced by World Athletics, track and field’s governing body, today, with Hibbert...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

AFTER A junior season which has seen her rise to the top on the track and make big decisions off it, World Under-20 100-metre hurdles champion Kerrica Hill is now in the running for the best Under-20 athlete in the world this year. Hill is among...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 12:08 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

CREDIBLE BUT inconclusive. Those were the findings from Major League Soccer’s investigation into an allegation that DC United player, Taxi Fountas, racially abused Inter Miami FC defender and Reggae Boy, Damion Lowe. The investigation began in the...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WITH A target of improving the National Basketball League (NBL) next year, Jamaica Basketball Association (JABBA) President Paulton Gordon is targeting a late January return with $7 million in sponsorship. Gordon was speaking during a three-day...

Published:Tuesday | November 1, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Reggae Boyz goalkeeper Andre Blake along with his national teammate Cory Burke will finally get their chance at a Major League Soccer (MLS) title, after their Philadelphia Union defeated New York City FC 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Championship...

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