IN A game played with the intensity of a final, Jamaica College (JC) edged Excelsior High 2-1 yesterday in the first round of matches in the quarterfinals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup at Stadium East. Jamoy Dennis handed JC the lead in the 29th...
THE REGGAE Girlz put on a masterclass in goalscoring as they demolished Dominica 18-0 in their opening game of the Concacaf W Qualifiers at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia. Hat-tricks each from Kiki Van Zanten (6th, 21st, 25th), Khadija...
WITH THE ISSA/WATA Manning Cup set to restart this week, Craig Butler hailed his current crop of players as the best team he has coached, and is confident they can reclaim their hold on the Manning Cup trophy. Butler led Mona to the school’s first-...
ST ELIZABETH Technical High School’s (STETHS’) daCosta Cup programme is picking up the pieces left in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa marked by the 4-0 thrashing of St George’s College (STGC) in a practice match yesterday at Winchester Park. In...
REGGAE BOYZ head coach Steve McClaren said the 26 players selected for the final two games of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers are those who have earned his trust. McClaren was speaking yesterday at a Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) press...
Audley Weir, general secretary of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA), says they are organising relief efforts for Vikings Volleyball Club in Westmoreland, which has been devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Weir said while the...
Paulton Gordon, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA), says they will need to make several equipment upgrades to the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC) before they can begin hosting games for the FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas...
WITH JUST a month left until their first match of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas Qualifiers, Jamaica’s men’s basketball head coach Rick Turner expects a much-changed squad from the one that competed at the pre-qualifiers. Speaking with The...
PHILLIP WILLIAMS, head coach of St Andrew Technical High (STATHS), says the passing of former schoolboy football standout, Andre Salmon, has dealt a heavy blow to the school’s community. Salmon, who was hospitalised for weeks after being shot,...
STS PETER and Paul Preparatory claimed the 2025 Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup U-11 All-Island title yesterday when they defeated Lannaman’s Preparatory 3-1 at the Constant Spring Sports Complex. Sts Peter and Paul added to their YFL urban...
WHETHER THEY called him ‘Skill’, ‘Cherry’, or simply ‘Cole’, families, friends and well-wishers all came out in their numbers to the National Arena yesterday to pay their final respects at the thanksgiving service for Jamaican legend Allan Cole....
A STUNNING strike from defender Aiden Bernard proved the difference for Campion College as they clipped Norman Manley High School 1-0 yesterday in ISSA/WATA Manning Cup Zone D action at the Maxfield Park field. Bernard’s goal in the 43rd minute...
WITH TWO wins under their belt, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren is hoping the team can continue their good form when they take on Curacao and Bermuda in the October international window for the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers. Jamaica had a...
WITH JUST today’s final day of competition left at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in the Japan National Stadium, Ian Forbes, team manager, has hailed Jamaica’s performance and believes they can end their campaign with relay glory. Jamaica...
THERE WAS stark contrast in results for Jamaica at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in the women’s and men’s 4x100-metre teams yesterday. The women booked their spot in the final in dominant fashion, while the men’s sprint relay team...
EVEN AS he made history by becoming the first Jamaican to compete in a men’s 800-metre final at the World Athletics Championships, Navasky Anderson also broke into unchartered territory, setting the new national record at one minute, 42.76 seconds...
DESPITE FALLING short of her goal of securing an individual spot on Jamaica’s team at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, Roneisha McGregor is proud to have been selected for the women’s 4x400-metre relay pool. McGregor had harboured ambitions...
REPEATING HIS age-old adage of there being ‘no easy games in the Caribbean’, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren has warned against the notion that the final round of Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers will be a simple formality for Jamaica’s...
HAVING LOST a number of players from their back-to-back Jamaica Premier League (JPL) winning squads, Cavalier head coach Rudolph Speid said this season’s focus will be to rebuild their numbers as they look to be as competitive as possible. Cavalier...
JAMAICA EARNED their first win at the 2025 World Lacrosse Men’s U20 Championships following a comfortable 17-7 win over hosts South Korea at Seogwipo in the second game of Pool C action yesterday. The U20 national team kickstarted their campaign...
“WINNERS ARE defined by how they respond to setbacks,” wrote Grand Slam Track (GST) CEO and Commissioner Michael Johnson in an open letter amid uncertainty surrounding the league following their financial shortfall this year. GST, the ambitious...
JAMAICA COMPLETED an unbeaten campaign to claim the Concacaf Boys’ U15 Championships League B title yesterday when they defeated Puerto Rico 2-0 at the Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium in Aruba. Tevin Savage (second minute) and Kelvin Brown (...
WITH SEVERAL key competitions set to take place across the next calendar year for both the senior and junior national teams, Netball Jamaica (NJ) president Karen Baugh says the sport is “alive and well”. The Sunshine Girls will face an active...
Mount Pleasant Football Academy’s sporting director Paul Christie says the recent arrival of Jamaican international Warner Brown is just another step in their ambitions of becoming the central hub for the best Caribbean footballers. “Let me say on...
