WITH THE current Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) nearing its finale, Christina Hudson, chair of Professional Women’s Football Jamaica Limited (PWFJL), declared their first season in operation a success. The JWPL underwent a rebrand at the...
OUTGOING CHAIRMAN of Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Chris Williams, said the loss of SportsMax will be a massive blow not just to the Jamaica Premier League but to all sporting communities across the region. In an announcement...
The long-standing Scotiabank Kids Football Championship is set to hold its first staging in the English-speaking Caribbean, as Jamaica will host the under-11 5-a-side competition set to kick off this weekend. The competition, which began in 2014,...
MERL GROVE High head coach Neo Oxford said when they take to the field in their semi-finals fixture against Holmwood Technical today in the ISSA Tip Friendly Society Schoolgirls Football competition, the pressure will be on the more experienced...
INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOLS Sports Association (ISSA) chairman of swimming, Andrea Bryan Hughes, is pleased with the way the first meet in her post, the High Schools and Tertiary Swim on Saturday at the National Aquatic Centre, went. “I think we had a...
WALKING ACROSS the stage to receive the 2024 Aquatics Athlete of the Year award at the recent RJRGLEANER National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards was a life-changing experience for young swimming sensation Kia Alert. “When I received...
HAVING TAKEN a 1-0 lead in the Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series against South Africa, Sunshine Girls’ head coach Sasher-Gaye Henry said the team is prepared to take on resurgent opponents in what could be a potential series decider today. The...
SOUTH AFRICA’S under-21 head coach, Precious Mthembu, is expecting to face a difficult young Sunshine Girls tomorrow despite a massive 30-point victory in the first of a three-game series on Saturday at the National Indoor Sports Centre (NISC)....
IF YOU thought St Catherine High School’s Rohanna Sudlow would be under pressure at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, you would be wrong. Sudlow, who won he girls’ Class One long jump at Champs last year, says...
Having become a staple in the track and field calendar for Jamaica’s junior athletes, the McKenley/Wint Track and Field Classics promises a schedule filled with top athletes in its 10th staging today at the Calabar High School. With its inaugural...
ONIQUEKY SAMUELS, coordinator of the Caribbean Premier Showcase, says the initiative continues to open doors to the next level for Jamaican schoolboy footballers after their high school careers come to a close. Speaking on the second day of the...
A hall of fame induction is not a new feeling former Olympian Inez Turner. Yet, she shed “tears of joy” when she was told that she will be inducted in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) 2025 John B. McLendon Hall of Fame....
Ras-Renaldiho Harriott scored the all-important goal as Kingston College (KC) claimed the ISSA Burger King Under-14 Urban Area title in a 1-0 win over rivals St George’s College (STGC) at the Stadium East field yesterday. The bragging rights will...
IN A bid to capitalise on Brand Jamaica and to fuel further fan engagement online, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), in collaboration with Kingston Made Production, has announced plans to leverage its YouTube channel ‘JFFLIVE’ to broadcast...
LAST YEAR’S ISSA Manning Cup beaten finalists Hydel High School will be hoping they can go one step further in this season’s campaign as they gear up for a highly anticipated fixture against Kingston College (KC) in the semifinals today at the...
JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL Michail Antonio has recounted his recent passport dilemma, leading to him missing out on the Reggae Boyz crucial Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals tie against the United States earlier this month. The West Ham United...
Mona High continued their unbeaten march in the 2024 ISSA Manning Cup when they blanked St George’s College (STGC) 3-0 yesterday at the Ashenheim Stadium to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition. Mona left nothing to chance in the final...
FOLLOWING THEIR humbling 6-1 loss to Kingston College (KC) in the ISSA Manning Cup on Saturday, the pressure will be on Hydel High to bounce back with a much-improved performance when they take on St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) today at...
With the Junior Cup U-11 competition coming to a grand finale last Saturday with the all-island finals at the Constant Spring Sports Complex, coaches from the rural areas of Jamaica have called for more youth development in their respective...
OLYMPIC MEN’S discus champion Roje Stona and Olympic women’s triple jump silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts are the two Jamaicans to be nominated for the inaugural Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) Sports Awards set for...
WHILE HE and his colleagues had withdrawn their services for the ISSA schoolboy competitions over the weekend, veteran referee Everton Barrett was present at the Youth Football League (YFL) U-11 Junior Cup eastern regionals on Saturday at the...
PENWOOD HIGH School mark a blotch on the almost perfect first round of the ISSA Manning Cup for Kingston College (KC), and today, when the teams meet at Stadium East, the North Street-based side will try to remove the stain....
PAULA PINNOCK, managing director of the Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup Under-11 competition, said the staging of Saturday’s eastern regional tournament was a major success and gives her confidence ahead of the upcoming weeks. In a day...
Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby said he is looking forward to Jamaica’s upcoming friendlies against France and South Africa to close out the year. The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) confirmed the Girlz will travel to France on October 25...
ARNETT GARDENS captain and talisman Fabian Reid said he is still holding on to his childhood dream of qualifying and playing in a World Cup while donning the black, gold, and green of Jamaica. With the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season...
