FOLLOWING THE successful opening staging of the Wray and Nephew Fight Nights series at Ferdi Neita Park in Portmore over the weekend, Jamaica Boxing Association (JaBA) President Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones is eyeing future stagings in various...
STEPHEN ‘BOMBER’ Jones, president of the Jamaica Boxing Association (JaBA), lauded the return of the Wray and Nephew Fight Nights series as a success despite hiccups during the opening staging over the weekend. The Fight Nights series made its...
HAVING WON his first 400-metre national title on Sunday at the JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships, Rusheen McDonald is taking aim at 43.93 seconds — his own national record. “I feel like I’m in a 43 [seconds] shape this year. I feel like...
FOLLOWING HIS team’s triumph in the final of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Under-17 final at the Constant Spring Sports Complex on Sunday, Harbour View coach Sydney McFarlane said the club is still producing top youth...
Tasked with finding the best players to represent Jamaica in the Reggae Girlz squad, head coach Hubert Busby, said he has been keeping a close eye on the local talents available in the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL). Speaking in a recent...
Several of the top names in Jamaican track and field showed their quality on the opening day of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Junior and Senior Championships yesterday at the National Stadium. Five-time women’s...
With no relay events scheduled at the National Senior and Junior Championships this year, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has highlighted three meets where they are confident Jamaica can qualify its remaining teams to the...
IN ANNOUNCING his squad for the Reggae Girlz upcoming international friendly against England, head coach, Hubert Busby Jr, confirmed striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw is still recovering from the season-ending injury she suffered earlier this year....
WITH THE Reggae Girlz set to take on England in an international friendly on June 29 at the King Power Stadium, head coach Hubert Busby Jr said he will be focusing on the positives as his squad will be without several of his more experienced...
WHILE PREPARING to lose four of its key track and field athletes to Türkiye via a switch of allegiance, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has called for World Athletics to take action to prevent even more athletes from leaving...
JUST DAYS after deriding the news of key Jamaican athletes making the switch to Türkiye as simply “allegations”, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president Garth Gayle has officially acknowledged the matter but says that Jamaica...
For many coaches, winning the first game of a best-of-three basketball series would bring some measure of relief. But Simon Brown, head coach of Upper Room Eagles, knows the job is not yet done as they face a tough task to defeat UWI Runnin’...
Following reports that a number of elite track and field athletes are set to switch their allegiances from Jamaica to Turkey, Member of Parliament and Olympian Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn has called for further questions into the role of Jamaica’s sports...
While the track and field community is caught in a frenzy following reports of several elite athletes switching their allegiance from Jamaica to Turkey, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) President Garth Gayle said that at this...
HAVING LOST a number of players since the start of the season, Oniel Brown, head coach of Urban Knights, said his team will be drawing on their experience as defending champions when they take on St George’s Slayers in the first game of the...
XAVIER GILBERT’S move to Montego Bay United (MBU) from Arnett Gardens came as a shock to many as Gilbert had become a well-liked figure in the Junglists’ technical area. However, the head coach explained he leaves the club on good terms after...
JAMAICA BOXING Association (JaBA) president Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones has hailed the Wray and Nephew Fight Nights series as an essential platform for the development of Jamaica’s amateur and professional boxers. Jones was speaking yesterday at the...
It all came down to the wire in yesterday’s promotion battle in the America’s Group III tournament at the 2025 Davis Cup, as Jamaica were narrowly defeated 2-1 by Puerto Rico and were denied automatic qualification to the Americas Group II tier....
Founder and Commissioner of Grand Slam Track (GST) Michael Johnson said the decision to cancel the final meet of its inaugural season, set to be held later this month in Los Angeles, will open the door to improvement for its second staging next...
Having defeated Guatemala 3-0 on Tuesday at the National Stadium in their final match of the second round of Concacaf World Cup Qualifying, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren is expecting a completely different challenge when they face the...
JAMAICA HAVE set up a tense promotion battle against Puerto Rico at the 2025 Davis Cup after an almost perfect start to the competition with wins over Honduras and Venezuela in Pool B of the Americas Group III tier. This year’s staging, held at the...
HAVING FEATURED in all four of Jamaica’s recent games across the Unity Cup and Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, midfielder Jonathan Russell has expressed his desire to play an active role in the future of the national programme. Russell, who plies...
RECENT REGGAE Boyz acquisitions Rumarn Burrell and Tyreece Campbell are both pleased to have played their first minutes on Jamaican soil at the National Stadium on Tuesday, when the Jamaicans took part in the country’s 3-0 win over Guatemala....
DESPITE HAVING already secured a spot in the third round of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren said the players will be gunning for the win when they take on Guatemala today in front of their home support at...
