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Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors (in gold) in action against England Knights in a rugby league international friendly match at Castleford in Yorkshire, England, on Friday, October 15, 2021.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie/Contributor

Tough task for Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors

Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors are in France today and stand potentially just 80 minutes away from qualifying for a second successive Rugby League World Cup. But a mountain of handicaps have been put in their way and Jy-mel Coleman, joint-coach, alongside Australian Rhys Lovegrove, is realistic, yet insists sport is unpredictable and there is always a chance, however small. The prize for victory is a trip to Australia/Papua New Guinea for next year’s finals, but the goalposts have been moved since the 2022 competition was staged in England.

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Jamaica’s Jashauna Dennis (right) hands over to Rusheen McDonald (second right) during the men’s 4x400-metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Jamaica finished seventh in 3:03.46.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaican men miss out on 4x400m medal

Jamaica’s hopes of gaining a medal in the men’s 4x400m relay were washed away in monsoon-like conditions at Japan’s National Stadium in Tokyo. The Island went with nearly the same team, which…
Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, from left: Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Andrenette Knight celebrate the silver medal they won at the World Athletics Championships. The Jamaicans clocked 3:19.25.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaica's 400m women mine silver

Jamaica splashed their way to another silver medal in horribly wet conditions in Tokyo at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Sadium. Like their male counterparts, the island’s…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Prycee (left) celerates her 17th World Championship medal, a silver in the women's 4x100 metres, by taking a selfie with her teammates from left: Tina Clayton, Tia Clayton, and Jonielle Smih.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Fraser-Pryce mines 17th medal in final World Championships

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made a wet, yet wonderful exit from big-time international athletics with a lead-off leg which spurred her colleagues onto a memorable silver medal in the women’s 4x100-metre…
Jamaica's Delano Kennedy looks up at the clock after his leg of a men's 4x400-metre relay heat put his team in contention to qualify for the World Athletics Championship final at the Japan National Stadium.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Tenacious Kennedy puts Jamaica into 4x400 final

A tenacious last leg by Delano Kennedy was good enough to earn Jamaica a place in the final of the men’s 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships as they were fourth in their heat in a…
From left: Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Roneisha McGregor paint a relaxed picture after winning their World Athletics Championships heat in Tokyo, Japan today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaican women impress in 4x400 heats

The Jamaican quartet of Dejanea Oakley, Stacey-Ann Williams, Roniesha McGregor, and Nickisha Pryce stormed into the final of the women’s 4x400-metre Relay at the World Athletics Championships in…
World Championships silver medallist Kishane Thompson (left) and teammate Ryiem Forde walk to the finish line, dejected men, after dropping the baton in the men's 4x100-metre heats.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaica's fast men face 4x100m disaster

Disaster struck the Jamaican quartet of Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, and Kishane Thompson at the World Athletics Championships as they failed in their attempt to make the men’s…
Jamaica’s Tia Clayton (centre) hands the baton over to Tina Clayton during a 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

No hiccups for 4x100m women

After the drama of the men’s failure to get the baton round, Jamaica’s women’s quartet of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith executed smoothly from start to finish to win…
Shiann Salmon leaves the blocks for the 400-metre hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium earlier today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Salmon falls victim to pace of 400mh final

Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon faded to eighth place in the women’s 400m hurdles final as the Netherlands’ Femke Bol lived up to her billing as pre-race favourite to land the World Championship title in…
Shericka Jackson celebrates the bronze medal she won in the women's 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium earlier.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jackson earns bronze in first global event since injury

Shericka Jackson was forced to settle for the bronze medal in the women’s 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, as Melissa Jefferson-Wooden claimed the event inside the Japan…