JAMAICA AND New Zealand will have it all to play for later today in their Davis Cup group II qualifier after a thrilling opening day of tennis at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre left the combatants in a 1-1 stalemate. Affectionately known as ‘Mr. Davis...
THE TOURING South Africa under-21 team completed their domination over the young Sunshine Girls, securing a 47-33 win at the National Indoor Sports Centre yesterday, whitewashing the hosts in their three-game series. The SPAR Baby Proteas entered...
JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE Girls took a 1-0 lead in the three-match Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series against the touring South Africans, registering a 55-47 victory at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night. After ending the first quarter all...
THE YEAR 2024 was a bittersweet one for the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA). Among the highs was the return of the National Basketball League (NBL) which was halted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, four games into the 2019 season....
THE MONTEGO Bay Boys and Girls Club Warriors, formally known as the Falmouth Saints, are in tip-top shape heading into the 2025 season of the National Basketball League (NBL). Dave Black, captain and point guard of the team, believes their...
CAPTAIN of Jamaica’s Davis Cup team, Noel Rutherford, says with the current pool of players performing well on the circuit he’s confident that they can get the better of the New Zealand team in their upcoming tie set for February 1-2, 2025 at the...
JAMAICA’s male and female basketball teams made a decent start and will be hoping to continue their advance at the ongoing FIBA 3x3 tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico after both punched their ticket to today’s quarter-final stage. The female squad...
VETERAN netball coach Carline Graham-Powell has called time on her illustrious tenure at Holmwood Technical. Graham-Powell leaves on a high after the institution defended its under-19 title in the recently concluded ISSA all-island competition with...
ST ELIZABETH Technical High School (STETHS) were crowned champions of the Ben Francis competition yesterday following their 3-1 victory over Clarendon College at the National Stadium, courtesy of goals from Kaieem Lewis, Henry Johnson, and Jordon...
JAMAICAN CRICKETERS Kirk McKenzie and Jordan Johnson are among a group of Caribbean Cricket West Indies (CWI) to be part of a seven-member team selected for a two-week specialised training camp at the Chennai Super Kings Academy in India from...
THE DEVON Anderson-coached Hydel left it until the 88th minute to book their spot in the semi-final of the ISSA Manning Cup with a nerve-wracking 1-1 draw with Campion College at Prison Oval yesterday. Despite only needing a point to seal their...
AFTER ENDING the 2024 Fast5 Netball tournament in New Zealand bottom-of-the table, losing all six games, Simone Forbes, vice president of Netball Jamaica, explained that sending seven debutantes in a 10-member squad was a strategic approach by the...
WHILE JAMAICA-BORN Romaine Brackenridge’s first outing for the Guyana Jaguars after switching allegiance from the country of his birth was uneventful, with the player going as an unused substitute, at the very least, he feels he is settling in well...
DEFENDING ISSA Manning Cup champions Mona had to work hard on their home turf to eke out a 1-0 victory over Group B opponents Charlie Smith on Saturday as a Denzel McKenzie free kick in the 84th minute separated both teams. Charlie Smith’s striker...
WITH THREE defeats in their opening five Jamaica Premier League (JPL) games, technical director of Vere Phoenix United, Craig Butler, explained that the start isn’t entirely surprising due to a myriad of behind-the-scenes challenges. However, he...
SUNSHINE GIRLS head coach, Nardia Hansen, wants a fully fit team ahead of the World Fast5 Netball tournament slated for November 9 and 10. Hansen was speaking during preparation games against at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Friday night. “...
IN A bid to fine-tune preparations ahead of their four-match Test series against the England’s Vitality Roses, Jamaica’s senior Sunshine Girls were locked in an intense training session against the Jamaica Suns (Men’s Netball team) on Friday night...
CALABAR SURGED to the top of Zone D as they eked out a 1-0 victory over St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in a top-of-the-table clash yesterday at the Calabar field. The Andrew Price-coached team started slowly but gathered momentum as the...
HIGH SCHOOL sports’ governing body the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), through a press release, explained that cancelled matches in the ongoing schoolboy football season will resume tomorrow following a decision by the Jamaica...
THERE WERE no devils lying in wait for the Craig Butler-coached Mona High School, as the defending ISSA Manning Cup champions kept their perfect run in Zone B going with a 3-0 win over Charlie Smith High School at the Anthony Spaulding Sports...
MOUNT PLEASANT coach Theodore Whitmore will start life in the 2024-2025 season of the Jamaica Premier League with a very familiar face by his side. According to Paul Christie, sporting director at Mount Pleasant, the club pushed to reunite Whitmore...
AHEAD OF the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League season, former champions Waterhouse have bolstered their offensive line with the acquisition of striker Nicholas Hamilton. The experienced player joins the club after winning the title last season with...
NOTED SPORTS medicine specialist Dr Paul Wright feels the career of Ronald Levy may very well be over and doesn’t believe that there can be any excuse for the types of drug the hurdler was banned for. The former Commonwealth Games gold medallist...
FORMER CALABAR High School track standout Daniel England is gearing up for the fifth staging of his Student-Athlete Summit set for October 16 and 18 in Kingston and Montego Bay, respectively. The summit, which began in 2019, is geared towards...
FORMER JAMAICA batsman, Mark Neita, believes that a lack of sufficient cricket at the first-class level for Kirk McKenzie before taking on England in the Richards-Botham series just recently was a recipe for disaster. McKenzie, who averaged just 5....
