Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Holmwood's Sasheika Steele matched the Class Three girls 100m record as the one-time 'Champs Queens' fought back ahead of today's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships climax inside the National Stadium ...
Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
After copping the girls Class Two long jump gold medal and contributing nine valuable points to defending champions Edwin Allen's title ambitions, Annia Ashley could hardly contain her excitement following her success inside the National Stadium at...
Published:Friday | March 31, 2017 | 1:55 PMShayne Fairman
Shayne Fairman, Gleaner Writer Heavyweight Calabar sprinter, Michael Stephens, who comfortably progressed to Friday's Class One boys 100m final, warned that his rival and last year's bronze medal winner, Jhevaughn Matherson (Kingston...
Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Britany Anderson, a combination of speed and smooth technique, says she is ready to unleash both and win the Girls' Class One 100m hurdles gold at this year's staging of the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships underway at the National...
Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Edwin Allen got their ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships title defence underway thanks to the double-hunting Fiona Richards, who claimed gold in the Girls Class One Discus throw inside the National Stadium yesterday.The Michael...
Published:Tuesday | March 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
This year's 107th ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Champ-ionships began with a real bang yesterday with the girls posting three record runs.In one event, the Class Two 100 metres hurdles, the record went twice.The first record of the day came in...
Published:Monday | March 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Though every year finds him leading a slightly different team, head coach Michael Clarke is expecting five-time consecutive champions Calabar High to go out and defend their ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships (Champs) title.According to...
Published:Monday | March 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Considering Jamaica was represented by a four-member contingent, Jamaica Paralympic Association director Edmund Jones lauded as "very good' the three Para Pan American Youth Games medals returned from Sao Paulo, Brazil.Para athletes Tevaughn Thomas...
Published:Tuesday | March 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Standout St Jago athlete Joanne Reid says she harbours no fears of her Class Three rivals, with the 400m star confident about unleashing fast times at next week's ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships, at the National Stadium....
Published:Monday | March 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
In considering the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament mutually beneficial to regional economies, Jamaica Tallawahs Managing Director Ron Parikh is of the view that Jamaica's Sabina Park would be the perfect venue for this year's final....
Published:Sunday | March 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Three years ago Neil Harrison took the job as head coach at Kingston College (KC). This year, Harrison says he remains just as optimistic about winning that institution's first ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships in almost eight...
Published:Saturday | March 18, 2017 | 4:18 PMShayne Fairman
National swimming coach Gillian Millwood is confident that members of the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) National Age Group team to the 2017 CARIFTA Swimming Championships will be strong medal contenders at the April 15-19 meet in...
Published:Friday | March 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Despite dominating global sprinting for close to a decade, Jamaica seems to have very little chance of hosting a Diamond League event in the very near future.The country has one of the most coveted profiles in athletics, rivalling the mighty United...
Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Organisers of the Jamaica International Invitational Meet are hoping to showcase the right blend of international and local stars, after yesterday confirming 11 of a possible 30 world-class athletes set to compete at this year's 14th staging of the...
Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
While signalling a choice to demit office soon, Khaleel Azan, Jamaica Skeet Club president, wants to continue working with upcoming shooters, while helping to market Jamaica as a sporting clays sports tourism destination.Azan is in what he calls a...
Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
In what would sounds like an ominous warning to Calabar High school's main rivals, 400m prodigy Christopher Taylor says he is looking to run the "perfect race" and help his school retain their ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics...
Published:Monday | March 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Iconic Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has indicated that it will be an "emotional" affair when he makes his final appearance locally, at his club's second annual Racers Grand Prix, at the National Stadium on Saturday, June 10.The towering sprinter,...
Published:Sunday | March 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Billed as one of the most coveted titles on the local clay shooting calendar, yesterday's NCB Capital Markets Sporting Clays delivered big on marksmanship among a record number of participants at Knolford Polo Ranch in Bog Walk, St Catherine.One...
Published:Saturday | March 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
With the prestigious NCB Capital Markets Sporting Clays title up for grabs, intense competition can be expected at today's tournament at Knolford Polo Ranch in Bog Walk, St Catherine.As one of the biggest shoots locally, it will feature about 160...
Published:Friday | March 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Racers Track Club president Glen Mills is targeting a world-class spectacle at this year's second annual Racers Grand Prix, which will be headlined by Usain Bolt and other world-record holders on June 10, at the National Stadium.In addition to Bolt...
Published:Thursday | March 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Ruud van Nistelrooy, one of the UEFA Champions League's top scorers, will be gracing local shores as Heineken UEFA Champion League trophy tour brand ambassador with the much-coveted trophy spending time in the island from March 20 to 23.The mega...
Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Reggae Boyz head coach Theodore Whitmore expressed satisfaction with his team's CONCACAF Gold Cup first round draw, noting that his charges would giving their all to advance from the group stage, which will get under way on July 7 in the United...
Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2017 | 5:36 PMShayne Fairman
Shayne Fairman, Gleaner Writer Theodore Whitmore remains optimistic about the Reggae Boyz chances to advance from the CONCACAF Gold Cup first round, noting his charges will give their all in Group C of the upcoming tournament. The tournament...
Published:Sunday | March 5, 2017 | 3:13 PMShayne Fairman
Nineteen-time Sporting clays world champion Ben Husthwaite will be looking to successfully wrap up a special tutorship assignment with local shooters at the Jamaica Skeet Club in Portmore, St Catherine, today.The shooting great, who was brought here...
Published:Sunday | March 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Jamaica will be the only Caribbean country to host one of world football's most prestigious trophies, the UEFA Champions League Trophy, which will be presented in an official four day tour by Heineken from March 20 to 23.The exciting affair is set...