Published:Saturday | September 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Last season's beaten Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)-FLOW Manning Cup finalists, Charlie Smith High, cruised to a perfect four wins from as many matches with a comfortable 3-0 victory over St Andrew Technical (STATHS) at the...
Published:Friday | September 25, 2015 | 6:23 PMShayne Fairman
Former national under-17 captain, Alex Marshall, seemed in a league of his own, bobbing and weaving his way to four superb goals, leading many time winners St George's College (STGC) to a 6-0 win over Eltham in their Inter-Secondary School Sports...
Published:Thursday | September 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Jamaica College (JC) forward Ronaldo Brown said he will be looking to lead the defending champions' goal scoring charge in their title defence this year, and hopefully surpass 'idol' Junior Flemmings' 20 plus goals last season.Brown is now in his...
Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 2:53 PMShayne Fairman
Veteran coach Bradley Stewart believes the current Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association/FLOW Manning Cup and daCosta Cup competitions are gifted with talented players, but points to faulty thinking and decision-making for inconsistent...
Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2015 | 6:53 PMShayne Fairman
Former Dunoon Technical goalkeeping hero-turned-coach Gregory Hall said he will be looking to make this season a successful one for the 1998 Manning Cup winners. This follows their 2-1 win over Papine High in the ISSA-Flow Manning Cup football...
Published:Monday | September 21, 2015 | 7:34 PMShayne Fairman
Billed as champions versus football minnows, title holders Jamaica College (JC) showed no mercy with Clan Carthy High, as they controlled, and bossed the game from start to finish, and strode to an easy 4-0 win in their ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup match,...
Published:Thursday | September 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Shamar Bennett scored with a spectacular 25-metre free-kick yesterday to hand Ardenne High their first win in the 2015 ISSA/Flow Manning Cup football competition. Bennett's 76th minute strike was enough to give Ardenne a 1-0 win over...
Published:Thursday | September 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Twenty-three-year-old Danielle Williams is hoping her 100-metres hurdles title at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)/World Champion-ships in Beijing, China, will lay the foundations for a successful and rewarding...
Published:Saturday | September 12, 2015 | 7:21 PMShayne Fairman
Not yet at the brisk, skilful attacking level of prior seasons, Vassell Reynolds' new-look Wolmer's Boys' managed to eke out a 1-0 win at home against St Jago High in their Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)-FLOW Manning Cup schoolboy...
Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2015 | 5:58 PMShayne Fairman
Fifteen hundred sports ambassadors across all disciplines, who sweat, toil and push their bodies to the limit for the cause of national representation, are set to benefit from 'a first of its kind' Jamaica Athlete Insurance (JAI) plan, to be...
Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2015 | 6:48 PMShayne Fairman
The Government revealed plans are afoot to rename the Trelawny Multi-Purpose stadium the Usain Bolt Sport Academy, after the iconic Jamaican sprint legend.Speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday, Minister with Responsibility for...
Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2015 | 7:41 PMShayne Fairman
Junelle Bromfield claimed her second gold medal and Jauavney James won a silver, both in the respective girl's and boys' 400 metres hurdles, yesterday, as Jamaica's Commonwealth Youth Games team claimed a record haul of six medals at this year's...
Published:Sunday | September 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Having been upstaged by less-fancied 139th-ranked Central Americans Nicaragua inside the National Stadium last Friday night, Jamaica's head coach, Winfried Schäfer, has issued a call for his charges to lift their game, show mettle and just why they...
Published:Sunday | September 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Darren Mattocks, who plays centre forward for Jamaica's senior men's national football team and scored in their 3-2 loss to Nicaragua in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers last Friday, believes all is not lost and the Reggae Boyz will bounce back.The...
Published:Saturday | September 5, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Brought back to earth by a 3-2 loss to Central American hopefuls Nicaragua, head coach of Jamaica's football team Winfried Schäfer has issued a call for concentration, belief, and determination ahead of Tuesday's return leg of the World Cup...
Published:Wednesday | September 2, 2015 | 6:00 PMShayne Fairman
Believing he's had the perfect start to national duties, striker Giles Barnes is looking to fire the Reggae Boyz to victory when they play Central American rivals Nicaragua in the first leg of their 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers at the National...
Published:Wednesday | September 2, 2015 | 6:52 PMShayne Fairman
Three years wearing the national colours and 31 senior caps later, Reggae Boyz defensive hardman Adrian Mariappa says he is ready to quell any threat posed by Central American opponents Nicaragua tomorrow at the National Stadium.The teams will clash...
Published:Tuesday | September 1, 2015 | 8:27 PMShayne Fairman
Jose Jacinto Reyes, president of the Nicaraguan Football Federation (NFF), believes it will be youthful exuberance versus the experience and proven track record of Jamaica's national senior Reggae Boyz, when both teams meet in a crucial World Cup...
Published:Sunday | August 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Following mixed results at this year's staging of the annual Roper Cup pre-season competition, neighbours St George's College (StGC) and Kingston College (KC) have claimed joint share of the Roper Cup Trophy for 2015-16.In a game played under lights...
Published:Saturday | August 29, 2015 | 2:39 PMShayne Fairman
Kingston's Under-15 cricket team lifted the 2015 Kingston Wharves Under-15 crown last Friday after they defeated defending champions St Elizabeth by 59 runs at Sabina Park.As Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) celebrates its 70th anniversary and 26...
Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
International Netball Federation (INF) president, Molly Rhone, believes that despite Jamaica's team returning home without medalling at the Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, they should be credited for retaining their fourth-place world...
Published:Tuesday | August 25, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Brains, and not all brawn, in a big way describes Wolmer's Boys' School student athlete, Damani Sulph, who though yet to medal on the sporting stage, has achieved an academic high of eight Caribbean Secondary Examinations Council (CSEC) subjects -...
Published:Wednesday | August 12, 2015 | 2:18 PMShayne Fairman
In light of the fact that the country lacks first-rate facilities and funding, Natalie Neita-Headley, minister without portfolio with responsibility for sports, credits Jamaica's impressive sports volunteerism tradition for its contribution to...
Published:Tuesday | August 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Like a true ambassador, Alphanso Cunningham answered his country's call, led from the front for Jamaica's six-member contingent and struck an early gold in the men's discus F51/52/53/57 Class at the 2015 Toronto Para Pan American Games on Monday...
Published:Monday | August 10, 2015 | 4:50 PMShayne Fairman
Bell credits sponsors' input for successBelieving Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) made a big Brand Jamaica impression at the recent Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, California, the organisation's executive director, Lorna Bell, moved to...
