Published:Wednesday | June 17, 2015 | 4:54 PMShayne Fairman
Having done and seen it from all four corners of the globe, six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt could return to his backyard for inspiration, amid early-season-form worries.Bolt's plan is 'protect his legacy', and, to do so, the iconic...
Published:Monday | June 15, 2015 | 3:09 PMShayne Fairman
The Jamaica Cycling Fede-ration (JCF) is looking to stage one of the most exciting and competitive national senior and junior championships this summer.The two-day championships starts at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning with a time trial, which will...
Published:Saturday | June 13, 2015 | 8:02 PMShayne Fairman
Bahamas stunned Jamaica's high-riding Lady Jamrockerz, 55-51, in a low-scoring but exciting final of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championship on Friday night in the British Virgin Islands.Jamaica started with a first-quarter lead of 10-2...
Published:Friday | June 12, 2015 | 8:03 PMShayne Fairman
Tivoli Gardens Football Club and the local football fraternity reacted with shock yesterday to the death of head coach, Alvin Shaw.Shaw, 45, died from a suspected heart attack, along the Chancery Hall Road, in St Andrew, yesterday morning.According...
Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2015 | 5:46 PMShayne Fairman
Jamaica's rampant women's basketball aggregation, Lady Jamrockerz, stormed to a massive 70-43 point win over South American challengers Guyana on Tuesday night in Game Two of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships in Tortola,...
Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2015 | 5:59 PMShayne Fairman
Lady Jamrockerz's Cari-bbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) title defence is up and running in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), with a resounding win over Barbados on Monday, which leaves national coach Timothy Eatman confident his charges will...
Sunday's superb win for Brandon Reid epitomised the hallmark of championship mettle.The new NCB Capital Markets Junior Sporting Clays nationals champion has been knocking on the door for over a year.Despite shortcomings and being upstaged time after...
Published:Saturday | June 6, 2015 | 4:35 PMShayne Fairman
Jamaica's top 78 junior shooters will seek to take centre stage in their respective categories at the NCB Capital Markets Junior Sporting Clays Nationals, at the Jamaica Skeet Club in Portmore, St Catherine, today.Registration begins at 8:45 a.m....
'Lady Jamrockerz,' the country's women's senior basketball team, will be looking to extend their regional dominance to two consecutive wins in the Caribbean Basketball Confede-ration (CBC) championships which starts in the British Virgin Islands (...
Published:Wednesday | June 3, 2015 | 1:09 PMShayne Fairman
Veteran American college basketball coach, Timothy Eatman, who led 'Lady Jamrockerz' to regional supremacy at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation tournament last year, is vowing to put in twice the work this year to have his charges retain that...
Published:Monday | June 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
It was a shot to be remembered.As many as 136 championship-hungry shooters went the distance at the inaugural Sasco Sporting Clays Championship, over a compact 16-station course, atop the picturesque Murphy's Hill property overlooking the resort...
Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
With master American shooter Theo Ribbs' international expertise to help set today's 16-station course and over 140 early shooters registered, organiser Leighton Sasco is confident the inaugural Sasco Open Sporting Clay Championship will go down as...
Published:Saturday | May 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Hydel Prep's trophy cabinet is today bursting at the seams. The Ferry-based school has comprehensively swept 14 Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA)/Seprod Preparatory Athletics Championships in the last 16 years, their latest, yesterday,...
Theo Ribbs, master American shooter, is impressed with Jamaica's clay shooting development, but has noted that the country's ability to excel internationally and turn out world class talents in coming years depends on a coordinated, strategic...
Published:Thursday | May 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
A 'deathly silence' has been prevailing over the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) - the country's top-ranking local body charged with the administration of football.Failing to answer telephone calls from The Gleaner for a second straight day, the...
Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Going for a fundamental paradigm shift into how volleyball is played, coached and viewed locally, the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JAVA) will be looking to use its current Level One coaching seminar to enable new coaches to impart first world...
Amid concerns about his form and the early-season rumblings of his biggest rival, American Justin Gatlin, Jamaica's six-time Olympic gold medallist, Usain Bolt, roars: "I'm still here and I'm still the best."That's his message for critics and rivals...
Published:Saturday | May 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
There was no stopping Stella Maris Prep School, which put in determined and stellar performances all round, to retain their Burger King/YMCA Prep and Primary Schools Swim title at the National Aquatic Centre last Friday.Stella Maris tallied a...
The fourth renewal of the UTech Tennis Classic will take centre stage from May 13-15, and with it, Tennis Jamaica (TJ) will be hoping that a multifaceted partnership with the institution and Carib Cement will enhance talents and spur development....
Emerging sprint star, the University of Technology's (UTech) Elaine Thompson, is now among the cream of the world's 100-metre crop, courtesy of two stand-out clockings recently.The first race marked her arrival on the world stage, an eye-opening 10....
Having spurred Team USA to a massive confidence-boosting victory over Jamaica at the IAAF World Relays in The Bahamas last week, Ryan Bailey will be looking to secure another big win when he lines up in the 100-metre race at the Jamaica...
Big American sprinter, Ryan Bailey, says his celebration at the end of the men's 4x100 metres at last weekend's IAAF World Relays in The Bahamas was nothing personal.Bailey imitated Usain Bolt's famous 'To de Worl' celebration then wiped the front...
Published:Wednesday | May 6, 2015 | 7:23 PMShayne Fairman
Five years and growing, the Anthrick Sports Management Prep Schools Development Meet is getting bigger, with a team from Canada adding international flavour to the event. And in the organisers' view, Saturday's showpiece will be a mouth-watering...
Beach volleyball is up and running after hosts Jamaica rallied to a sensational victory in the final of the CAZOVA Women's Beach Olympic Qualifier at Ocho Rios Bay Beach, St Ann, on Sunday night.The Jamaica A Team combination of Kai Wright/Danielle...
Published:Saturday | May 2, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Team Jamaica's women have all to play for in today's semi-final clash against Caribbean rivals Trinidad and Tobago. Both teams will square off at 1 p.m. for a place in this evening's final of the inaugural Continental Women's Beach Volleyball...
