Published:Tuesday | March 24, 2015 | 9:02 PMShayne Fairman
Long, triple and high jumper Lorean Murray of St Andrew High School (STAHS) will be hoping for a golden treble when she battles Class Two rivals from today through to Saturday at the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championship (Champs)...
Published:Monday | March 23, 2015 | 5:39 PMShayne Fairman
Kingston College (KC), the winningest school of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships - with 31 titles - have tried halting Calabar High's reign over the past three years, but to...
Published:Saturday | March 21, 2015 | 3:56 PMShayne Fairman
Four-time national shotgun champion, Shaun Barnes, will be hoping for another championship performance at today's NCB Capital Markets Sporting Clays Open, at the Woodleigh Shooting Range, May Pen, Clarendon, today.Action starts at 10 a.m, with the...
Published:Friday | March 20, 2015 | 7:03 PMShayne Fairman
Eight basic and three Corporate Area primary schools produced exciting competition at the Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation's 'Play Tennis Stay Tennis Tournament', at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, Piccadilly Road, Kingston 5, yesterday....
Published:Thursday | March 19, 2015 | 5:57 PMShayne Fairman
The 'Three The Hard Way' '70s, '80s and '90s Champs retro party, organised by the old boys' associations of Calabar High, Kingston College (KC) and Jamaica College (JC), will be held on the lawns of Jamaica College tonight.The party comes just four...
Published:Wednesday | March 18, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Former ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships (Champs) winners St Jago High School took what could be considered a first step out of the blocks to prove their athletes are physically fit and ready for Champs 2015, with medical...
Published:Monday | March 16, 2015 | 5:36 PMShayne Fairman
World-leading discus thrower, Federick Dacres, is hoping his world-leading 66.30 metres throw at the Big Shot meet earlier this year is the start of world-class form, which will see him peak at the right time and go on to win a World Championship...
Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2015 | 5:47 PMShayne Fairman
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Track and Field Invitational meet, set for March 21 at the UWI Usain Bolt Track, is expected to showcase some of the island's top student athletes.Entry deadline has been extended to this Friday, but the...
Published:Monday | March 9, 2015 | 7:25 PMShayne Fairman
Christopher Taylor's Under-15 world record sizzler on Sunday at the Carifta Trials rocked the National Stadium and awed many, including himself, as well as his coach, Michael Clarke, who describes the breathtaking 45.69 seconds as a "a global...
Published:Saturday | March 7, 2015 | 4:05 PMShayne Fairman
The competition at the March 24-28 Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships is expected to be fierce and the old boys associations of leading contenders Calabar High, Kingston College and Jamaica...
Published:Wednesday | March 4, 2015 | 6:53 PMShayne Fairman
Veteran MVP coach Stephen Francis doubts legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will be able to replicate his record-shattering performances of 2009. But at the same time, he did not write off Bolt's chances, noting that 'the biggest star in the...
Published:Tuesday | March 3, 2015 | 4:04 PMShayne Fairman
Stephen Francis, head coach of Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) track club, has revealed he turned down the opportunity to coach double Olympic world record holder Usain Bolt. "When I got the chance to coach Bolt, I turned it down because coaching...
Published:Tuesday | March 3, 2015 | 6:39 PMShayne Fairman
A massive Three The Hard Way '70s, '80s and '90s retro party will be hosted by the old boys' associations of Kingston College (KC), Jamaica College (JC) and Calabar High at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium, JC, on March 20.The inaugural staging of...
Published:Thursday | February 26, 2015 | 5:20 PMShayne Fairman
World-renowned coach, Stephen Francis of Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) track and field club, has urged local track and field coaches to use the right methods to get the best results from their athletes.Francis made his call while speaking at...
Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2015 | 7:53 PMShayne Fairman
Craig Reedie, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), expres-sed satisfaction with gains made by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), noting he is "impressed" with the organisation's efforts to improve its drug-testing programmes."I...
Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2015 | 7:23 PMShayne Fairman
Humble Lion FC fought over 90 minutes, but just could not prevent losing to a more tactical, disciplined and purposeful looking Boys' Town unit, who not only won three points, but ended Humble Lion's 11-game unbeaten streak in the Red Stripe Premier...
Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2015 | 8:55 PMShayne Fairman
Buff Bay High school emphatically upstaged a confident St Mary High School, who just could not hold on to their title as champions of the east. They were undone by inspiring, heart-rending and all-out brilliant performances from the Portland team,...
Published:Tuesday | February 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Fourteen-year-old boyhood wonder, Nickolai Clarke, was again in superb shooting form and as lightning striking the same target twice in the same place, he clinched conse...
Published:Monday | February 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Over 200 participants turned out to run, walk and support Events Options’ inaugural Corporate 3K Relay and Lapathon at the University of the West Indies...
Published:Saturday | February 7, 2015 | 4:29 PMShayne Fairman
Having earned the champion boy crown in fine style at last November's Digicel Cup 2014-Inter School Clay Challenge, Nicholai Clarke now has his eyes firmly set on taking top spot when the country's best junior shooters face-off at the American International School of Kingston/ClayFeva tournament today.
Published:Friday | February 6, 2015 | 5:51 PMShayne Fairman
Joseph Clarke, who is the country’s only internationally certified badminton referee, is banking on players’ experience and passion for the game, to carry out his vice president mandate at the Jamaica Badminton Association.
Published:Thursday | February 5, 2015 | 4:10 PMShayne Fairman
Carlo Redwood, vice-president of marketing at LIME, has given his commitment to make local schoolboy football the “biggest and most popular” competition in the region.
Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2015 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Valentine's Day 2015 might turn out even more bedazzling, with six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt expected to make an eagerly anticipated first appearance on the track and open his 2015 season at the Camperdown Classic, at the National Stadium.
