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Jamaica and Miami Heat player Norman Peart tries to motivate his players during a FIBA Basketball pre-qualification competition recently.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Time, finances force Jamaica away for first home FIBA qualifier

PAULTON GORDON, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA), said the country was unable to host its first home game in the FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas Qualifiers because of…
Reggae Girlz’ Jody Brown celebrates one of the two goals she scored against Trinidad and Tobago during an international friendly at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

Reggae Girlz turn focus on making it to Brazil

HAVING PLAYED their final game ahead of the Concacaf W Qualifiers, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr said their full attention will now be on securing the nation’s third-straight berth at the…
Kingston College’s head coach Vassell Reynolds.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Favourites KC still optimistic after round-of-16 loss

HEAD COACH of Manning Cup champions Kingston College (KC), Vassell Reynolds, remains confident that his team will bounce back from their recent defeat and secure qualification to the quarter-finals of…
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates after winning the ICC Women’s Crickeet World Cup semi-final against Australia in Navi Mumbai India yesterday.
December 9, 2025

India make final on the back of record run chase

NAVI MUMBAI, India (AP): JEMIMAH RODRIGUES scored a scintillating century on home soil as India beat defending champions Australia by five wickets to reach the final of the Women’s Cricket World Cup…
Barbados Pride batter and former West Indies captain, Kraigg Brathwaite.
December 9, 2025

Brathwaite included in Pride squad for Super50 Cup

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): FORMER WEST Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite has been named in a 14-man Barbados Pride squad for next month’s CG United Super50 Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. However, no…
His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Faizal Al Saud (right), Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Sport; FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) sandwich President of Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently.
December 9, 2025

Guyana, FIFA presidents work towards building mini-arenas

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CMC): PRESIDENT OF Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali and FIFA president Gianni Infantino recently held discussions centred around the installation of mini-arenas in Guyana, particularly…
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics.
December 9, 2025

World Athletics boss will not brush corporate theft under the carpet

EARLIER THIS year, World Athletics uncovered the systematic theft of money from the organisation by two employees and a contracted consultant. While one of the employees left the organisation before…
As a world champion, Jamaica’s Oblique Seville already has a lane at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest next year.
December 9, 2025

Ultimate Championship qualification system rolled out

THE QUALIFICATION system conditions and criteria plus the ‘road to’ tracking tool have been published for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship 2026. The Ultimate Championship will bring…
World Athletics Ultimate Championship Ultimate Legend, Usain Bolt.
December 9, 2025

Tickets for Ultimate Championship go on sale November

OFFICIAL TICKET sales to World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest from September 11-13 2026 will begin in a few days. World Athletics announced it would begin selling tickets on November 10,…