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Dr Horace Chang (second right), deputy prime minister and minister of national security and peace; Scott Renner (right), charge d’affairs at the United State Embassy in Kingston; and Charmaine Shand (left), assistant commissioner of police, Community Saf
August 1, 2026 by Sashana Small

GAME CHANGER - community renovation project to create safer spaces in inner-city
The basketball court in Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, was largely undeveloped when 31-year-old Andre Moore started playing the game there about two decades ago. However, he said the long hours he spent…
Jamaica’s Sanique Walker celebrates after winning the Women’s 400m Hurdles Final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday.
August 1, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Walker wins 400m hurdles gold at C’wealth Games

For the second day in a row, Jamaica picked up four medals in the athletics programme at the 2026 Commonwealth Games as Sanique Walker, Assinie Wilson, Christopher Taylor and Alana Reid all finished…
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August 1, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Mark Anthony Daley captures 200m gold at FISU

Mark Anthony Daley captured the men’s 200 metres title in 20.90 seconds at the fourth International University Americas Games (FISU) in Lima, Peru, yesterday. Jamaica finished one-two in the event…
Lindon Victor
August 1, 2026

Victor secures historic decathlon three-peat in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Scotland (CMC): History was made at Scotstoun Stadium yesterday as Grenada’s Lindon Victor cemented his status as a Commonwealth Games immortal. With a season’s best score of 8,096 points,…
Azara Wilmot of Jamaica (right) and Cerys Finn of Scotland in action during the Netball Preliminary Round Pool B match at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday.
August 1, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Sunshine Girls, Australia in massive semifinal showdown

The Sunshine Girls will face defending champions Australia in a massive semifinal showdown at the Commonwealth Games Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, this afternoon. The match is scheduled to begin…
Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk
August 1, 2026

Chelsea’s Mudryk cleared to play

LONDON (AP): Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been cleared to play after the English Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency resolved his doping case. Mudryk, one of the most expensive…
Robert Douglas stands amid the ruins of his home, which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack on Tuesday.
August 1, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Farmer loses home, over $100,000 in suspected arson

A Top Mountain resident whose one-room concrete-and-plywood house was destroyed by fire on Wednesday says he has been left with nothing but the clothes on his back after suspected arsonists reduced…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
August 1, 2026

FIFA executive: Staff were deceived over Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

GENEVA (AP): FIFA’s chief operating officer said its staff were deceived by their president Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan, and suggested yesterday the project must not go ahead.…
West Indies captain Roston Chase
August 1, 2026

Chase appointed St Lucia Kings captain for CPL 2026

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): The Saint Lucia Kings have named Barbadian all-rounder Roston Chase as their captain for the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, the franchise confirmed…