IN AN interesting twist of fate, three great friends who are in their first stint as head coach or assistant coach in this season’s Inter-Secondary Schools’ Sports Association (ISSA) schoolboy Manning Cup competition were pitched against each other...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:10 AM
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): TWO-TIME champions West Indies will collaborate with the United States to host the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup, affording the region its fifth International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament in its history. Cricket West Indies...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2021 | 12:09 AM
KINGSTON: PROPER TIME management and self-discipline might sound like a cliché. But it is exactly what has propelled Jamaica College’s Digicel Manning Cup captain Duncan McKenzie to nine CSEC subjects – all grade ones, with eight straight-A...
Despite the physical adjustment to the 3x3 basketball format, national senior men’s basketball head coach, Rick Turner, praised the efforts of both the Jamaica’s men’s and women’s teams in the aftermath of their first major 3x3 tournament. Jamaica...
ELISABETH MONDON made a successful defence of her women’s title at the Escape Triathlon on the north coast. Mondon produced a balanced performance to repeat her 2019 victory in the event on Sunday. Mondon was favoured for the 600-metre swim/20km...
ROSHANE DOUSE, chief executive officer of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association (TOBA), said they are anticipating horses to fetch over $140 million at next Wednesday’s Mixed Sale, an increase of over 100 per cent, at the yearly event...
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, chairman of Professional Jamaica Football Limited (PFJL), said prize monies are secure and his organisation is now awaiting government approvals to host a special awards ceremony for clubs and outstanding players, including...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, has hailed the Caribbean’s hosting of the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup as a “massive” boost for cricket in the region and believes the tournament will provide a unique...
Jamaica are tied 1-1- with the United States at halftime in their World Cup qualifier at the National Stadium this afternoon Tim Weah scored the opening goal in the 11th minute with a great finish past goalkeeper Andre Blake. Michail Antonio...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): The United States will host a cricket World Cup for the first time after global events from 2024-31 were allocated yesterday. Pakistan will also stage a first major event in 29 years when they defend the Champions...
LONDON (AP): Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with two additional counts of rape and now faces six allegations, police said today. Mendy has been summoned to appear at Stockport Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, the police force...
National senior men’s football team captain Andre Blake is urging the Reggae Boyz to go out and defend their home turf by beating the United States in their FIFA World Cup Qualifier at the National Stadium today. The Reggae Boyz will enter today’s...
AT THE very landmark when Jamaica created history by qualifying for the first and only time to a FIFA Men’s World Cup Final, with a 0-0 draw against Mexico on November 16, 1997, the nation will be involved in a crucial qualifier and seeking a...
Local pro Wesley Brown is keeping himself in the mix after the opening round at the 54-hole Jamaican Open Golf Championship at Tryall in Hanover, with an even-par round of 72, which is good for a tie for 11th place. Brown showed good form on the...
Western Bureau: Riding high after an impressive season opener, William Knibb Memorial High School are looking to keep the momentum going when they host Cornwall College (CC) in the late game of the ISSA daCosta Cup double-header in Martha Brae,...
Last season’s runners-up St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) went into their Group B ISSA Manning Cup game against Tivoli Gardens High School eyeing a win but could only manage a 1-1 draw at Ashenheim Stadium yesterday. However, head coach...
AARON Chatrie made amends for MUM’s recent disqualification and returned to close a two-timer with DIAMOND STAR on yesterday’s nine-race card. A disqualified winner with Chatrie at five furlongs straight, two Sundays ago, MUM again gave her backers...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Referee’s Department manager Victor Stewart says that their complement of officials for this schoolboy football season, which kicked off on Friday, have all been fully vaccinated. Stewart says, however, that a...
St Jago High School head coach Jerome Waite is looking for an improvement on their 2-2 draw with St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) when they face Jonathan Grant High School in a Spanish Town derby in Group B of the ISSA Manning Cup at the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Mitchell Marsh and player of the tournament David Warner smashed half-centuries as Australia won their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in the final on Sunday. New Zealand...
When Jamaica face the United States of America (USA) in Concacaf World Cup qualifying in Kingston tomorrow, the American party will include 18 year-old marksman Ricardo Pepi, who scored both goals in a 2-0 victory for the USA over Jamaica in Austin...
Western Bureau Reigning ISSA Ben Francis Cup champions B.B. Coke High School have been criticised for their 20-0 win over newcomers Mount St Joseph High School in their opening ISSA DaCosta Cup match on Saturday. However, head coach Kemar...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ended “the hardest weekend I’ve had” with a stunning victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday, and gained momentum in his Formula One title fight with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen....
KARACHI, Pakistan (CMC): Captain Stafanie Taylor carved out her seventh One-Day International (ODI) hundred and surpassed 5,000 runs in the format as West Indies Women completed a clean sweep of their three-match series against Pakistan Women with...
ANTHONY NUNES’ FURTHER AND BEYOND stormed from fourth position a half-furlong out, going by EROY and CALCULUS, to nail BILLY WHIZZ at the wire in yesterday’s $6m Jamaica Cup, snatching the $3.27m winners’ purse and stakes lead in the trainers’...
