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MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy sporting director Paul Christie believes national call-ups for seven of his club’s players to various national teams vindicates the institution’s commitment to developing Caribbean players. “It is a good day for the...
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ARNETT GARDENS striker Fabian ‘Parko Blacks’ Reid hit a notable career milestone for Arnett Gardens during their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game against Montego Bay United at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Thursday. The Arnett Garden front man...
MANCHESTER, England (AP): MANCHESTER CITY star Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw could miss both legs against Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals because of a muscle injury. Shaw was ruled out of today’s first leg by City manager Nick Cushing...
WESTERN BUREAU: OLYMPIAN KALIESE Spencer-Carter has been shortlisted to be part of a six-member delegation of local coaches, who will be deployed to the city of Tottori Prefecture, in Japan, under a new Japan-Jamaica exchange initiative known as...
IT HAS been a special season so far for the Convent of Mercy Academy’s (Alpha) belles at the various meets leading up to the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs). But their young team wants it to be even more special...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): WEST INDIES players Alick Athanaze, Amir Jangoo, and Shamar Springer are among 42 protected players who have been selected in the upcoming West Indies Breakout League T20 competition. In a press release issued yesterday by...
LIKE HER idol Alia Atkinson did before her, Jamaican Olympian swimmer Sabrina Lyn is hoping her exploits in the pool can prove an inspiration for the next generation of Jamaican swimmers. Lyn, who competes for Louisiana State University (LSU), made...
THE CURTAIN came down on Saturday night in front of a full house at the 45th All-Jamaica Senior Squash Championships at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston. The male and female champions battled their opponents in tension filled, nail-biting finals...
GRACEKENNEDY (GK), THE title sponsor of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), has announced that its investment this year will exceed $185 million. In addition to the approximately...
OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON on Sports, Wavell Hinds, is calling for an urgent investigation into the procurement process surrounding the retopping of the National Stadium track. According to a release from Hinds, his concerns over the procurement...
LONDON (AP): WEST HAM striker Michail Antonio is “100 per cent” confident he will play again as he recovers from a car crash that left him with a “completely shattered” leg and a realisation “how close I was to dying”. Antonio crashed his Ferrari...
JAMAICA OLYMPIC Association (JOA) president Christopher Samuda has welcomed the recommendation for the inclusion of boxing at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games after the sport was initially excluded from the programme. In an announcement made...
MORE THAN half a dozen centuries were scored in the opening round of the 2025 Jamaica Cricket Association Stewarts Automotive-sponsored Michael Holding Senior Cup, which bowled off over the weekend at several venues across the island. In the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): PRIME MINISTER of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has congratulated president of the Barbados Football Association (BFA) Randy Harris on being elected to the FIFA Council. Harris, who was also president of the Caribbean Football...
COURTNEY DOWDIE, head coach of Frazsiers Whip, said their 7-1 victory over Los Perfectos on the weekend sent a fantastic message about their bid to defend their Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) title. Coming into the game, both teams had won...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): LIONEL MESSI will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the next eight days due to an apparent muscle injury. The 37-year-old Messi was not included in the 25-man squad announced on...
