THE 2022 winner of the Latin America Amateur golf Championship (LAAC) came from the tiny island of Cayman, and Jamaicans Justin Burrowes and William Knibbs are feeling confident they can pull off a similar feat when the tournament gets under way...
IT HAS just been two years since Jamaica College student Nathaniel Bailey decided he wanted to test the waters with regard to the sport of surfing and the youngster is already creating waves internationally. Bailey was among 28 surfers who received...
Devonti Hodges was just four months old when his father, Devon Hodges, set the record for the most goals in a Premier League game in Jamaica. Devon Hodges scored 10 times for Rivoli United in a 15-0 hammering of Invaders back in the 2004-2005...
Opener Leroy Lugg and spinners Patrick Harty and Jamie Merchant all showed good form following the rain-curtailed Jamaica Scorpions’ four-day practice match which ended at Chedwin Park on Sunday. The burly right-hander Lugg hit an impressive 159...
It is no secret that Vere United are having a goal-scoring problem in this year’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL). On Sunday, the Clarendon-based Vere chalked up their sixth draw of the campaign in a 0-0 stalemate with newcomers and neighbours...
JAMAICAN DRIVERS Fraser McConnell and Sara Misir are still trying to come to grips with the death of American rally driver Ken Block. The two have expressed sadness at Block’s passing. The motorsports aficionado died following a snowmobile accident...
As cricket got back into full swing in 2022 following the COVID-19 pandemic, not much changed during the last calendar year for the senior West Indies men’s team, which continued to find the going tough on the international stage. Nothing was more...
IT WAS clear from the opening whistle that the Humble Lion and Tivoli players had yet to recover from the holiday break, with a scrappy affair bereft of very good football highlighting their seventh-round Jamaica Premier League encounter at...
Humble Lion continued where they left off in the Jamaica Premier League after chalking up back-to-back victories following a 1-0 win over Tivoli Gardens in game week seven of the Jamaica Premier League. After seeing off Arnett Gardens 1-0 in game...
Former West Indies and Jamaica batsman Brenton Parchment left Jamaica recently to officially take up his role as the head coach for the Ricardo Powell Cricket Academy (RPCA) based in Roswell Georgia, United States. Parchment, who was recruited by...
Head coach Courtney Walsh said before the fifth and final T20 that his team will be looking to salvage some pride and avoid the dreaded whitewash, however, that did not materialise as the regional women went down by eight wickets to England at the...
When the boys of Jamaica’s only all-boys boarding school, Munro College, return for the next academic term in January, they will see a vast difference with regard to the school’s aesthetics, as Munro old boy Robert Hale and his wife, Monica, are...
Aunties Hot Spot on the Old Harbour Bay main road was abuzz with excitement yesterday as throngs of Brazilian supporters came out to witness their team book a place in the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The ardent fans...
It has been three years since some of the island’s top female footballers got to lace up their boots, and the lengthy layoff may have prompted the Vere United women to come out firing as they hammered Real Mobay AFC 11-0 in their opening fixture of...
Former national tennis player Brandon Burke continues to see his stock rise at the administrative level, as the six-time Davis Cup representative was recently re-elected to the board of directors of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for a second...
Twenty-eight of the island’s top coaches are expected to benefit tremendously from the new World Association of Basketball Coaches Certification (WABC) course, which will be held from December 5-17 in Kingston. Jamaica will be the first English-...
Former Jamaica and West Indies batsman Brenton Parchment says he is liking what he is seeing so far from new West Indies opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the opening Test against Australia currently under way in Perth. The Guyanese has so far...
Glenmuir High School booked their place in the final four following a comfortable 4-0 win over Frome Technical in the ISSA/Digicel Ben Francis Cup KO competition at Glenmuir yesterday. Kyle Gordon eased all fears for the hosts as early as the 13th...
Jamaica Scorpions assistant coach Nikita Miller says his team will need to have the right plan and execute those plans against a tough Trinidad and Tobago Red Force side in today’s day/night final of the Super50 Cup competition at the Sir Vivian...
The 2022 Jamaica Open Golf Championship, which was held at Tryall Golf Club in Hanover, culminated with an exciting final-day finish on Tuesday with American pro-Patrick Cover staving off late challenges from compatriot Michael Maguire and Josh...
The presence of head coach Merron Gordon on the Garvey Maceo High bench reignited the team, and they carved out a workmanlike 3-1 win over Cornwall College in their ISSA/Digicel Ben Francis KO quarterfinal encounter at Garvey Maceo yesterday....
AMERICAN PATRICK Cover just managed to stave off a resilient rally from compatriot Josh Anderson to secure his second Jamaica Open title following a dramatic final day at Tryall in Hanover. Cover, who came into the final day with a seven-shot lead...
The 2019 champion of the Jamaica Open Golf tournament, Patrick Cover, looks set to seal another title following day two action of the 55th tournament which is currently under way at the Tryall Golf Club in Hanover. Following up on his opening...
Dinthill Technical High School made sure that they are still in the race for the ISSA daCosta Cup title following a workmanlike 3-1 win over Central High School in their quarterfinal encounter at Foga Road earlier this evening. Dinthill got...
CLARENDON COLLEGE (CC) technical director Lenworth ‘Teacha’ Hyde says his team had a bad day at the office despite carving out a 1-0 win over Central High to kick off the quarterfinal round of the ISSA daCosta Cup. A jam-packed Foga Road High...
