Sports

Brian Lara
December 9, 2025

Lara demands committment despite financial reality

MUMBAI, India (CMC): WEST INDIES legend Brian Lara has issued a dual challenge in the wake of the team’s recent struggles, urging current players to rediscover the “passion” that defined his…
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Kemps Hill want to keep momentum

WHEN THE final set of playoff matches in Zone I of the daCosta Cup schoolboy football competition kicks off today, surprise team Kemps Hill will be eyeing a third straight win when they host Denbigh…
Hillel Academy’s Miles Azan (left) and Dunoon Technical’s Shiloh Roach chase the ball during an ISSA/WATA Manning Cup football match at on September 27. Hillel won 3-2.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Manning Cup debut ignites football fever at Hillel

SEAN FRASER, head coach of Hillel Academy, said there is a new wave of excitement for football in the school community following their debut season in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition. Hillel…
Akino Lindsay Taekwondo Martial Artist.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Ja fighters aim at 10 gold medals Down Under

JAMAICA’S SIX-MAN team of martial artists to the 2025 International Sports Kickboxing Association’s Amateur Members Association (ISKA AMA) World Championships started filing out of the island this…
Jamaica Technical Committee Chairman, Rudolph Speid.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Speid gets to work on football philosophy

THE RELENTLESS call for a national football philosophy and system of play is finally about to be answered says Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Technical Committee Chairman Rudolph Speid, after the…
Jamaica’s Tyreek Magee (right) tries to evade the challenge of the United States’ Malik Tillman during a Concacaf Nations League, League A quarter-final match at the National Stadium on November 14, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Magee back at Mount Pleasant

JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL Tyreek Magee has joined Jamaica Premier League (JPL) outfit Mount Pleasant Football Academy on a free transfer. The club made the announcement on Sunday, with Magee set to take…
Navasky Anderson.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Coaches association list Anderson’s Brumik among those to be lauded

THE COACH of Navasky Anderson, national record holder in the 800 metres, heads the list of coaches to be awarded by the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA) as the body marked…
Dunbeholden’s Nicholas Nelson (left) challenges Harbour View’s Alexander Jacobs at the Jamaica Premier League at Drewland yesterday. Harbour View 1-0.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Reid gives Harbour View hard-fought win over Dunbeholden

TRAYVONE REID continued his excellent form for Harbour View this season, scoring the lone goal from the penalty spot as Harbour View defeated Dunbeholden 1-0 in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the…
Shanoya Douglas’ coach at Holland High School Garth Smythe.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Smythe says goodbye to Muschett

WHEN THE 2025-26 high school track and field season gets under way, there will be a major coaching shake-up in the west. Garth Smythe, who has led the Muschett High School programme since 2020, has…