Sports

Groomsman Tefara Wright bonding with one of the many horses in his charge.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Horse racing pros need protection

Most jobs in the horse-racing industry could rank as the ‘most untransferrable’ skill sets of any other local employment, options being external to Jamaica, which many horsemen have successfully…
Real Madrid’s head coach Jose Mourinho speaks to Referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias during a Spanish La Liga football match against Atletico Madrid in Madrid on Sunday.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Real Madrid calls for Spanish league boss’s head

MADRID (AP): Real Madrid yesterday called for a new Spanish league president, arguing that Javier Tebas’s comments about the club’s complaints regarding refereeing decisions were “intolerable”. Madrid…
Atletico Madrid’s Alex Baena (left) falls to the ground in a clash with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe during a Spanish La Liga football match in Madrid on Sunday.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Mbappé dismisses Dembélé tension, misses training

PARIS (AP): Kylian Mbappé has dismissed suggestions of tension with Ousmane Dembélé as the France teammates emerge among the leading contenders for the men’s Ballon d’Or. With the winners set to be…
Sunderland’s Granit Xhaka (left) and Arsenal’s Declan Rice challenge for the ball during the English Premier League football match in Sunderland, England on Saturday.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Xhaka misses Swiss games over fake vaccination saga

BERN, Switzerland (AP): Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka acknowledged mistakes on Monday and withdrew from the national squad after admitting that he used fake documents during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
West Indies women head coach Shane Deitz
23 Sep, 2026 0

Deitz calls for consistency as West Indies women begin Zimbabwe tour

West Indies women’s head coach Shane Deitz is calling for consistency in performance as the team begins its white-ball tour of Zimbabwe on Thursday, with the first of three One-Day Internationals in…
St Ann FA President Danny Beckford.
22 Sep, 2026 0

Northcoast trouble brews

Trouble is brewing in St Ann football circles, with Mount Pleasant Academy and the St Ann Football Association at loggerheads over the club’s future home ground following the arrival of Chapelton…
Mount Pleasant Sporting Director Paul Christie.
22 Sep, 2026 0

No panic for winless Mt Pleasant

Paul Christie, sporting director of Mount Pleasant Football Academy, says that while the club is concerned about its poor start to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, there is no panic within the…
22 Sep, 2026 0

Jury still out on JPL-schoolboy football double

There are contrasting views on whether schoolboy footballers who also compete in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) are helping or hindering their development through the local football ranks. The…
Jamaica Kingsmen Captain Rovman Powell (right) collects a cheque for hitting the biggest six after losing to the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League final at Kensington Oval on Sunday.
22 Sep, 2026 0

‘I’m so proud of the boys’ - Powell takes heart despite Kingsmen’s heartbreak

In the aftermath of a hard-fought Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final, Jamaica Kingsmen captain Rovman Powell stood tall, not in victory, but in pride. Despite his team’s defeat to the…