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Antonio Watson of Jamaica competing in his heat of the men’s 400 metres qualifiers on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Watson, the defending champion, finished eighth in 46.23 seconds and did not advance to th
14 Sep, 2025 0

‘I’ll come back bigger and better’

TENACIOUS QUALIFYING performances from Bovel McPherson, Rusheen McDonald and Delano Kennedy were slightly overshadowed by the comprehensive elimination of defending champion Antonio Watson in the…
Jamaica's Oblique Seville (left) and Kishane Thompson celebrate their one-two finish in the men's 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Oblique Seville triumphant; Kishane Thompson takes silver

Oblique Seville has earned his first global individual medal, taking the men’s 100-metre World Athletics Championships title in a new personal best of 9.77 seconds at the Japan National Stadium. …
Gleaner editorial writes: While Jamaica’s size (with a population of nearly three million) helps to give it CARICOM's third largest economy (US$21.41 billion, according to the IMF) in nominal terms, it lags on a per capita basis ... A skewed income dist
14 Sep, 2025 0

Editorial | The urgency of growth

Anyone with even a passing interest in investments and how long it will take their capital to double at a specific rate of return is likely to be aware of the Rule of 70. It is a simple tool based in…
Tina Clayton. - Gladstone Taylor photo
14 Sep, 2025 0

Tina Clayton mines silver in women’s 100m

Jamaica’s rising starlet Tina Clayton ran a new personal best of 10.76 seconds on her way to the silver medal in the women’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships at the Japan National…
Oblique Seville. - Gladstone Taylor photo
14 Sep, 2025 0

Seville, Thompson into men's 100m final; Blake misses the mark

Jamaica will have two competitors in the final of the men’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson booked their spots in comfortable fashion. …
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. - Gladstone Taylor photo
14 Sep, 2025 0

Jamaican sprint queens comfortably into 100m final

It was a safe passage to the final of the women’s 100 metres for all three Jamaicans as Tina Clayton, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson all punched their tickets at the World Athletics…
Jamaica’s Danielle Williams raises her eyes to the heavens after qualifying for the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships.
13 Sep, 2025 0

Jamaican hurdlers in control

Keith McGhie/Contributor Jamaica’s high hurdlers cruised through the second morning of competition at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo tonight, Jamaica time. Danielle Williams began the…
Hammer thrower Nayoka Clunis of Jamaica during warm-up at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on September 14, 2025.
13 Sep, 2025 0

Clunis falls short in hammer throw prelims at World Championships

Nayoka Clunis, Jamaica’s lone competitor in the women’s hammer throw, has failed to advance to the final despite a valiant effort in the qualification group A at the Tokyo World Athletics…
Frome Technical High School’s Raheem Dennison (right) tries to outrun Cambridge High School’s Kiron Malcolm during their Zone B ISSA daCosta Cup game at Jarrett Park on Saturday.
13 Sep, 2025 0

STETHS’ struggles continue, Cambridge earn draw

BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) are yet to register a goal, much less a win, in this season’s ISSA daCosta Cup, as they drew 0-0 in their Zone E match on…