Sports

January 16, 2026

UEFA blames fall in exchange rate for US$55m loss

GENEVA (AP): The fall in the US dollar value last year cost UEFA about $55 million. The dollar value dropped about 9 per cent against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025, which…
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique.
January 16, 2026

PSG coach open to football using rugby’s sin-bin for fouls

PARIS (AP): Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in football whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are used in rugby matches when…
Racing United’s Andrew Campbell (right) tries to stop Treasure Beach’s Karim Bryan during a Jamaica Premier League football game at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. Racing were 4-1 winners.
January 15, 2026 by Livingston Scott

BACK AT THE TOP

Racing United returned to winning ways in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after four matches without a win, beating 10-man Treasure Beach 4-1 at Ferdi Neita Park to climb back to the top of the…
Malik James-King.
January 15, 2026 by Robert Bailey

‘I am learning every day’

Olympic 400-metre hurdles finalist Malik James-King says he is entering the new season with a changed mindset as he sets his sights on consistently running below the 48-second barrier. The…
Jamaica Football Federation President Michael Ricketts.
January 15, 2026

Additional places give JFF boss hope for 2028 Olympics

With Concacaf representation set to double from two to four teams at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles (LA), President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts is optimistic about the…
Nicholas Pooran.
January 15, 2026

‘A dangerous precedent’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): In a stunning and brutally frank critique on the popular Mason and Guest radio show, two respected former West Indies figures have launched a scathing attack on Cricket…
Jamaica women’s coach Shane Brooks.
January 15, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Brooks urges calm despite loss to Leewards

Jamaica’s women cricketers suffered a narrow nine-run defeat to the Leeward Islands in their CWI T20 Blaze opener at Arnos Vale Playing Field on Tuesday, but head coach Shane Brooks is adamant there…
Tia Clayton
January 15, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Stars are out for the Charlie Fuller Development Meet

Tia Clayton and Jonielle Smith of MVP Track Club, who were members of Jamaica’s silver medal-winning women’s 4x100-metre relay team at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, will feature…
West Indies Under-19 batsmen Tanez Francis (left) and Shama Apple embrace in celebration of the latter’s century in an ICC U19 World Cup warm-up game against Japan. Francis also scored a century.
January 15, 2026

Windies U19 coach hails teen tons as tournament approaches

WINDHOEK, Namibia (CMC): In an exclusive interview on the Mason and Guest radio show on Tuesday, West Indies Under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse issued a ringing endorsement of his team’s preparations and…