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December 9, 2025

Garth Rattray | A functioning JSPCA keeps us safe

I vividly recall the days when the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) was on Spanish Town Road. Just about anyone who had a pet either knew of or went to the JSPCA. It…
Megan Tapper
December 9, 2025

Megan Tapper out of 100m hurdles through injury; no replacement due to late timing

Maurice Wilson, Team Jamaica’s technical leader, has confirmed that women’s 100-metre hurdles national champion Megan Tapper has withdrawn from the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Wilson said…
Tina Clayton moments after winning heat two of the women’s 100m qualifiers at the World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
December 9, 2025

All three Jamaican women through to 100m semis

It was business as usual for all three Jamaicans in the women’s 100m heats as Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all advanced to the semifinals at the World Athletics…
Kishane Thompson
December 9, 2025

Men’s 100m heats confirmed after preliminary round

The start lists for the heats of the men’s 100m at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships have been confirmed with Kishane Thompson, Oblique Seville and Akeem Blake set to get into action. Seville,…
Jamaica’s  Leah Anderson, moments after competing in the Mixed 4x400m relay on the opening day of the 2025 World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Big first for discus thrower Hall

Jamaica endured a mixed bag of results in the morning session of day one at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Samantha Hall advanced to the final of the women’s discus throw while the mixed…
Erriyon Knighton of the United States.
December 9, 2025

US sprinter Knighton banned for four years

GENEVA (AP): Two-time Olympic finalist Erriyon Knighton was banned for four years yesterday in a doping case that ruled the 21-year-old United States sprinter out of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in action at a training session at the Athletic Stadium in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Fraser-Pryce: Advocacy is always a part of the future

Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has sent a strong message to the next generation of athletes about the importance of advocacy and the strength to speak up for themselves throughout their…
Kevin Frith, CEO of TCF Holdings and developer of the Sun Coast Beach Club in St Thomas.
December 9, 2025

Wilson sues former friend Frith for $800m in defamation clash

Businessman Tyrone Wilson has filed an $800 million defamation lawsuit in the Supreme Court against fellow entrepreneur and former friend Kevin Frith, who has dismissed the claim as baseless and…
200 metres sprinter Christopher Taylor in action at a training session at the Athletic Stadium in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Taylor: I have no expectations

When he takes to the track for the heats of the men’s 200 metres at the Japan National Stadium, Christopher Taylor will have “no expectations” as the sprinter said making it to the World Athletics…