Sports

Ian Parsard
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Ideal Horse Farms steals show at Mixed Sale

SANDRA Solomon’s Ideal Horse Farms, just four years into operation, yesterday topped the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) of Jamaica’s 2025 Mixed Sale, Lot 35 fetching $5.2m, a bay…
Former national basketballer and Women’s National Basketball Association player Vanessa Gidden poses with Orlando Ennis and his two-year-old son Matthew during a distribution of relief items to residents who were affected by Hurricane Melissa in Pullet
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Gidden switches courts: Former basketballer brings relief to Trelawny, Westmoreland

FORMER Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) centre Vanessa Gidden returned to her homeland with a different kind of ‘assist’, delivering relief supplies to more than 300 residents of…
Garfield Gordon (left) and Cecile Heinrich pose with their medals after topping the men’s and women’s half marathon event, respectively, at the 2026 Reggae Marathon in downtown Kingston yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

A Kingston success: Reggae Marathon’s downtown debut gets thumbs up

The annual Reggae Marathon, staged in downtown Kingston for the first time in its 25-year history, was hailed as a success after more than 17,000 participants, in the 5K, 10K and half-marathon…
CWI president Dr Kishore Shallow.
December 9, 2025

Shallow will not seek re-election in 2028

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Dr Kishore Shallow has announced that he will not seek a third term in office when his term comes to an end. In a statement streamed on…
Khadija Shaw celebrates after scoring against Leicester City in the Women’s Super League.
December 9, 2025

Shaw’s brace carries Man City past Leicester

LEICESTER, England (CMC): Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw netted a brace and also provided an assist in Manchester City’s dominant 3-0 win over Leicester City in the Women Super League (WSL) yesterday. The…
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Campion on a roll in ISSA urban basketball

Campion College continued their great form this season in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) urban basketball, with their under-19 team destroying Bridgeport 141-10 in the…
Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi (front) celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the English Premier League match between Fulham and Crystal Palace in London yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Guehi’s late goal lifts Palace to fourth in EPL

LONDON (AP): Crystal Palace moved up to fourth place in the English Premier League (EPL) after defender Marc Guehi scored late in a 2-1 win at Fulham yesterday. Guehi headed in the winner off a corner…
West Indies coach Daren Sammy.
December 9, 2025

CWI boss: No knee-jerk reaction to Windies’ losing record

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): DR KISHORE Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies (CWI), has maintained that there is no intention to fire head coach Daren Sammy, despite his losing record since…
Napoli’s Rasmus Hojlund (centre) scores the opening goal during the Serie A match between Napoli and Juventus in Naples, Italy, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Hojlund at the double as Napoli clip Juventus

MILAN (AP): Luciano Spalletti’s return to the team he led to the Serie A title was spoiled by Rasmus Hojlund’s brace as hosts Napoli beat Juventus 2-1 yesterday. The result also lifted Napoli back to…