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Kenya's Ruth Chepng'etich poses with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, September 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, file)
December 9, 2025

Marathon world-record holder Ruth Chepng'etich banned for three years after admitting doping violation

MONACO (AP) — Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng'etich has been banned for three years after admitting a doping violation, track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit said…
National men’s basketball head coach Rick Turner.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

JamRockerz preparing for ‘tough’ FIBA Qualifiers pool

Having been drawn in Pool B for the FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas Qualifiers, Jamaica men’s basketball head coach, Rick Turner, said they now face the toughest pool in the competition. Jamaica…
Mount Pleasant winger Daniel Green takes on Defence Force FC’s Christian Bailey during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup first-leg semi-final football game inside the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

No prisoners

MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy took a giant step towards qualifying for the Concacaf Caribbean Cup final with a decisive 5-1 first-leg, semi-final win over Defence Force of Trinidad and Tobago at the…
Eltham High School’s Antonio Fearon (left) finds himself going the wrong way against the dribble of Jamaica College’s Devonte Allen during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup round-of-16 clash at the Jamaica College Ashenheim Stadium yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Hydel pull off KC smash and grab

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Kingston College (KC) suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Hydel High in their Group Two ISSA/WATA Manning Cup round-of-16 encounter yesterday at Stadium East. The defeat was the first…
St Elizabeth Technical High School’s (STETHS) Deandre Barnett (right) tries to evade the challenge of Kemps Hill High School’s Rcardo Dea during their ISSA daCosta Cup round-of-16-clash at the STETHS Sports Complex yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Protests, red cards highlight Kemps Hill loss to STETHS

A MUST-SEE clash between St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and Kemps Hill High at the STETHS Sports Complex turned ugly yesterday, with the visitors and officials engaging in hostile…
Garvey Maceo’s Tyreek McKenley.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Garvey Maceo, Clarendon College gridlocked

THE LARGE turnout of fans at the Wembley Excellence Centre yesterday were treated to some exciting football despite the goalless draw that ensued between defending champions Garvey Maceo and former…
Clive ‘Busy’ Campbell
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Busy wants return of Jackie Bell KO, calls for Ziadie honour

CALLS FOR a return of the Jackie Bell knockout football competition, the premier and once-coveted Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) tournament, were echoed all around the annual…
Mark Neita
December 9, 2025

‘Our cricket is worse than we think’

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): SOBERING AND brutally honest assessments came from two former West Indies and Jamaica cricketers, pointing to a long road to redemption for the region’s cricket, with one…
Akeal Hosein ... took four for 41 and made 27.
December 9, 2025

Super Over win gives West Indies confidence - Hosein

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (CMC): IN A match that defied logic and pushed tension to the absolute limit, Captain Shai Hope, with a dogged unbeaten half-century, and spinner Akeal Hosein, combined to pull off…