Sports

Ryan Achau of St Jago High School comes home a lonely winner in the Class One boys’ 1500 metres at the McKenley/Wint Invitational Meet at Calabar High School last year.
January 24, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Spotlight on McKenley/Wint Classic, Central Hurdles and Field Events meets

THE 2026 JAAA track and field season continues today with the staging of the McKenley/Wint Classic at Calabar High School and the Central Hurdles, Field Events and Relays meet at GC Foster College.…
Chedean Nation.
January 24, 2026

T20 Blaze: Ja finish fifth with demolition of Windwards

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Jamaica Women ended their T20 Blaze campaign in fifth position by demolishing Windward Islands Women by 10 wickets here yesterday. After restricting Windward Islands to a…
Herbert Morrison Technical High School’s Ryan Jurdine (front) dribbles away from Garvey Maceo High School’s Nicade Bachan (right) during their ISSA Schoolboys Rural Basketball quarterfinal match at the Herbert Morrison court yesterday.
January 24, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

Impressive Herbert Morrison send warning to basketball rivals

Herbert Morrison Technical High School (HMTHS) sent a strong warning to their rural zone opponents after dominant wins by both their under-16 and under-19 teams in the opening quarterfinals games in…
World champion Keshorn Walcott (right) accepts his award from Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Phillip Watts.
January 24, 2026

T&T’s Walcott receives TT$500,000 reward from gov’t

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): World champion Keshorn Walcott has received a TT$500,000 national incentive award for his outstanding performance at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Japan.…
Marla-Kay Lampart
January 24, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Lampart the star performer at JAAA/Fuller meet

CLARENDON College’s throwing standout, Marla Kay Lampart, was the star performer at the recent JAAA/Charlie Fuller Field Events meet held at Manchester High School. The defending Class One discus…
President Donald Trump stands on stage next to the FIFA World Cup after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, December 5, 2025.
January 24, 2026

German federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump

BERLIN (AP): A German football federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of US President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, the president of…
Corey Bennett, head coach at Hydel High.
January 23, 2026 by Robert Bailey

NO TITLE DEFENCE FOR HYDEL?

Corey Bennett, head coach of two-time ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships winners Hydel High School, has cast serious doubt over his team’s participation in this year’s…
Racing United’s Jimoy Jones (left) intercepts a pass aead of Tivoli Gardens’ Dayne Ewen during their Jamaica Premier League football match at the Edward Seaga Stadium yesterday. The game ended 0-0.
January 23, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Racing’s string of stalemates continues with Tivoli draw

Tivoli Gardens and Racing United played out a scoreless draw yesterday at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex in heavy rain. Neither team could find a way to separate themselves in the Wray and…
Members of the Jamaica four-man bobsled team ahead of action at the North American Cup.
January 23, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

‘Recruit from within’

Chris Stokes, president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (JBSF), said Jamaica’s qualification to the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games was fuelled largely by developing a pool…