Sports

March 11, 2026

ICC calls off Doha meetings amid West Asia conflict, shifts key talks online

DOHA, Qatar (CMC): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been forced to abandon its scheduled board and committee meetings in Doha later this month due to the escalating military conflict in…
Atlético Madrid’s Robin Le Normand celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal during the first leg of the Champions League round-of-16 football match against Tottenham in Madrid, Spain, yesterday.
March 11, 2026

Bayern, Atlético win big, Liverpool lose, Barca draw

AP: Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid took giant strides toward the Champions League quarterfinals with big wins yesterday. Liverpool and Barcelona still have work to do. Bayern thrashed Atalanta 6-1…
Burger King Jamaica Chairman Richard Lake
March 11, 2026

BK 5K 20th Anniversary shatters attendance record

Emancipation Park was transformed into a sea of runners on Sunday as the 20th staging of the Burger King 5K & Relay shattered its previous attendance records. In this landmark year that saw the…
Herbert Morrison Technical High’s Michael Johnson (left) dribbles past Manchester High’s Waine Green Jr during game one of their ISSA Rural Schoolboy Under-16 Basketball finals at Herbert Morrison’s court on Monday, March 2.
March 11, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

Rain wreaks havoc on rural U16, U19 basketball finals

Heavy rainfall forced the postponement of the ISSA Rural Schoolboy Basketball Under-16 and Under-19 finals at the Manchester High court yesterday. In the Under-16 final, defending champions Manchester…
March 11, 2026

Life sentence for former head of Republic of Congo football federation

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP): Former Republic of Congo football federation president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas was convicted of embezzling US$1.1 million in FIFA funds and sentenced to life in…
Shanoya Douglas
March 10, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

STARLETS RISE

Former World U20 200-metre champion Brianna Lyston will be part of the 32-member team the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has named to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor…
Sunshine Girls goal defence Jodian Ward (third left) rises to challenge a shot by England Vitality Roses’ goal attack Lois Pearson (third right) during game three of the Horizon Netball Series at the National Indoor Sports Centre on November 25, 2024. Re
March 10, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Netball Ja not concerned about Sunshine dip

President of Netball Jamaica Karen Rosen-Baugh says the organisation is not overly concerned about the Jamaica Sunshine Girls slipping in the International Netball Federation rankings, but admits…
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March 10, 2026

No women’s 4x400m team after late changes to World Indoors roster

Jamaica will not field a team in the women’s 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Indoor Championships after late withdrawals from the initial 32-athlete roster has scrapped the team’s relay pool. …
Giovanni Cunningham of Racing United FC controls the ball in the air as Geo Headley of Harbour View FC looks on during a Jamaica Premier League football match at the Harbour View Stadium in Kingston yesterday. Racing won 3-0.
March 10, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Racing soar, Harbour View stumble

Racing United returned to winning ways in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) with a 3-0 win over Harbour View yesterday at the Harbour View Stadium. Giovanni Cunningham opened…