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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.
September 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…
400m runner Rusheen McDonald on the training track in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday.
September 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘We have a tremendous chance’

Veteran coach Bert Cameron said he believes that Jamaica stands a strong chance of medalling in the men’s 4x400-metre relay at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as it will come down to a strong…
200 metres sprinter Christopher Taylor in action at a training session at the Athletic Stadium in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, yesterday.
September 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…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in action at a training session at the Athletic Stadium in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, yesterday.
September 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…
Andre Langford (left) of Charlie Smith High moves to tackle Kajay Fletcher of Kingston College during their Manning Cup football match at the Stadium East field last Saturday.
September 2025 by Robert Bailey

KC hunt second win in Manning Cup

Defending champions Kingston College (KC) will be seeking their second consecutive victory in this season’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition when they take on hosts Kingston Technical High School…
Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray (left) and Vauxhall High’s Damarian Taylor at the Jamal Murray Basketball Camp held at Mount Alvernia High last weekend.
September 2025 by Ashley Anguin

NBA star hosts camp to improve basketball skills among student athletes

National Basketball Association (NBA) star Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets hosted a two-day camp in Montego Bay last weekend to provide young student-athletes with the tools and resources to…
Members of Garvey Maceo High’s daCosta Cup football team celebrate after scoring against Foga Road High on the opening day of the competition at the Stadium East field last Saturday.
September 2025 by Raymond Graham

daCosta Cup: Big doubleheader at Glenmuir

What is seen as the “Group of Death” in the rural schoolboys daCosta Cup competition will serve up a treat today with a fiery Group I doubleheader at Glenmuir High School. In the opener at 1:30 p.m.,…
Erriyon Knighton of the United States.
September 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…
West Indies U19 captain Joshua Dorne.
September 2025

Dorne’s all-around brilliance leads U19s to series-clinching win

NORTH SOUND, Antigua (CMC): West Indies Under-19 skipper Joshua Dorne led from the front with bat and ball as his side secured a tense three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka Under-19s in the sixth Youth…