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Holland High sprinter Shanoya Douglas is one of those athlete’s down to compete on day one of the Carifta Trials on Friday.
March 5, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Carifta Trials places go up for grabs tomorrow

This weekend will be a very busy one for the country’s under-17 and under-19 athletes with places for the 53rd staging of the Carifta Games up for grabs. The Carifta Games will be held at the Kirani…
Mount Pleasant’s Football Academy’s Jashaun Angli (left) tries to evade the sliding challenge of Tivoli Garden’s Denville Watson during their rescheduled Jamaica Premier League game at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday. Anglin scored in the 1
March 5, 2026

Mount Pleasant not worried despite latest dropped points

Mount Pleasant Football Academy squandered a golden opportunity to close the gap on leaders Montego Bay United atop the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) standings after playing to a 1-1 draw with hosts…
Front-running NEO STAR should start favourite against the top-weight carrying, but speedy DON KWESI.
March 5, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Don Kwesi to battle top weight, Neo Star

Outclassed by United States-bred WALL STREET TRADER in the Ash Wednesday Trophy at six and a half furlongs, DON KWESI returns for Saturday’s International Women’s Day feature but will have to defy a…
Trivante Stewart (left) takes a shot ahead of advancing Canadian Midfielder Alphonso Davies during a Concacaf Nations League game at the National Stadium in November 2023.
March 4, 2026 by Robert Bailey

‘NOTHING TO GO CRAZY ABOUT’

National striker Trivante Stewart says despite ongoing bombings in Israel, the area where he resides remains relatively stable. Tensions escalated last Saturday after Iran retaliated to joint attacks…
Jamaica’s Jabarie Howell celebrates scoring in the Concacaf Under-20 Qualifiers.
March 4, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Howell stunner blasts U20 Boyz into next round

A stunning strike from Jabarie Howell proved the difference for the U20 Reggae Boyz as they defeated Puerto Rico 1-0 yesterday to top Group B of the Concacaf Men’s U20 Qualifiers and advance to the…
From left: Reggae Boyz head coach, Hubert Busby Jr, and his assistant Deon Burton during a training session.
March 4, 2026

Busby not concerned about Girlz profiglacy

Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr says he is not concerned with the number of missed opportunities from his players in their win over Nicaragua on Monday as they have achieved their overall…
Jamaica’s basketball coach, Rick Turner’s daughter, Scout (left), was a constant in the stands for the island’s pair of FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifer at the National Indoor Sports Centre.
March 4, 2026 by Karen Madden

Daughter feels the pain of coach’s loss

Sports drives passion but also fuels anxiety, and if the coach loses, so does his family. No one knows that more than Scout Turner, whose father, Rick, is Jamaica’s basketball team’s national head…
Rudolph Brown/Photographer Rudolph Speid, Reggae Boyz coach, displays the JWPL Cup with (from left) Kajay Rowe, AVP, marketing and Innovation of Supreme Venture; Nardea Drummond, managing director of Acroscopic; Florette Blackwood, board member of the Jam
March 4, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

JWPL 2026 season goes live with cost-saving new format

The rebranded Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) is set to make a return for its second season with a new league format aimed at reducing transportation costs for its various clubs. The JWPL held…
West Indies Women in Grenada.
March 4, 2026

Perera’s poise powers Sri Lanka to series sweep over West Indies

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): An unbeaten half-century from opener Hasini Perera guided Sri Lanka Women to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third and final T20…