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Cavalier’s Christopher Ainsworth (right) celebrates with teammates during a Jamaica Premier League (JPL) fixture against Harbour View at The Compound on December 28, 2025.
February 1, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Champions look to halt slide

Champions Cavalier will try to halt the potential for free fall when they face Portmore United in the feature Jamaica Premier League (JPL) fixture this afternoon at Ferdi Neita Park, starting at 3. In…
St George’s College track and field team head coach, Gavin James (right), and assistant coach Kevin Pryce have a discussion at the Emmet Park Pavilion recently.
February 1, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

STGC revival inspired by strong coaching partnership

When Gavin James was handed the keys to St George’s College (STGC) track and field programme, he knew there was only one coach he trusted to be his assistant. Now years later, James and his assistant…
Cornwall College coach, Hector Wright.
February 1, 2026

Former national footballer faces cocaine charges

Former national footballer and Cornwall College head coach, Hector Wright, and wife Jodi-Ann Coke-Wright, have been charged with possession of cocaine and dealing in cocaine following a police…
West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer (right) plays a shot as South Africa’s wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock watches on during the final T20 International in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. The West Indies won by six runs.
February 1, 2026

West Indies beat South Africa in rain-hit T20 shootout

JOHANNESBURG (AP): The West Indies got a consolation win off South Africa after rain reduced their Twenty20 match to a shootout at the Wanderers yesterday. South Africa won the series 2-1 and the West…
Nicholas Neufville
February 1, 2026

Calabar old boy establishes fund in honour of slain coach

Calabar High School’s proud tradition of excellence in track and field is set to receive a significant and sustained boost with the launch of the Nicholas Neufville Fund, an initiative spearheaded by…
Jamaica Olympic Association President Christopher Samuda.
February 1, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

JOA wants Jamaican ‘heatwave’ at Winter Olympics

Christopher Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), says they are hoping the island can bring the heat to the ice at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games this month.…
A person holds a sign, during an anti-ICE demonstration, ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, yesterday.
February 1, 2026

Demonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics

MILAN (AP): Hundreds of demonstrators gathered yesterday in Milan to protest the deployment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during the upcoming Winter Olympics, unbothered by…
February 1, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Controversy, drama highlight road to final

Jamaica College bounced back in fine style to defeat St George’s College on the road in their second ISSA Urban Under-19 schoolboy basketball semi-final game on Friday, evening the series at 1-1 and…
Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres (right) celebrates scoring his side’s third goal in an English Premier League football game against Leeds United with teammate Jurrien Timber in Leeds, England, yesterday.
February 1, 2026

Arsenal open seven-point lead

AP: Arsenal and Liverpool rediscovered that winning feeling in the Premier League yesterday. Arsenal powered seven points clear at the top of the standings after beating Leeds 4-0. Mikel Arteta’s team…