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Oblique Seville asks for silence in a trademark move whenever he wins during the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. He went on to forget the tradition when he claimed the title later that day.

September 2025 by regory Bryce

Dangerously fast

STILL IN his early days as the reigning men’s 100-metre world champion, Jamaican speedster Oblique Seville says he was confident he would be able to take home the title, as long as he remained healthy…

Shanieka Ricketts competing in the women’s triple jump qualification round at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo yesterday.

September 2025 by Keith McGhie

Ricketts confident of Cuban coup

SHANIEKA RICKETTS goes into her sixth successive world triple jump final full of confidence after qualifying alongside Jamaican teammate Ackelia Smith for Thursday’s medal decider. Ricketts, twice…

Tyler Mason (right) and Orlando Bennett celebrate the respective bronze and silver medals they earned from the men’s 110-metre final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium yesterday in Tokyo.

September 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Decade-long wait was worth it - Mason

ELEVEN YEARS, one month and 24 days. That is how long Jamaican sprint hurdler Tyler Mason had to wait between finishing second at the World Junior Championships and his first-ever medal at the World…

Nayoka Clunis sports her trademark smile on day two of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

September 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘Smiling regardless’

JAMAICAN HAMMER thrower Nayoka Clunis says she is proud of her performance at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, especially in light of the setbacks she had to fight through to get there. Clunis…

Ryland Fray-Campbell (left) of St George’s College moves away from Oniel Nelson of Holy Trinity during their Manning Cup Zone A match at Winchester Park yesterday. St George’s won 3-1.

September 2025 by Robert Bailey

Holy Trinity still believes after loss to STGC

HOLY TRINITY High head coach Delano Kennedy says he remains optimistic about his team’s chances of advancing to the second round of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup, despite a 3-1 defeat to St George’s…

Rusea’s High School’s Maliek Headed (right) tries to shake the attention of Frome Technical High Schol’s Jevani Plummer during their Zone B match of an ISSA daCosta Cup at the Collin Miller Sports Complex. Lightning ended the contest at halfime with

September 2025 by Ashley Anguin

STETHS finally get off the mark

BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) can breathe a little easier today after a 4-0 win over Lacovia High marked their first of the ISSA daCosta Cup season. STETHS got…

Demario Prince looks up at the monitor ahead of finding out he missed the World Athletics Championships 110-metre final by the slimmest of margins yesterday.

September 2025

TaylorMade

Orlando Bennett has been at it for a long time and his perseverance, among the many memories of the World Athletics Championships’ day four, have been immortalised by the lense.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

September 2025 by Raymond Graham

Sprint-relay gold a fitting send-off for Fraser-Pryce

AFTER PICKING up their first win in the women’s 4x100m relay at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with the quartet of Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Merlene Ottey, Jamaica…

Barbados Royals Chinelle Henry (left) celebrates with teammates during their match against the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Providence Stadium in Guyana yesterday.