Adelle Tracey and Dylan DeCambre delivered commanding performances to claim the women’s and men’s 1500m titles, respectively, as they proved themselves a cut above the rest in contrasting but equally decisive fashion on day two of the JAAA/Puma National Senior Championships at the National Stadium on Friday.
Expectations were high for the West Indies to begin the new ICC World Test Championship cycle with a strong showing on home soil, but by mid-afternoon on day three, those hopes had evaporated as the Caribbean side slumped to a crushing 159-run defeat to Australia in the opening Test at Kensington Oval on Friday.
Left arm pacer Jediah Blades starred with a five-wicket haul to lead the West Indies Academy to a seven-wicket win over the Sri Lanka Emerging Players and a 2-1 50-Over Series victory at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday.
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) marked a major milestone in the development of national football on Thursday, June 26, with the official relaunch of its Coach Education Programme at the Jaguar Land Rover Showroom in Kingston.
First Global Bank (FGB) and STL Solar have reaffirmed their commitment as title sponsors for the second event in the Orange and Green Ball Tennis Series, organized by The Tennis Kernel Academy (TTKA). The event is set for Saturday, July 5, and Sunday, July 6 at Tennis Jamaica.
Mattea Issa and Zandre Roye braved gusting winds, personal loss, and formidable opponents to emerge as champions of the National Golf Trials held recently at the scenic but challenging Half Moon Golf Course in Montego Bay. Their victories secured coveted spots on Jamaica’s national team for the upcoming Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships.
Trinidad and Tobago’s top cyclist, Nicholas “Nico” Paul, expressed satisfaction with his dominant performance at the recently concluded Speed Paradise and Carnival of Speed events, as the twin-island republic’s riders reaped significant rewards on the global stage.
Two of the Caribbean’s brightest young track stars, Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands and Jamaica’s Alana Reid, have been named official ambassadors for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games (ASU2025) as part of Panam Sports’ newly launched Team Panam Sports campaign under the banner, “The Power of the New Generation.”
Jamaican long jump star Ackelia Smith has weighed in on the recent wave of high-profile allegiance switches that has rocked Jamaican athletics, with several of the nation’s top field event athletes, including Jaydon Hibbert, Wayne Pinnock, Roje Stona, and Rajindra Campbell, reportedly opting to compete for Turkiye.
As tensions simmer over a string of umpiring decisions that sparked confusion and debate on the second day of the opening Test against Australia, West Indies head coach Daren Sammy stressed the need for his players to focus on what they can control.
