JOA investment fuels Winter Olympics momentum

Winter Olympics

It is an open secret that the present administration of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is creating "heat waves" in winter sports as it fulfils one of its mandates of growing and strengthening Jamaica's representation in the Winter Olympic Games with a competitive edge. Although without a medal for the last eight winter games, JOA President, Christopher Samuda, is still confident...

'It’s in our blood to overcome adversity' - Fenlator-Victorian believes battling bobsled teams typify Jamaica spirit

Beijing 2022

MVP Ackera Nugent in record-breaking form at Larry Wieczorek Invitational

NCAA Athletics

World U20 sprint hurdles champion, Ackera Nugent, was in record-breaking form on Saturday’s second day of the Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the Recreation Building in Iowa City, Iowa. Nugent, 19, set a new meet record of 8.11 for the 60m hurdles in the preliminary round and smashed it in the final, running a personal best of 7.90. The winning time was...

Rizwan and Beaumont take ICC T20I Cricketer of the Year titles

T20 World Cup

Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan has been named the men's ICC T20I Cricketer of the Year, while England's Tammy Beaumont has won the women's award. Rizwan accumulated an impressive 1,326 runs across 29 games in 2021, at an average of 73.66 and a strike-rate of 134.89. The wicketkeeper-batsman also excelled behind the stumps as Pakistan made it to the semi-finals of the T20 World...

Australian Open: Nadal overcomes marathon first set to beat Mannarino for quarter-final spot

Australian Open

Rafael Nadal overcame a marathon first-set tiebreaker to move into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over French veteran Adrian Mannarino on Sunday. Nadal continued on his search for a record-breaking 21st grand slam title with the 7-6 (16-14) 6-2 6-2 victory at Rod Laver Arena. The Spaniard will take on either third seed Alexander Zverev or Canadian 14th seed...