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Athletics
Reggae Crocs target speed for Olympic qualification
Jamaica's athletes have long established themselves among the fastest in global track athletics. Read More
Black car Bolt's only demand on Aussie football foray
Sydney, Australia (AFP) — Usain Bolt might be a superstar athlete but the fastest man ever won't be getting special treatment when he arrives in Australia in his bid to become a professional footballer.... Read More
Dacres again!
World leader Fredrick Dacres and Shanieka Ricketts both set championships records as Jamaica ended the North American Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Senior Championships on a high yesterday with 11 more medals, including three gold, as the regional...... Read More
Photo: Dacres at it again!
Fedrick Dacres threw 68.47m to lead a Jamaican first and second place finish with Traves Smikle in the men's discus throw at the NACAC Senior Championships inside Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, yesterday. (Photo: Collin Reid)... Read More
Tracey lands historic gold
Tyquendo Tracey won a historic gold medal for Jamaica yesterday in the men's 100m at the NACAC Senior Championships at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, the first Jamaican to win any 100m at the continental championships. Read More
SHOT PUT BRONZE!
Shot putter O'Dayne Richards won a bronze medal as Jamaica opened its account on yesterday's first day of the third NACAC Senior Championships at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada. Read More
O'Dayne Richards leads medal charge at NACAC Champs
Newly crowned Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games gold medallist and record holder O'Dayne Richards, silver medallist Ashinia Miler and triple jumper Jordan Scott will be hoping to get Jamaica's medal hunt off to a good start today as the third NACAC Senior Championships gets... Read More
Fraser-Pryce heads 40-member NACAC team
Jamaica will be represented by a strong 40-member team at the NACAC Senior Championships that will be held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, starting on Friday and ending on Sunday evening. Read More
Hughes, Asher-Smith seal historic sprint double for Britain
Berlin , Germany (AFP) — Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asher-Smith claimed a historic European sprint double for Britain yesterday as they won the men and women's 100 metres at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Read More
Jamaican athletes celebrate Independence in China
They may be based in the far-flung East Asian nation of China as part of the Jamaica/China Exchange programme, but members of the Jamaican delegation across three of the seven sporting disciplines were not about to miss out on the country's Independence Day... Read More
Samuda, Hawthorne laud CAC athletes
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) pledged, among a number of goals, to take the mantle in professionalising sports administration to actualise sustained sporting development. Read More
Increased spend reaping dividends — Foster
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — Returns from recent international sporting championships have strengthened belief within the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) that its current increase in spend to national bodies is reaping dividends and will enable a realisation of its '10 in 20'... Read More
Memories by the score — Abe Bailey
Born in the parish of Clarendon, Abe Bailey did his early schooling at May Pen Government School and Brompton Preparatory Academy, before moving up to St Jago High School. At St Jago he excelled at cricket, football, and athletics. Read More
J'cans shine with 17 track and field medals
Jamaica finished fourth in the medals table with a total of 17 as the track and field competition came to an end at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games at Roberto Melendez Stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, yesterday with both the men's and women's... Read More
Jamaica clinch three more CAC Games medals
Jamaica's women's 4x100m relay team won the country's eighth track and field gold medal as the track and field events at the 27th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games came to a close at the Roberto Melendez Stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, yesterday. Read More
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