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Jamaica Women’s captain, Rashada Williams.
January 16, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Jamaica’s T20 Blaze struggles continue

Jamaica’s chances of claiming the Cricket West Indies (CWI) T20 Blaze trophy are getting slimmer by the minute as the Shane Brooks-coached side suffered their second defeat in as many games, this time…
Harbour View’s Alonzo Peart (right) throws himself into a tackle against Waterhouse’s Kvist Paul during a Jamaica Premier League fixture at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium in Kingston yesterday. The game ended 1-1.
January 16, 2026 by Robert Bailey

NEW COACH BLUES

Vassell Reynolds, head coach of Harbour View, says yesterday’s 1-1 draw against Waterhouse in their Jamaica Premier League encounter was a fair result for his team. The game, which was played at the…
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique.
January 16, 2026

PSG coach open to football using rugby’s sin-bin for fouls

PARIS (AP): Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in football whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are used in rugby matches when…
January 16, 2026

UEFA blames fall in exchange rate for US$55m loss

GENEVA (AP): The fall in the US dollar value last year cost UEFA about $55 million. The dollar value dropped about 9 per cent against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025, which…
January 16, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Campion take perfect run into semi-finals

Defending ISSA Urban Schoolboy Under-19 Basketball champions Campion College maintained their unbeaten run in the competition on Tuesday after getting by Calabar 78-53 in quarterfinal action. A…
Yannick Agnel of France stands on the podium after winning the men’s 400-metre freestyle final at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, west of Paris on Thursday, November 22, 2012.
January 16, 2026

French Olympic swimming champion to stand trial on rape, sexual assault charges

PARIS (AP): French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel will stand trial on charges of rape and sexual assault on the 13-year-old daughter of his former coach, the prosecutor general’s office in…
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January 16, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

‘I was depressed for two years’

Twenty-one-year-old Jayanne Booth, a University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) student, says the past two years of her life were a nightmare, marked by fear, uncertainty, and emotional distress after…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (right) greets Kate Forbes (left), president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, while looking on are Dionne Jennings, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security,
January 16, 2026 by Livern Barrett

‘NOT FOR THE GREEDY’

A new state programme to assist some of the most vulnerable families who were displaced by Hurricane Melissa is geared towards the needy and “not the greedy”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has…
Maurice Wilson.
January 16, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Wilson grateful for Jamaica Bickle support

With several developmental track and field meets across the island cancelled due to a lack of financial support, Maurice Wilson, meet coordinator of this year’s 44th staging of the JAAA/Puma Pat…