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Mickel Jackson, executive director of Jamaicans for Justice, at a peaceful protest calling for an end to police violence in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, last April.
January 4, 2026 by Andre Williams

2025: The policing year written in blood

The year 2025 will be remembered as a paradoxical year for Jamaica as despite recording a historic low in overall murders, the past 12 months have been overshadowed by a grim countertrend: an…
ZULU WARRIOR, ridden by Demar Williams, wins the Security Department Trophy over five furlongs in a brisk 58 seconds at Caymanas Park yesterday.
January 4, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Zulu Warrior runs away with Security Department Trophy

ZULU WARRIOR yesterday made amends for his December 13 loss to Canadian ATLANTIC CONVOY at six furlongs, powering away from ANOTHER ONE to beat late-closing American, CHAMPION BUBBLER, by almost six…
A woman cries during a rally of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday.
January 4, 2026

VENEZUELA’S MADURO OUSTED

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, United States President Donald Trump said Saturday…
Rohan Nurse
January 4, 2026

Nurse expects West Indies U19s to do well at World Cup

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): With the start of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup less than two weeks away, an optimistic West Indies Under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse says he expects the team to…
Senegal’s Sadio Mane (right) drifts past Sudan’s Sheddy Ezeldin during the Africa Cup of Nations round-of-16 football match in Tangier, Morocco, yesterday.
January 4, 2026

Mané-inspired Senegal reach Africa Cup quarters

RABAT, Morocco (AP): Sadio Mané led Senegal to the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 3-1 win over Sudan in Tangier yesterday. The 2019 and 2022 African footballer of the year chased…
Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland, plays a backhand return to Lorenzo Sonego, of Italy, during a first-round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 14, 2025.
January 4, 2026

Wawrinka opens farewell tour with stirring comeback

PERTH, Australia (AP): Stan Wawrinka’s 40-year-old legs didn’t let him down over three-plus hours in his first singles match of a 2026 farewell tour yesterday. Three-time Grand Slam singles champion…
Sports
January 4, 2026

Past The Finishing Post

Jan 3, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $750,000 REST. ALL, V - NB4YO&UP(NW2)&IMP4YO&UP(MDN)-F&M Off At: 12:26:36 PM Distance: 5 Fur. Rd. Track Condition: Dirt : Sloppy Winning Time: …
Spanish Town Police FC teammates Diamond Clarke (left) and Devontay Ricketts celebrate the former’s goal against Waterhouse during a Jamaica Premier League match at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on December 15, 2025.
January 4, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Spanish Town’s new gaffer looks to transfer window

Newly appointed head coach of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) strugglers Spanish Town Police FC, Dwight Smith, says he will be looking to the transfer market as he seeks to turn around the team’s poor…
Arsenal’s Declan Rice celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during an English Premier League football match against Bournemouth in Bournemouth, England, yesterday.
January 4, 2026

Arsenal go six clear, Wolves finally win

AP: Declan Rice proved why he is a leading candidate to be the Premier League’s player of the season by inspiring Arsenal to a come-from-behind victory at Bournemouth that opened up a six-point lead…