Sports

US President Donald Trump (centre) gestures to the crowd alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in L
December 9, 2025

Trump booed at regular-season NFL game

LANDOVER, Maryland (AP): DONALD TRUMP became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit…
Atlético Madrid’s Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring his side’s third goal during a Champions League opening phase football match against Union Saint-Gilloise in Madrid, Spain last Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

US football invasion hits Atlético Madrid

MADRID (AP): ATLÉTICO MADRID are about to come under American ownership. Apollo Sports Capital, an asset management company, will become the Spanish club’s majority shareholder early next year,…
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives at the Interlagos race track ahead of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
December 9, 2025

Ferrari boss says Hamilton, Leclerc need to ‘focus on driving and talk less’

MILAN (AP): LEWIS HAMILTON and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less”, Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warned yesterday after both of the team’s drivers failed to finish the…
Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens smiles before his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle.
December 9, 2025

Legendary NBA coach Wilkens passes

SEATTLE (AP): LENNY WILKENS, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said on Sunday. He was 88. The family said…
FUNCAANDUN (right), ridden by Tevin Foster, wins The Distinctly Irish Trophy ahead of ATOMICA (Omar Walker) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, August 24, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Funcaandun must win Ja Cup to make Mouttet Mile

HOME-BASED AMERICAN, FUNCAANDUN, who outbattled Florida invader LEGACY ISLE, to deny Rohan Crichton back-to-back Mouttet Mile winners, will have to win next Sunday’s Jamaica Cup at nine and a half…
Edwin Allen High’s Alexxe Henry.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Henry’s first hurricane: Tobago sprinter relives frightening experience in Jamaica

SEVERAL Caribbean athletes currently representing local schools in Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competitions had their first taste of a hurricane when Category 5 Melissa swept…
Khadija Shaw (left) celebrates after scoring the winner for Manchester City against Everton yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Shaw nets winner to send Man City top of WSL

LIVERPOOL, England (CMC): Jamaican international Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s second-half strike propelled Manchester City to a 2-1 victory over Everton and sent them top of the table in the Women’s Super…
Jake Kind, organiser of the Philadelphia Men’s Basketball League basketball camp. The camp has impacted more than 15,000 children in the last 15 years.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Jake Kind’s Camp PMBL: 15 years of play, 15,000 lives transformed in Treasure Beach

Fifteen years, 15,000 players, and one vision; Jake Kind’s Camp PMBL (Philadelphia Men’s Basketball League) has become a powerhouse of purpose. What started as a simple idea to bring kids together…
Solomon Sharpe, chairman, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

All set for resumption of Caymanas racing on Saturday

Chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe, says while not all Off Track Betting (OTB) outlets will be ready in time for the restart of live horse racing at…