Sports

Jamaica Paralympic Association President Christopher Samuda.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Samuda doubles down on inclusion of Russian, Belarusian para-athletes

CHRISTOPHER SAMUDA, president of the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), has reiterated his calls for the global inclusion of Russian and Belarusian para-athletes after they were barred from the…
South Africa women celebrate an English wicket during their ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup during their semi-final at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati yesterday.
December 9, 2025

South Africa crush England, cruise into first final

GUWAHATI, India (AP): A SPECIAL hundred from skipper Laura Wolvaardt helped South Africa crush four-time champions England by 125 runs yesterday to reach the final of the Women’s Cricket World Cup for…
Real Madrid players celebrate after a La Liga match against Barcelona in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.
December 9, 2025

Real Madrid to seek compensation from UEFA

MADRID (AP): REAL MADRID will seek compensation from UEFA after a Spanish court dismissed appeals filed by the European football body against a ruling that said the governing body breached EU…
The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan collapses in the arms of teammate Scottie Pippen (right) at the end of Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz on June 11, 1997, in Salt Lake City.
December 9, 2025

Jordan criticises more commonly used load management tactics

AP: MICHAEL JORDAN didn’t believe in load management, even when he was violently ill. Jordan addressed the topic of NBA players missing games in the second instalment of a series that NBC is calling…
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the Champions League opening phase match against Juventus in Madrid, Spain, on October 22.
December 9, 2025

Long-time Champions League sponsor Heineken set to be replaced

GENEVA (AP): BUDWEISER BREWER AB InBev is set to end Heineken’s three-decade-long run as the official beer sponsor of soccer’s Champions League in a statement deal for the competition’s new global…
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups leaves a federal court after his appearance on October 23 in Portland, Oregon.
December 9, 2025

Rozier, Billups will not receive NBA salaries while fighting gambling cases – reports

AP: NBA GUARD Terry Rozier and coach Chauncey Billups will not receive their salaries while on leave for their arrests on federal gambling-related charges, two people with knowledge of the matters…
St Jago High School’s Jordan Taylor (right) dribbles away from Mona High School’s Franklyn Mitcham during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup encounter at the Jamaica College Ashenheim Stadium on October 22.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Time for the ‘real quality’

PRESIDENT OF the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Keith Wellington says he is confident that the standard of play in the schoolboy football competitions will continue to rise as the…
Track and field coach Carl Page (left) helps one of his charges, Jhadon Burke, manage his starts during a training session at the Bridgeport High School in 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Page enjoys start to life at St Jago

NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s…
Action in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball competition between Wolmer’s Girls (in maroon) and Merl Grove at Wolmer’s Girls’ School on Friday, September 27, 2024..
December 9, 2025

Schoolgirl netball top seeds hold true to form

TOP-SEEDED SENIOR teams remain on course to advance to the second round of the Urban ISSA Schoolgirl Netball competition, maintaining unbeaten runs in the preliminary round of action.