Sports
March 26, 2026
by Karen Madden
MAKING OF CHAMPS: The rules that keep Champs at the top
There is a thin line between success and failure at any athletics championship. On occasion, that difference could be created by iinfringements of a rule. Those rules at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and…
March 26, 2026
by Robert Bailey
Champs title defence earned through pain
Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young expressed mixed emotions after successfully defending her title in the girls’ Class Two shot put at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships…
March 26, 2026
by Raymond Graham
Douglas dips below 11 seconds, Itubo smashes own Champs record
Favourites Shanoya Douglas of Holland High School and Riquelme Reid of Excelsior High School stole the spotlight in the 100 metres, winning the blue-riband Class One events at the ISSA/GraceKennedy…
March 26, 2026
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with US President Donald Trump’s…
March 26, 2026
Champs 2026 | Holland’s Shanoya Douglas and Sashana East of Wolmer's eyeing sprint double
Holland High School sprint star Shanoya Douglas cruised into the semifinals of the girls’ Class One 200m at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships on Thursday. Douglas, who won…
March 26, 2026
Champs 2026 | Excelsior’s Riquelme Reid’s sprint double bid ends after 200m pull-up
Excelsior High School sprinter Riquelme Reid saw his hopes of winning the boys’ Class One sprint double dashed after pulling up in his heat of the 200m at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls…
March 26, 2026
Champs 2026 | Edwin Allen leads 4x100m qualifiers
Edwin Allen clocked the fastest time heading into the girls Class One 4x100m relay final when they advanced from heat one in a time of 45.45 seconds earlier today at the National Stadium. They…
March 26, 2026
Champs 2026 | Edwin Allen clocks fastest time in boys 4x100m qualifiers
Edwin Allen registered the fastest time of the afternoon in the preliminaries of the boys Class One 4x100m relay when they won heat four in 40.12 seconds today at the National Stadium. They narrowly…
March 26, 2026
by Gregory Bryce
Samuda invites Kenya Olympic Committee boss to Champs
Christopher Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), has invited Shadrack Maluki, president of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya, to the National Stadium to watch the 2026…