Sports

May 10, 2026

Tupac bobblehead creates waves at Orioles baseball game

BALTIMORE (AP): Fans lined up well before the gates opened at Camden Yards on Friday night in anticipation of a Tupac Shakur bobblehead giveaway at the ballpark. "I grabbed three of them,"…
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May 10, 2026

How a 3,400-year-old ballgame survives in Mexico against all odds

LOS LLANITOS, México (AP):   On a dirt field on Mexico's Pacific coast, five cousins between the ages of 8 and 13 strip down and kick off their shoes. Nearby, adults help them fasten the…
May 10, 2026

Leipzig back in Champions League 

AP: Leipzig survived a late scare to secure a Champions League return for next season and a 2-1 win over St Pauli made sure of third place in the Bundesliga yesterday.
May 10, 2026

Surfers still take to the waves in war-torn Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, The Gaza Strip (AP):  Despite the dire humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip, where a fragile ceasefire remains in place, a handful of Palestinian surfers are finding joy –and…
May 10, 2026

Stokes makes successful return for Durham

WORCESTER, England (AP): England captain Ben Stokes took two wickets and completed 20 overs for Durham yesterday in a successful comeback from breaking a cheekbone in February.
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May 9, 2026 by Karen Madden

Court rules in favour of PFJL - Injunction to halt JPL broadcast denied

Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has won the first round of a legal battle with PIVOTT after the Supreme Court denied an injunction application filed by PIVOTT LLC seeking to prevent PFJL…
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May 9, 2026 by  Livingston Scott

New era for futsal: Major tournament unveiled at JFF headquarters

The Jamaica Futsal and Scrimmage Football Association (JFSA), in its effort to revive futsal locally, launched the National Futsal Tournament at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) yesterday.
May 9, 2026

Shaw wins second Football Writers’ Women’s Player of Year award

Jamaican international Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has won the 2026 Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year award for the second time.    The 29-year-old Shaw is set to secure a third…
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May 9, 2026

Gvardiol back in training

Manchester City star Joško Gvardiol is back in training after four months out with a broken leg, with Pep Guardiola saying yesterday he hopes the defender is ready to “make a good World Cup” with…