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Japanese forward Kazuyoshi Miura of Suzuka plays in a JFL football match against Oita in Suzuka, central Japan, on July 14, 2024.
January 1, 2026

Life begins at 59 for football’s oldest professional

TOKYO (AP): He turns 59 in February, and the globe’s oldest professional football player has a new club as he gets set for his 41st season. This is of course Kazuyoshi Miura, who is known in Japan as…
New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs leaves the field following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, November 23, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
January 1, 2026

Patriots star wide receiver faces strangulation charge

BOSTON (AP): New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in connection with a dispute with his former private chef, police said. News of the…
Lance Whittaker
December 31, 2025 by Livingston Scott

‘HE WAS TOP CLASS’

The sudden passing of renowned sports journalists and broadcaster Donald Oliver has sent shockwaves across sporting and media landscapes. Oliver, who had more than 20 years’ experience working with…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy’s Kyle Ming (right) tries to outrun Montego Bay United’s Timar Lewis during their Jamaica Premier League game at Jarrett Park on Sunday. Mount Pleasant won 1-0.
December 31, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Jarrett Park revamp well under way

After years in the doldrums, life is steadily returning to the iconic Jarrett Park, the once go-to venue, undergoing a much-needed facelift, restoring its vibrancy and bringing it back into the…
England’s Jofra Archer (left) and Jacob Bethell.
December 31, 2025

England T20 World Cup squad takes on Caribbean flavour

LONDON, England (CMC): Barbadians Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethell have been included in England’s 15-man provisional squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Archer has been named in the squad despite…
Keshorn Walcott
December 31, 2025

World Champ Walcott cops another Sportsman of the Year award

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): World champion javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott and sprinter Leah Bertrand capped off an impressive 2025 by capturing the Sportsman of the Year and Sportswoman of the…
Trinidad & Tobago’s men’s senior team head coach Dwight Yorke.
December 31, 2025

Yorke stays, says TTFA president

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): President of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Kieron Edwards has revealed that Dwight Yorke will remain as head coach of the national team, despite…
Australia’s Steve Smith (centre) watches a delivery from England’s Brydon Carse (left) on Day 2 of their Ashes cricket Test match in Melbourne on Saturday.
December 31, 2025

Pitch for two-day Ashes Test rated ‘unsatisfactory’ by ICC

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP): The pitch used for the fourth Ashes Test that finished inside two days has been rated as “unsatisfactory” by cricket’s world governing body. No batter scored a half-century,…
ANOTHER ONE (right), ridden by Shane Ellis, wins the Mother’s Day Special ahead of LOCKDOWN (Paul Francis) over five furlongs straight at Caymanas Park on Saturday, May 10.
December 31, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Another One to navigate Security Department minefield

Saturday’s feature, the Security Department Trophy, is a complex five-furlong straight event in which varying factors, most notably the track bias and handicaps, could turn the race on its head.…