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Barbados Pride batsmen Kevin Wickham (centre) and Kraigg Brathwaite meet mid-pitch during their century stand against the Jamaica Scorpions on day three of their West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park last week.
April 22, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Brathwaite, Wickham centuries pile misery on Scorpions

Day three of the West Indies Championship match at Sabina Park belonged entirely to the Barbados Pride, as captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Kevin Wickham carved magnificent centuries to steer their side…
Verrasammy Permaul
April 22, 2026

Permaul stars as Harpy Eagles smoke Volcanoes inside three days

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Led by a brilliant all-around performance by veteran Veerasammy Permaul, the Guyana Harpy Eagles demolished the Windward Islands Volcanoes inside three days to claim their…
April 22, 2026

Dangerous pitch forces abandonment of Red Force-Hurricanes clash

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The second-round match between the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force was abandoned on the third day after it was determined that the pitch at the…
Excelsior coach, David Riley.
April 22, 2026 by Raymond Graham

‘We are a prepared team’

One of the most eagerly awaited events among high school teams at this weekend’s Penn Relays is the High School Boys Championships of America 4x400m, with the focus surrounding teams like defending…
Gout Gout (right) waves while winning the junior 100 metres at the Australian Athletics Junior Championship in Brisbane on Saturday.
April 22, 2026

Bolt urges Gout Gout to remain focused on track and field

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has advised teenaged sensation Gout Gout to stay focused on track and field and to surround himself with the right people. The rising 18-year-old…
ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Basketball MVP Danae Brown (centre) celebrates the title with teammates, Queens alumni Olive McNaughton (right) and coach Donald Bimmer (second right), after they defeated St Andrew High School 49-33 in the ISSA urban area final
April 22, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Queen’s lift ISSA schoolgirl basketball title

The combination of tournament MVP Danae Brown and defensive stalwart Mikala Morrison, at either ends of the court, helped the Queen’s School reclaim the ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Basketball title…
Referee Walter Lopez suspends a Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-final second leg football match between Mexico’s America and the United States’ Nashville SC in Mexico City on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The suspension happened on account of discriminatory
April 22, 2026

Homophobic chant surfaces again in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP): After a few months in which it was heard only sporadically at local tournaments across Mexico, a homophobic chant has resurfaced strongly in recent weeks in what could be a prelude…
Former PFJL Chairman Cristopher Williams.
April 21, 2026 by Livingston Scott

‘I GAVE IT MY ALL’

Former Chairman of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Christopher Williams, who was appointed to a similar role by the Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA), insists he did not run away…
New PFJL Finance Committee Chairman Peter Higgins.
April 21, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

PFJL names new Finance Committee chairman

The Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has unanimously appointed Peter Higgins as the new chairman of its Finance Committee and also named Andrew Thomas as a new member. Higgins, who is also…