Sports

Former Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop.
December 9, 2025

Hislop reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

Former Newcastle goal-keeper Shaka Hislop said yesterday that he has prostate cancer. The 56-year-old Hislop, who also played in the Premier League for West Ham and Portsmouth, said he had been…
Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes (right) reacts after West Ham’s Soungoutou Magassa scored his side’s first goal during the English Premier League match between Manchester United and West Ham United in Manchester, England, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Man United waste chance to reach EPL top five

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester United blew the chance to move up to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) yesterday when West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. Soungoutou…
Oblique Seville (second right), Jamaica’s 100 metres world champion and one of the patrons for next year’s Sagicor ‘Run for the West’, with (from left) Christopher Zacca, president and CEO of Sagicor Group and chairman of Sagicor Foundation; Senat
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘Run for the West’

Forgoing its usual tagline of ‘Run for the Fun’, the 2026 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run has adopted a new tagline of ‘Run for the West’ as they look to raise a target of $150 million to help the relief…
Montego Bay United’s Lucas Lima Correa (right) tries to dribble away from Racing United’s Tameish Richardson during their Jamaica Premier League match at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay on October 19.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

‘SO FAR, SO GOOD’

RACING UNITED head coach Anthony Patrick says he is confident the new playing style he is introducing to his team will have a positive impact when the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) resumes this…
Mona High School’s Savi-k Morton (right) controls a ball ahead of Jamaica College’s Dontae Logan during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup round-of-16 football match at the Stadium East field yesterday. The game ended 2-2.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Eltham, JC through, favourites Mona out

ELTHAM HIGH are through to the quarter-finals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup after a hard-fought 3-2 win over Spanish Town rivals St Jago in Group 4 of the round of 16 at the Drewsland Stadium…
Kingston College’s Kajay Fletcher (left) dribbles by Calabar’s Payton Larmond during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup round-of-16 football match at the Stadium East field yesterday.
December 9, 2025

KC’s title defence comes to grinding halt

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Kingston College (KC) were knocked out of this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition after they were held to a 2-2 draw by rivals Calabar in Group 2 at Stadium East yesterday.…
West Indies batter Ojay Shields is bowled by New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy during the second day of their Test match in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

New Zealand pacers strike back

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): PACERS JACOB Duffy and Matt Henry ran through the West Indies’ batting to leave New Zealand firmly in control of the opening Test at the end of Tuesday’s second day of…
England batsman Robin Smith stands on the balcony of Aitcheson College ground pavilion in Lahore, on February 8, 1996.
December 9, 2025

Former England cricketer Robin Smith dies at 62

LONDON (AP): ROBIN SMITH, the batter who shone for England in a period when it was beaten regularly in Test cricket, has died. He was 62. Smith’s family said in a statement from the England and Wales…
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

May Day make second-round statement

MAY DAY junior netball team got off to a rocket start in the second round of the ISSA Rural Netball Competition at the Manchester High School netball court on Tuesday, as the Janet Hunter-coached team…