Sports

December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Two-a-days highlight second round of rural high school netball

TODAY WILL be a very busy day for high school teams participating in the ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball Competition as second-round action gets under way at Manchester High, G.C. Foster College, and at…
Jamaica’s Jabulani Newby (right) goes up for this lay-up in their match against the Dominican Republic at the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup over the weekend.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica, T&T fail to medal at AmeriCup qualifiers

LEON, Mexico (CMC): JAMAICA AND Trinidad and Tobago finished ninth and 10th, respectively, when the 2025 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup concluded in Mexico over the weekend. Jamaica’s quartet of Nicholai Brown,…
Barbados Pride bowler Dominic Drakes bowls under the watchful eyes of his captain Kyle Mayers during the final of the CGI Super50 against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Couva on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

Drakes puts Pride’s Super50 Cup success down to work ethic

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): HEAD COACH of the Barbados Pride, Vasbert Drakes, has lauded his team’s work ethic after they captured the CG United Super50 Cup title in Trinidad on Saturday. The Pride…
Michael McPherson (right) speaks with mentors and mentees at Calabar High School.
December 9, 2025

David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Foundation expands mentorship programme

THE PRESTIGIOUS David ‘Wagga’ Hunt (DWH) Foundation recently expanded its initiatives by launching a mentorship programme for its 24 scholars, split equally between Kingston College (KC) and Calabar…
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone crosses the finish line to win the women’s 4X400-metre relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 21.
December 9, 2025

McLaughlin-Levrone, Duplantis win World Athlete of the Year titles

MONACO (AP): SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE and Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis have won the World Athlete of the Year titles for 2025. The international governing body for track and field announced the winners…
Michael Jordan arrives in the Western District of North Carolina yesterday for the start of the antitrust trial between 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR, in Charlotte, NC.
December 9, 2025

Jordan goes to court on first day of high-stakes NASCAR antitrust trial

CHARLOTTE, NC (AP): THE FEDERAL antitrust trial against NASCAR opened yesterday with the star power of Michael Jordan on hand as a jury of nine was seated to hear allegations that the stock car series…
Jamaican basketballer Kofi Cockburn
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Jamaica target Puerto Rico sweep

National senior men’s basketball coach, Rick Turner, said winning consecutive games against Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico would be an amazing feat as Jamaica prepare to face the hosts for the second…
Orel Miller (right) of Glenmuir High powers past Garvey Maceo High’s Tyreek McKenley during a first-round bottom-of-the-table daCosta Cup clash at Garvey Maceo on Tuesday, September 30. Glenmuir won 4-0.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Clarendon showdown! Glenmuir host champions Garvey Maceo in daCosta Cup tomorrow

EXPECT fireworks when Glenmuir High host defending champions Garvey Maceo High in their Group Three top-of-the-table, round-of-16 daCosta Cup football clash tomorrow at 3 p.m. Following 1-0 and 2-1…
Joel Garner
December 9, 2025

Garner receives Barbados’ Order of Freedom

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): In a fitting tribute to a colossal figure in the world of cricket, legendary West Indies fast-bowler Joel Garner was yesterday conferred with the Order of Freedom of…