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JFF president Michael Ricketts says applications are being reviewed for the vacant Reggae Boyz head coach post, with the technical committee to interview candidates before the board makes a final call.

Megan Simmonds was the only Jamaican winner at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Diamond League meeting in Rome, Italy, yesterday, racing to a season's best 12.50 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles. Former world record holder Kendra Harrison of the United States (US) finished second in 12.52, while Nadine Visser of the Netherlands was third in 12.58

Coral GABLES, Fla. (AP) — FIFA has cancelled World Cup tickets issued to about 60 fans who mistakenly got them for free because of a website error.The tickets were “allocated at no charge (0 USD) due to a prior payment issue during the checkout process,” FIFA said in a statement Thursday.“FIFA regrets the error and any inconvenience caused,” football’s ruling body said

World Championships 100 metres gold medallist, Oblique Seville, will contest his second 100m race of the season, leading a strong Jamaican contingent at Saturday’s World Continental Tour Gold meeting at Texas A&M University in College Station, United States. The Jamaican will report fresh off his season-opener in the 100m at Saturday's JAAA/PUMA All Comers Meet inside the National Stadium, where he clocked 9.96 seconds to win

The job of coaching Jamaica’s senior men’s national football team is a hot commodity, according to the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), with applications pushing to claim the role. “People have been applying, and so the process has been ongoing, and people will be interviewed and the best candidate will be recommended to be ratified by the board,” informed Michael Ricketts, president of the JFF

Sri Lanka opened the ODI series with a 41-run win over West Indies at Sabina Park after making 303 for seven and bowling out the hosts for 262. Dushmantha Chameera claimed four wickets as a late floodlight failure briefly halted play.

Eagles Track Club will be relaunched in September, focusing on sprints and hurdles. David Riley, head coach of the Eagles organisation, and head coach of Excelsior High School, launched the track club in 2012

From Friday to Sunday, some 350 young Jamaican children ages eight to 17 years old from Kingston and Manchester, will be exposed to major league baseball coaching from a team of major league players from New York.The three-day clinic, conceptualised Dr Bill Tinglin — a Jamaican attorney resident in New York — will, for the first time, see members of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) travel to the island to share their expertise in the game. The initiative demonstrates a collaboration among educational institutions and community leadership groups and is grounded in the belief that Jamaican youth deserve greater international opportunities.“For many years, I have dedicated my life to education, youth leadership, international partnerships, and humanitarian initiatives throughout the United States and around the world

Manchester, England: In a bid to end their decades-long wait to win a second World Cup, England have put their fate in the hands of a German. It’s fair to say the appointment of Thomas Tuchel was not universally well received

Megan Simmonds delivered Jamaica’s lone victory at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Diamond League meet in Rome, clocking a season-best 12.50 seconds in the 100m hurdles.

Dream CATCHER’s seven-length win in the Portmore emphasised her staying pedigree, pulling clear of stablemate TAYLOR MADE, who rallied to deny LEXI LOU the runner-up spot at seven and a half furlongs.Running like a true stayer, DREAM CATCHER didn’t need more than one crack of the whip from Tevin Foster to make her move, leaping at the leaders, fourth off the turn, but travelling much the best, which makes her the horse to beat again in Saturday’s 1000 Guineas at a mile.Switched four-wide by Foster, avoiding the possibility of a traffic pile-up along the rail, DREAM CATCHER responded by quickening sharply with a second strike of the whip, overhauling TAYLOR MADE, who was fighting off PIPPA a furlong out.Jason DaCosta is taking no chances in the 1000 Guineas, tactically training DREAM CATCHER to be much earlier as opposed to being eight lengths off the lead turning for home in the Portmore.Pairing DREAM CATCHER with stablemate BIGGER BOSS at exercise in the mornings, DaCosta has had the filly galloping alongside a pacey colt for a race against the fairer sex.BIGGER BOSS, though unplaced in the Kingston, won by STARDOM, pressed the pace and was fourth up to three furlongs out before being relegated by the winner making his move at the leaders.On both occasions that she galloped with BIGGER BOSS, DREAM CATCHER got the better of the colt, 1:14.0 for six furlongs last Saturday and 1:07.3 for five and a half the previous week, clocking the fastest times recorded by any horse at the trip either morning.With stablemate TAYLOR MADE still around to give all and sundry hell on the lead, the only way she knows how to run, Foster has a ringside seat to a speed duel, which will fall into his lap as much as the Portmore did.Until the longer races come around, DREAM CATCHER is the queen of the pack. It will take a smart filly to deny her in the 1000 Guineas

Fitness and wellness facilities around the world can now register to join the RUN X network, as Technogym and World Athletics confirm further details of the first World Treadmill Championship. The announcement was made on yesterday’s Global Running Day at the RUN X programme launch at Technogym Village in Cesena, Italy

Australian centre Hannah Kuhar is back with Manchester Spurs as the Red Stripe Flavours Netball Jamaica Elite League starts at the National Indoor Sport Centre.

The crack of bat on ball, the aroma of curry and jerk chicken, and the sounds of reggae and soca music are familiar features of summer weekends across Brooklyn and Queens, where cricket continues to unite Caribbean immigrants and preserve ties to home. Thousands of multi-generational Caribbean and Asian Americans play cricket in grassroots clubs and leagues across Brooklyn and Queens

Caribbean Premier Sports Ltd has teamed with IRIS Sport Media to give RUSH Sports a major regional role in FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage across much of the Caribbean.

San JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The United .States. government has given a visa to Woodensky Pierre, the only member of Haiti’s national football team who lives in the Caribbean country, to travel and participate in the World Cup, an official said yesterday

Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz will use two matches in Panama City to prepare for Concacaf W Championship qualifying, with Hubert Busby Jr focused on cohesion, squad depth and readiness.

Reigning Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Portmore United and this year’s runners-up Cavalier have learned the dates and venues for their group stage games at the 2026 Concacaf Caribbean Cup.Portmore and Cavalier both qualified for the Caribbean Cup by virtue of their placements in the recently concluded JPL campaign.The two Jamaican clubs have been drawn in Group B of the competition alongside perennial title contenders Cibao FC of the Dominican Republic and the reigning Dominican Republic champions Salcedo FC.The group will be completed by the winners of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield tournament.Portmore will be the first Jamaican team in action in the Caribbean Cup when they open their campaign against Salcedo at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago on August 4.Cavalier will get into action the following day on August 5 when they travel to the Cibao Stadium to face Cibao.Cavalier will return to action on August 20 when they play hosts to Salcedo at the National Stadium in their first home game.Match week three of the Caribbean Cup will be an all-Jamaica affair as Portmore and Cavalier will face off at the National Stadium on September 3 before the Jamaican champions take on the CFU Shield champions on September 9.The final match week will see Portmore taking on Cibao at the Cibao Stadium while Cavalier will travel to face the CFU Shield champions.Both games will be played on September 17.The top two teams from the group will advance to the Caribbean Cup semi-finals where they will play for the regional title as well as a spot in the 2027 Concacaf Champions Cup.The two finalists, as well as the third-place team, will qualify for the Champions Cup, with the Caribbean Cup champions receiving a bye to the Round of 16.The last two editions of the Caribbean Cup have been won by a Jamaican team, with Mount Pleasant taking the title in 2025 and Cavalier emerging victors in 2024.Cavalier were also runners-up in 2023, falling in the final to Surinamese club SV Robinhood.Mount Pleasant will have a chance to qualify for the Caribbean Cup as they will compete in the CFU Club Shield tournament.The Club Shield champions will be placed in Group B of the Caribbean Cup while the Club Shield runners-up will be placed in Group [email protected] CaptionAntoine Lodge/PhotographerCavalier captain Jeovanni Ling (left) and Portmore United striker Cory Burke challenge for the ball during the Jamaica Premier League final at the National Stadium on Sunday, May 24.

When the fourth leg of the Wanda Diamond League, the Petro Mennea Golden Gala, gets under way tomorrow in Rome, Italy, Jamaican athletes will be well represented, with 13 of them set to compete on the track and in the field.On the track, Nickisha Pryce will lead the country's charge when she lines up in the women's 400 metres at 3:15 p.m. Jamaican time

Head coach Shane Deitz says West Indies Women must adjust quickly to overseas conditions after Ireland claimed a rain-hit, one-run T20I victory in Dublin.

Congo’s football federation is trying to save its planned World Cup friendly against Chile after officials in a Spanish city refused permission over Ebola-related health worries.

The Mexican football federation has failed in its latest challenge to FIFA penalties over a homophobic chant by supporters, though CAS removed a partial stadium-closure sanction before the World Cup opener in Mexico City.

Having qualified for back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019 and 2023, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr says the team knows what it will take to qualify for a third consecutive tournament.The Reggae Girlz will face Panama in two international friendlies set for June 5 and June 8 in Panama City as preparation for the Concacaf W Championship.The W Championship, which will be held in November, is the qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup as well as the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.Jamaica have been drawn against Costa Rica in the W Championship, where a win would secure their spot in the World Cup.Speaking ahead of the Panama friendlies, Busby said the players know the importance of the upcoming games as preparation for the World Cup qualifiers.“We're just going through our processes. I mean, at the end of the day, we know what we need to do

(AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wasted a lead of a set and two breaks to lose 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.The four-time major winner led 4-1 in the second set and was two points from victory when serving for the match at 5-4 before completely collapsing against a player appearing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.“Well, honestly I am speechless. Super happy,” Shnaider said

Cricket, lovely cricket returns to Jamaican shores today as the West Indies and Sri Lanka face off in a series that provides more action than the famous Sabina Park has seen in recent years.The first One-Day International (ODI) between the teams begins at 9:30 a.m.The regional side has spent six months in the wilderness, with five defeats in their last six ODIs, and Daren Sammy and his men will have to hit the ground running, with World Cup qualification looming large.West Indies captain Shai Hope didn't seem too perturbed about the task at hand as the skipper spoke calmly. But beneath the composure was an unmistakable edge

Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard has accepted a fine and demerit point after officials ruled his language during an IPL match against Punjab Kings breached league rules.

CB Foods Closes Exciting JPL Season with Bad Dawg at FinalsKaboom Editors3 days ago2 min readCB Foods delivered flavour, football, and vibes at the Jamaica Premier League Finals as Official Protein Sponsor, while Owen Hill, CEO of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, praised the company for being “more than just a sponsor” through its impact on Jamaican football and fan cultureFootball fans celebrated with Bad DawgCB Foods Ltd. closed out the 2025–2026 Jamaica Premier League season with a high-energy Finals experience led by its sausage brand Bad Dawg.Returning as the league’s Official Protein Sponsor for a second straight year, CB Foods brought flavour, giveaways, entertainment, and fan activations to the stadium through its flagship brands CB Chicken and Bad Dawg.Nicole Hall, Senior Manager of Commercial Marketing at CB Foods, said the partnership reflects the company’s commitment to empowering communities through sport

Gianna Lewis had a rare victory over her younger sibling and 2023 national champion Tsenaye Lewis to win the women's segment of the Hubert Lawrence Memorial Table Tennis Tournament at the UWI Bowl on Sunday.Gianna outplayed her more accomplished sister to win 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9), and puts her victory on the day down to ‘keeping cool’"I think it was my composure. Today (Sunday) it was about keeping my cool