Grace Kennedy ISSA Boys and Girls Champs
The explanation for Jamaica’s success in international athletics is complex. Some of it is due to a genetic blessing from Africa blended with…
Category: Sport
RJR/Gleaner Sportsman & Sportswoman 2017 Awards
In the usual glamour and fanfare on occasions where our nation’s top performers are recognised, all came out with passion and pageantry for…
Caribbean Premier League T20 2017 Review
Passion, rivalry, Caribbean flair and just sheer sporting ecstasy was the Hero CPL T20 2017….cricket fans and enthusiasts got just what they anticipated….a…
Usain Bot and the Long Goodbye
“I didn’t expect this,” Usain Bolt kept repeating after his last race in Jamaica, inside the National Stadium on June 11. The…
Athletics after Bolt
When one man wins 13 individual World and Olympic gold medals, sets 5 world records and delights fans with his charm the way…
2016 Sports Highlights
Nothing sweetens the sporting pot like the Olympic Games. In 2016, much of the anticipation for the Games in Rio di Janeiro surrounded Usain…
Fit and Healthy: Avoiding Tragedy in Sports
It’s no comfort that death seldom visits the active sportsman or the keep fit enthusiast. When it does happen, it hits like a…
Destination Brazil: Digicel Customers Bring the Beat to Rio 2016
Summer 2016 has come to an end. But for three lucky Digicel customers, the memories of Brazil will live on forever. Just before…
Thompson, McLeod New Olympic Stars
For sports fans, there’s nothing quite like the excitement generated by a new star. Football sizzled in 1958 when the teenaged Pele blasted…
Champs A Unique Experience
Those who go to Champs, the annual Inter-Secondary Schools Association (ISSA) Boys and Girls Championships, often may have come to expect the excitement…