New Jamaica’s rising star 100-meter sprinter Kishane Thompson continues to create waves and talking points from his performance on the track. In his recent outing at the Wanda Diamond League in Xiamen, China on Saturday, he made a sensational run to clock a new lifetime best 9.85s for second in the men’s 100m, behind American Christian Coleman, who equaled the […]
Hansle Parchment was in a no-nonsense mood when he took to the track on Saturday at the Xiamen Diamond League. He chalked up his season’s best to capture the men’s 110m hurdles event in 12.96s. The 33-year-old Olympic Champion showed character and excellent technique to blaze past his competitors, including reigning three-time World Champion Grant Holloway, in a season’s best […]
There is no stopping of Jamaica’s two-time World 200 meters Champion Shericka Jackson, on the track. She continued her winning ways at the Wanda Diamond League, held recently in China. Although she did not produce a record time, she did well enough to hold off her competitors in a time of 21.82s in a slight 0.8 meters per second headwind. […]
Windies under 19s played second fiddle against their Sri Lankans counterparts in their third ODI encounter, losing the series 2-1 in Dambulla. The team lost their last game by 51 runs. The Sri Lankan electing to bat posted 304-8 from their quota of overs. The innings was built on 155 by opener Pulindu Perera. Nathan Edward was the pick of the […]
Scores: Barbados Royals 200-4 (Powell 67*, Cornwall 38; Drakes 2-37, Bosch 1-28) beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots 197-6 (Fletcher 51, Bosch 38*; Ahmad 2-16, Young 2-54) by 6 wickets At first, the Barbados Royals might have regretted winning the toss and asking the Patriots to take the first strike. The home team, the Patriots, was in a no-nonsense mood […]
Jamaica played second fiddle in the women’s 4x100m relay as reigning champions United States did not relent as both teams match strides at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. However, it was the American quartet of Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, and Sha’Carri Richardson, who copped the event in a Championship record 41.03s Championship Record, ahead of their […]
Shericka Jackson defended her 200-meter world title on Friday at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Jackson made her comeback after failing to mine gold in the 100-meter final on Monday. She was in a no-nonsense mood as she left all and sundry behind, winning the 200-meter race in a record time of 21.41s, breaking her own championship time of […]
Danielle Williams proved her mettle when she blazed down the track to win the World Championship gold in the women’s 100m hurdles final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The Jamaican track star maintained her composure to ensure that she made it across the line in the winning position. Williams’ bragging rights came after crossing the line in […]
Antonio Watson brought his top game to Budapest by capturing his maiden World title in the men’s 400m final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships. There was no stopping of the 21-year-old, Jamaican star athlete who produced a massive personal best 44.14s in the semi-finals on Tuesday, ran a measured first 300m before producing a magnificent final 100m to blaze […]
Two-time double sprint Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has made it clear that she has no intention of returning to the camp of her former coach Stephen Francis. In a press report, when asked whether she would consider returning to the camp of her former MVP coach, the double Olympic champion’s terse response was, “No, I won’t.” At the same time, […]
