THE WORLD’S governing body for track and field is not the only organisation to name Elaine Thompson Herah as Female Athlete of the Year. Just days after World Athletics crowned the Jamaican sprinter queen of the sport for 2021, an influential British journal did the same.
Sunshine Girls Head Coach Connie Francis is appealing for increased financial support as she believes more resources will be required to boost her team's chances of securing a podium finish at next year's Commonwealth Games. Francis's plea came in the wake of her team's 1-2 series
Chess will make its debut as a Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games event at the San Salvador Games in 2023. Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda is pleased with the announcement and says the berth is “a window opened wide for local talent to
Two-time Jamaican Olympian Yona Knight-Wisdom walked away with three medals and a possible diving partner from the Scottish National and Open Diving Championships. The Championships ran from December 2-5 at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh.
In what has been described as a historic partnership, the Jamaica Paralympic Association and the Jamaica Surfing Federation have joined forces to help para-athletes make the transition to surfing with the hope that the island will be able to qualify surfers to the 2024 Olympic
JAMAICA'S champion swimmer Alia Atkinson ended the third edition of the International Swimming League (ISL) on a high, copping one gold and two silver medals, as her London Roar team again placed third after the grand final in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on Saturday.
Atkinson, who was making
Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange, has congratulated Elaine Thompson-Herah who was named World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year on Wednesday. Grange said, “We expected it.” Thompson-Herah became the third Jamaican female to win the prestigious award following Merlene Ottey in 1990 and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013. In
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