For the past seven years, Yona Knight-Wisdom was the sole face of Jamaican diving, representing the country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games and the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. That could be about to change as another talented young diver has emerged, eager to
Champion swimmer Alia Atkinson will be aiming to cop Jamaica's first medal at the 15th FINA World Short Course Championship when she contests the women's 100-metre breaststroke final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, today.
Atkinson, who was disqualified from the 50m breaststroke on the
Robert Scott (left), general manager, Lifespan Spring Water, and honorary consul to Latvia, and Roxanne Brown (right), brand manager, Banana Boat, look on as Billy Wilmot (second left), president, Jamaica Surfing Association, presents Sharma Beckford with his prize after he won the surfing competition at
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) says recently deceased 91-year-old Byron LaBeach, who was the alternate member of Jamaica's 4X400 metres relay team that won the event at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, will always be remembered for the character that he infused in
ALIA ATKINSON is entered for the last swim meet of her career, the World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, which begins today and runs through to December 21. Atkinson, a four-time winner in this championship, is scheduled to compete in the
The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony will be staged along the River Seine with bumper crowds of up to 600,000 expected to attend, organisers have confirmed. It will be the first Games to have an opening ceremony not take place in a stadium.
Katherine Wynter was delighted to be national women’s badminton champion once again after she defeated Breanna Bisnott in the final of the All Jamaica National Badminton Championships that concluded at GC Foster in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Sunday. The 25-year-old Wynter was also crowned Women’s
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
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