As the countdown ticks toward the historic first-ever pink-ball Test match in Jamaica, President of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr. Donovan Bennett, is standing firm in his belief that Sabina Park is ready to shine—literally and figuratively—despite lingering concerns over whether the newly installed floodlights will live up to expectations.
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has answered the call of Racers Track Club in a J$5 million spend under its “Olympic Invest” programme geared towards athlete and infrastructure development and events activation.
Despite the hefty price tag that’s sparked quiet conversations across the poolside, Jamaica’s team manager, Kristina Chuck-Smith, is more focused on the bigger picture, which is for swimmers to represent the nation proudly and competitively at next month’s Goodwill Swimming Championships in Barbados.
Fresh off recovering from the injury saw her fall and not complete the 100m final at the Jamaica National Championships on June 27, Tia Clayton headlines a formidable Jamaican squad named for the 2025 NACAC Senior Track and Field Championships scheduled for August 15–17 in Freeport, Bahamas.
Though they faced an uphill battle at the just-concluded Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica Squash President Karen Anderson and team captain Sanjana Nallapati are confident the experience will prove invaluable for the country’s rising talents.
Emotions ran high, and pride beamed from every word as legendary squash mentor Carl Ince reflected on what he described as one of the most rewarding moments of his journey, as he witnessed Guyana capture not one, but three titles at the 2025 Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships.
In a deeply personal and emotional revelation, Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has broken her silence on why she abruptly withdrew from the semi-finals of the women’s 100m at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Speaking for the first time in detail in the July 2025 issue of Marie Claire, “Women in Sports” issue, Fraser-Pryce laid bare the mental and emotional toll that led to her withdrawal from what was expected to be her final Olympic appearance.
Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle has weighed in on the recent cricketing debate that has lit up the sport’s global stage, as he openly criticised South Africa’s stand-in Test captain Wiaan Mulder's decision not to chase down Brian Lara’s historic 400-run Test record.
Though the West Indies meekly surrendered their three-match Test series to Australia with a 133-run defeat in Grenada, a few players managed to earn individual gains in the latest ICC Test Rankings update released on Wednesday.
Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic delivered two of the fastest women’s 100m times ever run under challenging conditions, with Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Julien Alfred rocketing to historic places on the wind/altitude-adjusted all-time rankings compiled by Track & Field News.
