After years of representing Jamaica on the international stage and playing professionally across the globe, Marlo Sweatman says she’s at peace with her decision to retire from football. At just 30 years old, the former Reggae Girl recently confirmed what many had already suspected—that she has stepped away from the game for good.
The Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) 2025 season kicked off in emphatic fashion on Saturday, with Frazsiers Whip and Los Perfectos delivering commanding victories in the opening round of matches.
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has officially announced the national Under-17 squad and management team set to compete in the Concacaf U-17 qualifiers, which begin on February 7, 2025. Jamaica’s group-stage matches will be played in Guatemala, with other host nations including Bermuda, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, and Panama.
With anticipation building ahead of the return leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 between Cavalier SC and Inter Miami, Major Desmon Brown, General Manager of Independence Park Limited, has assured that the playing surface at the National Stadium in Kingston will be in top condition for the highly anticipated showdown on March 13.
Maxfield Park FC delivered a commanding 3-1 victory over Mountain View FC in Zone C action of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Wray and Nephew Major League on Saturday. The match, played as part of an exciting round of fixtures, saw Maxfield Park assert their dominance with goals from Mark Malcolm, Matthew Allen, and Tashane Warren. Mountain View's lone goal came from Tahjeem Robinson.
Jamaican international and West Ham United striker Michail Antonio has stunned club staff with his rapid recovery from a serious car accident in the United Kingdom late last year. According to reports from the United Kingdom, Antonio, who suffered a lower leg fracture in the December 7 crash that saw his Ferrari smashed into a tree in Epping, Essex, spent 24 days in the hospital before being discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home.
Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz are set to face Peru in a pair of international friendlies in Lima on February 23 and 26, but they will do so without their star forward, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw.
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will participate in a high-profile four-nation football tournament in England this May, where they will face off against Trinidad and Tobago, as well as African heavyweights Ghana and Nigeria, in what is being dubbed the Unity Cup.
Former Reggae Girl Marlo Sweatman has wrapped up her latest visit to Jamaica—this time not as a player, but as a scholar and aspiring football executive. The midfielder-turned-administrator was on the island as part of the Global Institute of Sport (GIS) Master’s programme in International Sports Management and was stationed at Mount Pleasant Football Academy in St Ann for a period of practical immersion.