Megan Tapper out of 100m hurdles due to injury

Maurice Wilson, Team Jamaica's technical leader, has confirmed that women's 100-metre hurdles national champion Megan Tapper has withdrawn from the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Wilson said the team has been informed that Tapper is...

All three Jamaicans advance to women's 100m semis

It was business as usual for all three Jamaicans in the women's 100m heats as Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all advanced to the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships. They did so under wet conditions at the...

Samantha Hall through to women's discus final

Jamaica's Samantha Hall left it late in qualifying for the women's discus final as she secured her place on her final attempt, launching a best effort of 63.32 metres to advance from qualification group B. Hall needed all three attempts to...

TikToker 'Mother Love' to be sentenced for threatening to 'murder people' for his political party

A popular Tiktoker who goes by the alias 'Mother Love' has been found guilty and is awaiting sentencing following a controversial post he made to social media inciting violence if his preferred candidate lost in the general election. Forty-year-...

Norman Scott charged for allegedly hitting polling agent in face

The Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, has been slapped with criminal charges after a fiery clash at a polling station in St Elizabeth on Election Day, September 3. Scott, 66, who is also of Gazeland district in the parish, has been charged...

Track star Erriyon Knighton blames contaminated oxtail for positive drug test

American sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been handed a four-year doping ban after his claim that contaminated oxtail caused his positive drug test was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The 21-year-old, once seen as one of track and...

Immaculate Conception High student earns CSEC Mathematics distinction in grade eight

When 14-year-old Immaculate Conception High School student, Maliah Bent, sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics examination earlier this year, a Grade One was not the anticipated outcome. However, when the results...

Fraser-Pryce eyes podium finish in final hurrah

Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is hoping to close out her World Championships career with glory as she is eyeing a medal in the women's 100m at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. "My ultimate goal is to stand on the podium, of...

Teen looses fight with bone cancer weeks before birthday

After two years of fighting stage two osteosarcoma, 18-year-old Rihanna Golding lost her battle on Thursday afternoon at Cornwall Regional Hospital. Golding, who would have celebrated her 19th birthday on September 29, died at 1:00 p.m.,...