Tag - Jamaican Sports

TIVOLI GARDENS WINS RED STRIPE PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH—01/05/15Tivoli Gardens achieved a victory in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) match with a score of 1 to 0 thanks to Weston Forrest at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex. The defeat was another in...

PHILLIPS, REGGAE BOYZ DEFENDER, TO JOIN REAL SALT LAKE—12/27/14Demar Phillips, a defender with the Reggae Boyz, is ready to join Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer. Phillips, 31, will end his five years of play with the Norwegian team Aalesunds...

MORRIS WINS JAMAICAN BOXING TITLE—12/22/14Khadel Morris won the Jamaican amateur welterweight boxing title in Montego Bay. He is likely to represent Jamaica in the next Pan American Games in 2015. Morris, 29, is originally from Jamaica and now lives...

SPENCER AND RICHARDS READY TO TAKE TOP SPOTS—12/13/14Kaliese Spencer, 400-meter hurdles champion from Jamaica, and O’Dayne Richards, Jamaican shot put star, are ready to take on their competitors at the 2014 Jamaica Athletics Administrative...

ATKINSON TIES WORLD RECORD IN SHORT COURSE WORLD—12/06/14Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson achieved a tie for the world record in the first Short Course World Championship held in Jamaica. Jamaican history was made when Atkinson won first place in the...

REGGAE BOYZ FIRST CARIBBEANS INVITED TO COPA AMERICA—11/30/14Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are the first team from the Caribbean to receive an invitation to the Copa America tournament, the oldest continental competition in football. The tournament...

JAMAICAN ATHLETES STRUGGLE AT CAC GAMES—11/25/14Jamaican athletes have struggled to achieve medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Veracruz, Mexico. They did not win any medals after ten days of participation in the competition...

JAMAICAN WOMEN’S BOBSLED TEAM COMPETES—11/15/14A women’s bobsled team from Jamaica has competed in an international competition for the first time in more than ten years. KayMarie Jones, the driver, and Salcia Slack, brakewoman, ranked...

SUNSHINE GIRLS BEAT ENGLAND FIVES—11/09/14The Sunshine Girls of Jamaica defeated the England Fives 27 to 26 on day Two of the FAST5 Netball World Series in Auckland, New Zealand. According to Stacian Facey of Jamaica, it was an “ugly...

ATKINSON, LE CLOS CHALLENGE WORLD RECORDS AT WORLD CUP—11/01/14Alia Atkinson and Chad Le Clos challenged world records at the opening day of the last round of the World Cup in Singapore. Atkinson of Jamaica reached had a time of 10:02:54 in the 100...