Raheem Sterling Donates Footballs, Training Kits to Maverley Hughenden Football Club in Jamaica
Jamaican-born international, United Kingdom-based football player Raheem Sterling, 27, who will soon move to Chelsea from Manchester City, has donated footballs, training kits, and additional items to Kingston’s Maverley Hughenden Football Club in Jamaica to help the players prepare for major league and other competitions. According to Torie Haber, spokesperson for the Raheem Sterling Foundation, […]
Remembering Bob, 41 Years After His Passing: Ky-Mani’s 2022 Maestro Marley Cup and Concert Gathered Family, Friends, Fans in Spirit of Dad’s Legacy and ‘Football Love’
This month, May 11th to be exact marks 41 years since the passing of the King of Reggae—Robert Nesta Marley. After being diagnosed in 1977 with cancer, the iconic reggae singer succumbed in 1981. Whenever Bob Marley was not on the stage or in the studio recording, he seemingly was outside playing football—a sport that […]
Jamaica’s Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian Qualifies for Bobsled Event at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian, 36, a Jamaican bobsled athlete, finished third overall during the North American Cup season, earning her a spot in Winter Olympics competition in the one-woman bobsled (monobob) event in Beijing, China, in February 2022. Fenlator-Victorian, who has twice competed at the Olympics, had an accumulation of 766 points over the entire season and […]
Inter Miami CF Sign Jamaican International Defender Damion Lowe
Damion Lowe, a defender with the Reggae Boyz Jamaican national team, has signed a contract with Inter Miami CF that will run through the Major League Soccer (MLS) 2023 season. The contract also provides a club option for 2024. Lowe, 28, brings years of experience, including his time as a captain for Jamaica, that will […]
Jamaican-Born Roger Harriott Named Florida County Football Coach of the Year
Roger Harriott, the head football coach of St. Thomas Aquinas, has been named Coach of the Year for leading his exceptionally talented Raiders team, again, to the Class 7A Florida state championship. This is Harriott’s seventh season as head coach for the Raiders. The team defeated St. Frances Academy of Baltimore at the beginning of […]
Fans Buying Popular Bob Marley Inspired Dutch Soccer Club Ajax Kit Crashes Website
Fans of Dutch Ajax crashed the club’s website on August 20, 2021, with their overwhelming demand for its new 21/22 kit inspired by the Bob Marley song “Three Little Birds.” A black strip on the new club jersey was designed by Adidas and features three little birds just below the collar on the back of […]
New Dutch Professional Football Kits Pay Homage to Bob Marley
The Dutch professional football team Ajax took Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” song as its unofficial anthem in 2008, and the song is played regularly at their matches. The use of the song was recognized by Marley’s son Ky-Mani Marley in 2018 when he traveled to the Netherlands and sang it for fans at the […]
Jamaican-Born Georgetown University Coach Patrick Ewing Makes History with Big East Tournament
Jamaican-born Patrick Ewing has coached Georgetown University Hoyas to win the Big East basketball tournament championship for 2021. Ewing is the only individual to win as both player and coach for the same school, and he is the first person in Big East history to be named Most Outstanding Player in a Big East Tournament […]
Jamaican Reggae Girl Becomes First Player in UNCW History Selected in National Women’s Soccer League Draft
Sydney Schneider, American-born Jamaican goalkeeper who plays for the island’s national football team and for the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) Seahawks, made history when she became the first player from the selected in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Draft in 2021. At the Draft, Schneider was drafted 29th overall by the Washington […]
Jamaican Swimmer, Alia Atkinson, Becomes The First Caribbean Special Olympics Ambassador
Jamaican Olympic swim star Alia Atkinson has been named as a Champion Ambassador of the Special Olympics Movement. Her appointment was announced on December 3, 2020, during the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. She is the first competing Olympic athlete to be named to this role in the Caribbean. In an […]