Jamaican Alia Atkinson Wins Gold Medal in Women’s 50-Meter Breaststroke at World Cup
Alia Atkinson, Jamaica’s Olympic swim champion, took the gold medal in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke competition at the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup at Eindhoven in the Netherlands on September 30, 2018. The victory brought Atkinson’s total to two medals, as she earned a silver medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke a day before, coming […]
Jamaican Kyle Butler Signs Football Deal with Austrian Club
Kyle Butler of Jamaica has signed on under a short contract with the LASK Linz football club in the Austria Bundesliga. The club confirmed the arrangement, stating that Butler, 20, the half-brother of Bayer Leverkusen star Leon Bailey, signed at the LASK and immediately changed to FC Junior Upper Austria. Butler, who is the brother […]
Trudi Carter of Reggae Girlz Will Sign with Italian Women’s League Soccer Team
Jamaica’s Trudi Carter of the Reggae Girlz is ready to travel to Italy to become part of the AS Roma women’s soccer team for the 2018-2019 season. Carter, 23, scored two goals in the CONCACAF Caribbean Women’s World Cup qualifiers at Kingston’s National Stadium. Carter said she has not signed the contract with the recently […]
Jamaican Swimming Sensation Alia Atkinson Wins Third Gold Medal at CAC Games
Alia Atkinson of Jamaica won a third gold medal for herself and her country at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Columbia on July 22, 2018. She swam the women’s 50-meter breaststroke final in 30.19 seconds, defeating Melissa Rodriguez Villanueva of Mexico whose time was 31.20 seconds. Atkinson noted that the breaststroke […]
Jamaican American Signs with Top German Soccer Club
Jamaican American Zyen Jones, 17, of Atlanta United, has signed with the German football club Bundesliga Schalke 04. Jones experienced a successful trial period with the club and is expected to begin playing officially for the team when he turns 18 in August 2018. The club currently includes Americans Weston McKenna, Nick Taitague, and Haji […]
Jamaica’s Reggae Rollers To Compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games
Andrew Newell of Battersea, South London, will take the first Jamaican bowls team to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. Newell was inspired to get the team officially recognized for competition by the 1988 entry of the Jamaican bobsled team to the Winter Olympics in Calgary. Newell and his teammate Mervyn Edwards will […]
Historic Victory for Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls Netball Team Winning the Taini Jamison trophy
The Sunshine Girls netball team of Jamaica made sports history in its victory over New Zealand’s Silver Ferns. The final score was 59 to 53 and gave the Jamaicans its first-time Taini Jamison trophy. The Jamaican win also represented the team’s consecutive defeat over the Number Two side. While the Sunshine Girls displayed calm and […]
Ashenheim Family Donate Eight-Lane to Jamaica College
The Ashenheim family has donated a synthetic, eight-lane track to Jamaica College (JC). The track is currently under construction at JC’s Old Hope Road location. Wayne Robinson, the principal of the school, thanked the family at the groundbreaking ceremony on March 5, 2018, saying he is “delighted” that Jamaica College will have its own synthetic […]
Leon Bailey’s agent Confirms Talks with England. But May Wait On Germany
Jamaican-born winger Leon Bailey, 20, is in talks with the English Football Association and could play with the World Cup squad of Gareth Southgate in the summer of 2018. According to Bailey’s agent and adopted father, Craig Butler, a meeting is scheduled with Dan Ashworth, technical director of Three Lions, to explore Leon’s eligibility to […]
Usain Bolt “Signs” to Play Soccer Game in United Kingdom
Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic gold medal winner Usain Bolt has signed on to lead the World XI in a soccer match against a British team headed by Robbie Williams. The match will take place at the Soccer Aid for UNICEF event at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, on June 10, 2018. Bolt’s team will […]