Jamaican-Born Roger Harriott Named 2025 National Football Coach of the Year
St. Thomas Aquinas head football coach Roger Harriott has been named the 2025 National Football Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA), in partnership with High School Football American (HSFA) yet another milestone in a career defined by consistency, leadership, and elite programme building. Reflecting on the honour, Harriott said: […]
From Loss to Legacy: How Sekou McDonald Founded the UK’s First Jamaican Polo Team
Sekou McDonald did not come to polo through family tradition or privilege. Born in Kingston and raised in Point Hill, St Catherine, he migrated to the UK shortly after leaving high school. His early life was shaped by modest means, discipline and the influence of his aunt and her husband, Ned, whom he regarded as […]
This Team Is Jamaica’s Highest World Ranked Men’s Sports Team At Number 8
Jamaica will enter 2026 with one men’s national team sitting higher in the world rankings than any other. The Jamaica Senior Men’s Lacrosse Team closed the 2025 calendar year ranked number eight in the world by World Lacrosse. That position makes them Jamaica’s highest world ranked men’s sports team heading into 2026, based on official […]
Jamaican Sprinter, Jasauna Dennis, Turns Longtime Puma Connection Into Official NIL Deal
Jamaica’s Jasauna Dennis has signed a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal with global sports brand Puma. The Jamaican sprinter, who competes for the University of South Carolina, shared the news on his social media platforms. The deal comes as Dennis continues to build his profile on the track following strong performances at the junior […]
Deta Hedman, the ‘Caribbean Queen’, Finally Claims the WDF World Title
For more than forty years, Deta Hedman, known as the “Caribbean Queen”, has been one of darts’ most enduring figures: admired, feared, sometimes underestimated, but always present. When she finally became the World Darts Federation (WDF) Women’s World Champion at 66, her reaction said everything about the long journey that brought her to that moment. […]
Not a Fluke: Why Jamaica Men’s Basketball Is Building Real Momentum Ahead of 2026 Home Games
Jamaica’s Men’s National Basketball Team has stunned the region with back-to-back wins over Puerto Rico in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers, both secured on Puerto Rican soil. In the first game of the two-match series, Jamaica edged Puerto Rico 92–90 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, ending Puerto Rico’s four-game winning streak and […]
Two Jamaican Drivers Made History as First to Win European Racing Championship
Jamaican race car drivers Senna Summerbell and Christopher Issa completed a strong season in the 2024–2025 European TCR endurance calendar. Their results across Italy and Europe brought attention to Jamaican motorsport and created support for Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts. They also became the first Jamaican drivers to win a European Drivers Championship after securing the […]
Did You Know? The Reggae Girlz Wrote History -Setting a New Record That Puts Them at the Top of Jamaican International FootballReggae Girlz Set A New Record in Jamaican International Football
The Jamaica women’s national football team, affectionately known as the Reggae Girlz, recently achieved a historic milestone in international football. In a stunning display of offensive power, the team secured an 18–0 victory over the Dominica women’s national team in a Concacaf Women’s Qualifier match. This dominant performance, which took place in November 2025, sets […]
How Jamaica’s Bobsled Gold Medal Win Brought Hope After Weeks of Tough News
After what has felt like an unending stretch of difficult headlines, Jamaica finally received a much-needed burst of good news, and it came hurtling down an icy track thousands of miles away. Thirty-seven years after Jamaica’s historic debut at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988, our bobsleigh athletes have made history once again, […]
Remembering Dr. Cynthia Thompson, Jamaica’s First Olympic 100M Finalist
Today, on what would have been her 103rd birthday, we pause to remember and celebrate trailblazing athlete and physician Dr. Cynthia Annabelle Thompson. Her journey, which began on the cinder tracks of Kingston in the 1940s, culminated in yet another Jamaican sporting first at a time when the now sprint capital had not yet made […]