Team Jamaica – 2015 IAAF World Championships – Day 4 afternoon session
Day 4 in Beijing began with the afternoon session because there was no morning session. The women’s 400m semi-final featured four women from Team Jamaica with all of them advancing to the final. Christine Day, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Shericka Jackson and Novlene Williams-Mills all found a way to make it to the final on day […]
Team Jamaica – 2015 IAAF World Championships – Day 3 afternoon session
The afternoon session of day 3 saw success for Team Jamaica with Kaliese Spencer and Janieve Russel both qualifying for the final of the women’s 400 meter hurdles after finishing as the runner-up in their respective heats, the final of this event will be included into action during day 4. Women’s triple jump finalists Kimberly […]
Team Jamaica – 2015 IAAF World Championships – Day 3 morning session
American turned Jamaican Aisha Praught was the first Jamaican competing on day inside the bird’s nest in Beijing, but was disqualified during the 3,ooom women’s steeplechase. Fellow Jamaican Damar Forbes was also unable to qualify for the next round of the men’s long jump after posting a mark of 7.62m. American Jeff Henderson led all […]
Usain Bolt takes gold – Team Jamaica – 2015 IAAF World Championships day 2 – afternoon session
The second part of day two in Beijing Began with the men’s hammer throw final in which Pawel Fajdek of Poland won gold as no Jamaicans competed. The next event, the men’s 400m hurdles semi-final, featured Jamaicans Annsert Whyte and Leford Green who were, however, unable to reach the final round after falling short in […]
Hotel Worker in Havana Knows Why Jamaican Athletes Run So Fast
While top Jamaica’s runners like Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown have attributed their speed to the fact that they eat lots of yams, Jorge Vasquez, a waiter at the Copacabana Hotel in Miramar, Cuba, has another idea. Vasquez believes Jamaicans can run so fast because they drink a mixture of coconut water and Jamaican rum. […]
American Athlete to Compete for Jamaica at World Championships
Aisha Praught first learned her steeplechase skills at the Oregon Track Club. She became well-known as a track star in both high school and college, but in spite of her ties to the United States, Praught will be representing Jamaica in the World Championships in Beijing, China, August 22 through 30, 2015. She made her […]
Golden Goal for Reggae Boyz : Jamaica Over Canada At CONCACAF Match
Jamaica defeated Canada with a score of 1 to 0 in a group stage match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Two minutes into stoppage, Rodolph Austin scored following a sequence beginning with Jamaica playing the ball out to the right wing. Winfried Schaefer, Jamaican technical director, said it was the great spirit of the team […]
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, delivered the keynote address at the 2015 Jamaica Diaspora Conference Opening Reception – Montego Bay, Jamaica
The 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2015 opening ceremonies was held on June 14, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Montego Bay Mayor, Glendon Harris, welcomed the conference delegates to the city with the call to “Unite for growth and prosperity”. Mr Harris closed his speech with the call to action for every […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 23rd – 29th, 2015
BOLT WINS IN OSTRAVA—05/26/15 Olympic champion Usain Bolt won the 200-meter competition in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in spite of rain and cold conditions. He ran the distance at the Golden Spike meet in 20.13 seconds. Bolt will not move on to the Diamond League competitions in New York and Paris. LOCAL OFFICIALS QUIET ON INDICTMENT OF […]
Team Jamaica plays lawn bowls in the Heathfield Gala Day
Team Jamaica played in only their second event since playing at the commonwealth games green in Glasgow last year. This year Jamaica entered the annual Heathfield Bowls Club Gala Day. Placed in a group of 12 teams each team plays 5 matches of 6 ends each with the overall highest scoring team going to the […]