Usain Bolt has withdrawn from the Jamaica Olympic Trials/Jamaican Senior Championships on Friday — held June 30 – July 3 at the National Stadium in Kingston — just minutes before the Men’s 100m final. According to reports, Bolt withdrew due to Grade 1 tear — Hamstring Injury. The legend applied for a medical exemption which was granted by The Jamaica AthleticsAdministrative Association (JAAA), the... »
Usain Bolt is among the highest paid athletes in the world. The Jamaican sprint legend is ranked at No. 32 on Forbes list of the 100 highest paid athletes in the world. Bolt raked in a reported US$32.5 million in the last year alone and is expected to make around the same per year for the next few years. The track is looking to score another gold medal at the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio thi... »
Jamaica shocked Chile 2-1 in front of a packed Estadio Sausalito in Vina del Mar in Chile on Friday in a friendly international match. Goals by Clayton Donaldson in the 38th minute and Joel Grant in the 53rd, were enough to provide the win for the FIFA 55th ranked Reggae Boyz over their No. 3 ranked opponents, who had Nicolas Castilo scoring a consolation goal in the 81st minute. The victory will ... »
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt opened his 2016 season with an easy victory in the men’s 100 metres at the Cayman Invitational on Saturday night. The Jamaican sprinter clocked 10.05 seconds for the victory to beat American Dentarus Locke, who clocked 10.12. Kemar Bailey-Cole finished third in 10.18, while the other Jamaican Jevaughn Minzie was fourth in 10.22 This represents Bolt’s seco... »
Jamaican sprint star and former World 100m champion, Yohan Blake has again committed to donating a house to a needy Jamaican through Food For The Poor (FFP). He made the announcement recently at the launch of FFP Jamaica’s 5K Run/Walk which was held at The Spanish Court Hotel in St Andrew. Funds raised from the road race, which will be held on May 7 in Kingston, will be used to provide housing for... »
Oshane Bailey anchored Jamaica to the gold medal in the USA vs the World Men 4×100 on Saturday’s third and final day at the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Jamaicans won quite easily after the powerful USA Red team of Mike Rogers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Isiah Young dropped the baton on the final exchange and was disqualified. The 2... »
Kingston College (KC) produced a meet record-equalling performance to win the High School Boys’ 4×100 Championship of America on Saturday’s third and final day at the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The quartet of Shivnarine Smalling, Akeem Bloomfield, Jhevaughn Matherson and Tyreke Bryan clocked 39.63 seconds to equal the meet record set by... »
Jamaica College (JC) won the gold medal in the High School Boys’ 4×400 Championship of America on Saturday’s third and final day of the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The quartet of Maleik Smith, Michael Campbell, Devaughn Baker and Phillip Lemonios completed the course in 3:12.34 to lead home a Jamaica one-two finish in the final event for... »
Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt has been named to Time magazine’s prestigious 100 Most Influential People list. The charismatic Jamaican is among just six active athletes on the list – NBA star Stephen Curry, US golfer Jordan Spieth, Britain’s Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, UFC great Ronda Rousey and Indian tennis player Sania Mirza are the others – that fe... »
A Jamaica-born man is the first African-American to become a chess grandmaster and has also become the first black man inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame. Maurice Ashley’s love affair with chess began when he was just 14-years-old when the teen was challenged by a friend to a match. Though Ashley lost the match, it sparked a lifelong love affair with the game. Ashley was inducted into t... »
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt shared an intimate moment kissing longtimegirlfriend Kasi on Sunday at Jamaica Carnival. The couple got in the mood while dancing together in the streets on Kingston. Must be some kiss because soon after the Bolt took to Instagram to upload a photo with hisgirlfriend for the first time. “President And First Lady ??” Bolt caption the photo. Earlier this year Bolt told v... »
Proud Sponsors of West Indies cricket, Digicel has congratulated the men and women West Indies T20 cricket teams on becoming ICC Twenty20 World Cup Champions after defeating Australia and England by eight wickets and four wickets respectively. With the victories, the West Indies became the first double ICC World Twenty20 champions. Commenting on the teams’ successes, Digicel Group Marketing Direct... »
Jamaica continued their dominance at the CARIFTA Games by winning their 32nd straight title at the 2016 championships, which ended on Monday night in Grenada. The Jamaicans picked up another 31 medals on the final day to equal their 2015 tally of 86 medals. Jamaica’s medal count comprises 42 gold, 28 silver and 16 bronze, well ahead of second place Bahamas with six gold, 16 silver and 13 bronze fo... »
Real knows real, at least that is what Usain Bolt is saying after his link up with Kendrick Lamar. Arguably, Kendrick Lamar is the biggest rapper (not talking about height) on the planet currently after bagging five Grammys last month and a platinum-selling album last year. The Compton rapper was in Jamaica last weekend and one of the things on his to do list were linking up with the fastest man o... »
United States sprinter Justin Gatlinrecently ran the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds on Japanese television showKasupe!, topping Usain Bolt‘s world-record mark. However, he was assisted by fans blowing out gusts of air to provide momentum, meaning the time will not officially stand. As we can see here, there were fans set up on track to give Gatlin a boost on his way to the finish line. According to Ro... »
Edwin Allen won two of the 4×100-metre relays for girls at the Gibson/McCook Relays on Saturday at the National Stadium. The Clarendon-based school won the Class Three and Class Four sprint relays. In the Girls’ Class Four 4×100-metre relay, St Catherine High closed rapidly on Edwin Allen, but the Clarendon-based school held on to win in 46.1. St Catherine High had to settle for second i... »
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest man and as one of the most marketable athletes on the face of the planet, it is easy to understand why many companies will want to be associated with him in some way. Bolt has now reportedly inked a personal endorsement deal with All Nippon Airways (ANA). Bolt will reportedly feature in an ANA advertising campaign in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics ... »
American Sprinter Justin Gatlin has vowed to beat Global Sprint King Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics later this year. The two-time doping cheat is seeking revenge, after Bolt put a troubled season behind him to beat the American and retain his world 100m and 200m titles at the World Championships in Beijing last year. Although Gatlin came into the final in Beijing last year on a 28-race unbeaten ru... »
Two records were broken in the Digicel Grand Prix 100 metres at the National Stadium on Saturday. Nelda Huggins of St. Jago won the girls’s Class One and Shamkia Burton, running unattached, the Class Two 100 metres events, to establish new marks. In the Class One 100 metres, Huggins did 11.79 seconds to erase the old mark of 11.84 seconds set by Shawna Anderson of Edwin Allen in 2008. Second was h... »
As a boy who reportedly ran bare-footed for William Knibb Memorial High School at the annual ISSA/Boys and Girls Athletic Championships inside the National Stadium, sprint star Usain Bolt, now the face of global athletics, says he did not foresee achieving so much glitter and fame from the sport. Bolt made a total of just over J$2.5 billion or the equivalent of US$21 million last year, and was amo... »
Track and Field superstar Usain Bolt made a total of just over JMD $2.5 billion dollars or the equivalent of USD $21 million dollars for 2015. The 29 year old reigning Olympic and World Championship sprint triple champion got most of his earnings through on track appearances and endorsement deals. Bolt, however has dropped 27 places from 45 in 2014 to joint 73rd alongside Barcelona forward Luis Su... »
They say “Behind every successful man, there is a strong, wise and hardworking woman.” The World’s fastest man, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has finally admitted that he is officially off the market and is in a steady, serious and committedrelationship with a Jamaican woman. Bolt who was Sunday’s guest on Profile, told veteran Jamaican journalist Ian Boyne that there is indeed “a special person” i... »
The six-time Olympic gold medallist made the public appeal in support of his fellow Jamaican at a packed gig in Kingston Olympic 100m champ Usain Bolt has called for a gangland murderer to be freed from his life sentence, writes Matthew Drake in the Sunday People . The six-time gold medallist made his appeal in support of fellow Jamaican Vybz Kartel over the microphone at a packed gig in the islan... »
Happy Birthday to Raheem Sterling Sterling marked his 21st birthday by achieving his dream of scoring in the Champions League. The Jamaica-born celebrated his birthday with a quickfire double to send Manchester City through to the Champions League last 16 as group winners. The England international struck twice in the space of two minutes as City came from behind to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4... »
Jamaica’s global sprint king Usain Bolt was beaten by American Ashton Eaton on Thursday for the male IAAF World Athlete of the Year for 2015. Bolt was not selected despite winning three gold medals at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing 2015. The 29-year-old Bolt successfully defended his 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles in Beijing. Bolt, Eaton and Christian Taylor, also from the USA, were ... »
