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 ... »
Former undisputed world cruiserweight champion, Jamaican O’Neil Bell, was shot dead in Atlanta early Wednesday during a robbery, Atlanta police have confirmed. The 40-year-old, who resided in Atlanta, was alighting from a bus when he was shot and then robbed by two assailants who subsequently escaped. He was pronounced dead on the scene. A second person, who was unidentified, suffered a guns... »
The BBC have confirmed that a Premier League player is faster than the worlds fastest man, Usain Bolt over 40 Metres. And It’s not Theo Walcott or Aaron Lennon. It’s official, over 40 metres Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin is actually faster than Usain Bolt After beating Theo Walcott’s long-standing sprint record at Arsenal with a 40m sprint time of 4.41 seconds, many claimed that Bellerin was actually ... »
It was only a little while ago when they were seen making out and now things are getting steamingly hotter!! Following Serena Williams’ big win at Wimbledon in July, the tennis pro was reportedly caught locking lips with Drake, 28. The rapper has beenunattached for a while, but those romance rumors are on again. Although the two have yet to say anything about their speculatedrelationship, we just ... »
Usain Bolt aiming to break 19-second barrier in 200m at Rio 2016 Olympic Games Six-times Olympic champion Usain Bolt has already started his preparations for 2016 Rio Games and has sent a warning to his competitors. Bolt thinks he is capable of breaking 19 seconds in the 200 meters. Bolt’s record of 19.19 seconds for the 200 has stood since Aug. 20, 2009, four days after he set the 100m record of... »
Members of Jamaica’s record breaking team to the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing, China, were feted by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at her official residence, Vale Royal, in Kingston. The athletes were all presented with mementos at the special dinner on Friday, October 16. The dinner was the substitute for a previously planned elaborate island-wide celebration by ... »
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who fatally shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday night, a South African official said. “Oscar Pistorius was placed under correctional supervision tonight,” Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman for South Africa’s correctional services department, said in a cellphone text message sen... »
Usain Bolt ran fast but he also party hard. The Jamaican sprint legend was in Miami last weekend partying with the likes of Lil Wayne, Scottie Pippen and more. Bolt was spotted at FDR nightclub dropping stacks on strippers. Sources said that the fastest man in history and his entourage dropped over $5,000 on strippers and he looked like he had a very good time spanking females on their rear. In th... »
