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... »
Fast rising favourites, the New Orleans Pelicans have announced the signing of Jamaican centre Jerome Jordan for the upcoming 2015-2016 NBA season. The team broke the news through an issued release over the weekend, adding that Jordan’s contract agreement comes a day after power forward Greg Smith failed his physical, which voided his non-guaranteed agreement deal with the Pelicans. Jordan, who si... »
Sprint legend Usain Bolt sat down with comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday and shared when he’ll begin training for his final Olympics as well as his retirement plans. Bolt, who is enjoying his final week of vacation and will start training next Monday, later took up 8-year-old viral video star Demarjay Smith challenge in a race on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. »
Viral video star Demarjay Smith and sprint legend Usain Bolt ran a race for the world to see. The 8-year-old fitness star was invited on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday to speak about his viral video on what inspired him to begin helping others to get in shape, and was surprised when Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt showed up and challenged him to a race. Bolt announced on his socia... »
Thousands of fans have been converging on an exhibition dubbed ‘Yard Art’ in the town of Varel, Germany to see ‘Bolt of Bolts’, a larger-than-life iron image of the track superstar Usain Bolt. Fuelled by Bolt’s exploits on the track at the World Championships in Bejiing, China, the statue has been drawing throngs of crowds, and attracting the attention of German newsp... »
Usain Bolt parties with Lil Wayne – Singing Drake ‘Back to Back’ If you’re having a party who you gonna call? Usain Bolt. If you’re Lil Wayne you have to celebrate your 33rd birthday in style. The rapper headed to the LIV Night Club in Miami, Florida on Sunday night to party it up, and who better to invite than Jamaican track star Usain Bolt. Bolt is known to be the life of the party so he was the... »
IT is so! The United States athletics team were even intimidated by a drink with Jamaicansprintsensation Usain Bolt’s image on the label. For long, rumours circulated that members of the United States team, which participated in the World Championships in Beijing, China last month, refused to even take a sip of the sport energy fluid Gatorade, all because Bolt advertises the product and the produc... »
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has donated $1.3million to his financially challenge old school in Jamaica. The world 100m and 200m record holder has shown his generosity by providing William Knibb Memorial High School with new sporting equipment and supplies plus $1.3million (£838m). Bolt provided the financially challenged school with 50 pairs of football boots, shin guards, 50 Usain ... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica – World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce today broke a 25-year-old meet record set by former compatriot Merlene Ottey, after she clocked 10.98 seconds (-0.8m/s) to win the women’s 100m at the XXIX Meeting Citta di Padova in Italy. Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison finished fourth in a time of 11.50 seconds while second and third went to Brazil’s Rosangela Santos (11.42) and ... »
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce easily won her heat in the women’s 100 metres at the World Championships in Beijing, China. Fraser-Pryce got her usual fast start and powered away to an easy victory despite easing down with about 20 metres to go, to clock 10.88 seconds with Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast finishing second in 10.95 and Carina Horn of South Africa third in 11.08. »
Janaican Usain Bolt stumbled and then recovered to win his semifinal heat in 9.96 seconds, reaching the world championship final in a performance that cast doubt over his ability to beat Justin Gatlin in the final later Sunday. American Gatlin qualified fastest in 9.77. Jamaican Asafa Powell also secured his spot in the semi-finals after putting in a strong run to finish second behind Tyson Gay in... »
After serving 10 months, paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is expected to be released from prison and will be transferred to house arrest. His release falls in line with South Africa’s sentencing guidelines which stipulate that non-dangerous prisoners spend one-sixth of a custodial sentence in prison. He will serve the rest of his sentence in “custodial prison” under house arrest. It’s bel... »
Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will lead Jamaica’s medal charge at the August 22-30 World Championships, which will be held in Beijing, China. Both Bolt and Fraser-Pryce will be defending the 100 and 200 metres that they won two years ago in Moscow, Russia. Bolt will headline the men’s team that comprises 27 members while Fraser-Pryce will lead the 26-member women’s team. Apart from the in... »
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has been excluded from a list of more than 800 athletes who it is alleged that between 2001 and 2012 returned blood tests described by experts as “highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal”, according to the BBC. Fresh allegations have emerged indicating that one in seven of the 5,000 athletes tested over the period returned results that experts cons... »
Jamaica TakeOut recently released an article “Top 10 Richest Reggae/Dancehall Artistes Alive” as expected, there was lots of buzz surrounding it. Persons were expecting some artists to be included while wondering how others did not make the list! Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of theGreater Antilles. The island, 10,990 sq... »
Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce powered to victory in the 100 metres of the Stockholm Diamond League 100 metres on Thursday. Fraser-Pryce got her usual excellent start and led the event from start to finish to end in 10.93 seconds, way off her world-leading time of 10.74. She was running in a headwind of -.2. Jamaica’s other entrant, Natasha Morrison finished third. Morrison finished in 11.22 seconds as A... »
The coach of Mexico’s national soccer team is known for his histrionic displays of emotion during games. Now Miguel Herrera’s off-field composure is being questioned after a television sports anchor claimed the coach punched him at the Philadelphia airport following Mexico’s 3-1 victory over Jamaica to take the Gold Cup. Television Azteca sports anchor Christian Martinoli descri... »
Elaine Thompson set a new meet record and also a personal best to capture the 200 metres at the London Diamond League meet on Saturday. Thompson, a virtual unknown before this season, recorded a time of 22.10 seconds to erase the old mark of 22.24 that was set way back in 1991 by Merlene Ottey, another Jamaican. That time makes Thompson a contender for the title at the August 22-30 World Champions... »
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz surrendered to Mexico 3-1 in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup at Lincoln Financial Field here today, giving the Central American their seventh title. Mexico captain Andres Gaurdado opened the scoring in the 31st minute, with follow-up goals from Jesus Corona (47th) and Oribe Peralta (61st) to break Jamaican hearts. Substitute Darren Mattocks, a sc... »
Usain Bolt captured the 100 metres at the London Diamond League meet on Friday, showing some race rust but still managed 9.87 seconds, which he also clocked in the heats. Bolt got a disastrous start and struggled to pass his opponents, but with a last effort, surged ahead in the final 10 metres, to take the event. Mike Rodgers of the USA was second in 9.90 seconds and Bolt’s Jamaican Racers Track ... »
Boyz a win away from Gold Cup, US$1-million prize ATLANTA, Georgia — This will take some getting used to. But it’s real. Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have created two pieces of history in one fell swoop. In a dramatic showdown in the semi-final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup at the Georgia Dome last evening, Jamaica defeated the USA 2-1, shocking the 70,000-capacity crowd here and millions more Ame... »
