Tyson Gay Gets Reduced Ban of One-Year
US sprinter Tyson Gay was given a one-year suspension for testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid in 2013, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Friday. According to a USADA…
Jamaica Turns up The Heat at CARIFTA: Biggest Medal Haul
Jamaica’s 84-member squad to the CARIFTA Games April 19 to 21 in French Caribbean island of Martinique copped 42 gold, 34 silver and 12 bronze medals, making it 88, the…
Edwin Allen Clocks HS Girls Relay World Record
Jamaica’s Edwin Allen High School ran a blistering 43.95secs world record for high school girls in the 4x100m relay at the University of Technology (UTech) Track & Field Classic in…
Asafa Powell Slams Suspension: ‘Unfair and Unjust’
Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica learned today that he has been given an 18-month suspension from competition for testing positive for the banned stimulant, oxilofrine at…
Jamaica’s Sherone Simpson Suspended for 18 Months
Jamaican Olympic sprinter Sherone Simpson was given an 18-month suspension today for testing positive for a banned stimulant at the Jamaica National Trials in June 2013. In announcing the verdict,…
Identifying The Most Memorable Champs Performance
Just over a week ago, the 104th edition of the Jamaica Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, known simply as Champs, ended in a blaze of glory – literally and figuratively…
Jamaica Names 84-Member Team for CARIFTA Games
Eleven girls from Edwin Allen High School, winners of the female half of Champs, have been selected for Jamaica’s 84-member squad to this year’s CARIFTA (Caribbean Free Trade Association) Games…
Russell, McPherson, Morrison, Jackson: The Emerging MVP Women
While Racers Track Club has a lock for now on the top male sprinters in Jamaica and the world, its counterpart MVP, just a stone’s throw away, is reloading its…
Pocket Rocket Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Strikes Again
Olympic and World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added the 60m title to her name yesterday when she took victory in a world-leading personal best (PB) of 6.98secs at the World Indoor…
Britain’s Kilty Takes 60m Dash over Favorites at World Indoors
Britain’s Richard Kilty stormed to victory in the men’s 60m dash at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Sopot, Poland, yesterday, leaving the highly fancied Marvin Bracey of the USA…