CHAMPS 2017 ORDER OF EVENTS ISSA BOYS AND GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS TUESDAY TIME 1:00 PM EVENTS ST LONG JUMP CLASS 1 BOYS ATUS PRELIMS 1:00 70 metres HURDLES CLASS 4 GIRLS PRELIMS 1:40 SHOT PUT THROW CLASS 2 GIRLS PRELIMS 1:25 80 metres HURDLES …
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Usain Bolt Statue to be completed for Jamaica’s 55th Independence celebrations in August.
The eight-foot sculpture of track and field legend, Usain Bolt, is on schedule for completion for Jamaica’s 55th Independence celebrations in August. This was disclosed by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, at the media launch of the JN Racers Grand Prix at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Friday.…
One Love charity football set for March 1
The 36th staging of the Digicel Bob Marley One Love Masters and Celebrities charity football matches are set for the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on March 1, starting at 3:00 pm. The popular Ash Wednesday football extravaganza organised by Clive “Busy” Campbell, will see proceeds going to the Boys’ Town Basic School in Trench Town…
All set for Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run
The 19th staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run kicks off tomorrow in New Kingston, with close to record-breaking runners, walkers and wheelchair participants set to take part. The 5K charity road race is aiming to raise $60 million for the 2017 beneficiaries, Bethlehem Home for abandoned children, Spanish Town Hospital Special Care Unit and…
Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship Starts Tomorrow
Kingston: All is set for tomorrow’s official start of the highly anticipated 2017 Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship, which gets out of the blocks with the Western Championship at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. The five-meet Digicel series has a prize package totalling $15 million in scholarships and prizes for top athletes and their…
Usain Bolt was named 2017 Laureus World Sportsman
Usain Bolt was named 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at a ceremony in Monaco yesterday. Bolt, who successfully defended his Olympic 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles to leave Rio as one of the 2016 Olympic Games’ biggest heroes, received the honour for a record-equalling fourth time. The 30-year-old Jamaican won previously in…
Elain Thompson signs on as brand ambassador with Flow
FLOW’s Carlo Redwood (left) shows new brand ambassador Elaine Thompson one the many products she will help promote at FLOW’s headquarters in Kingston yesterday. (Photos: Leo Hudson) Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson could not contain her joy after she was signed by telecommunication firm FLOW as their first female brand ambassador. Thompson, 24, who…