Jamaica staged a furious rally to earn a 2-2 draw in the first match for each in the 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship on Friday at the National Stadium. The Soca Warriors struck twice in the opening 15 minutes, but Junior Flemmings fired a 23-yard free kick into the back of the net in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage to complete the comeback. Aikim Andrews gave the Trinidadians a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute, ripping a right-sided shot from 35-yards out that may have taken a deflection before it sailed over the head of goalkeeper Nicholas Nelson. Nine minutes later, Kadeem Corbin – the top scorer in the final round of Caribbean qualifying with five goals – doubled the advantage. After the break, Trinidad stayed on the front foot, nearly making it 3-0 in the 56th minute. An attempt by Kevon Goddard from 20-yards out appeared to be deflected, forcing Nelson to remain alert in order to make a save. Duane Muckette could have put the game on ice shortly afterwards, only to snap his effort – while in a one-on-one situation with Nelson – beyond the left post. [column2] [/column2][column2_last] [/column2_last] With Trinidad on its heels, […]
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Watch IAAF World Relays LIVE Stream [hr] [column2] WOMEN Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Novelene Williams–Mills Kerron Stewart Schillonie Calvert Carrie Russell Simone Facey Samantha Henry-Robinson Chris-Ann Gordon Natoya Goule Anneisha McClaughlin Kaliese Spencer Simoya Campbell Sheri-Ann Brooks Christine Day Yanique Malcolm Loraine McKenzie Natasha Morrison Chante Roberts Elaine Thompson Shericka Jackson Anastasia LeRoy [/column2] [column2_last] MEN Yohan Blake Warren Weir Nesta Carter Michael Frate Andrew Fisher Nickel Ashmeade Kemar Bailey-Cole Rasheed Dwyer Edino Steele Julian Forte Oshane Bailey Jermaine Brown Chumaine Fitten Dane Hyatt Jason Livermore Rusheen McDonald [/column2_last] Stephenie McPherson had to pull out. [column2] [/column2][column2_last] [/column2_last]
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica’s much-decorated “Pocket Rocket”, loves relays. After all, in addition to being the world and Olympic champion at 100m, the diminutive sprinter was the anchor of Jamaica’s championship-record-setting 4x100m relay team in Moscow, the second-fastest of all time at 41.29. She also led off Jamaica’s silver medal team in London, bested there only by USA’s 40.82 world record run. Fraser-Pryce will be carrying the baton twice for Jamaica in Nassau, entered in both the 4x100m and 4x200m pools. With 24 countries entering teams – from Jamaica’s Rocket-powered 4x100m to Bahrain’s 4x1500m team featuring Maryam Yusuf Jamal – every women’s race list includes global champions. And for every team with a world or Olympic champion, there is another quartet hoping to gain just enough ground on the other three legs to overcome that advantage. [hr] Watch IAAF World Relays LIVE Stream Women’s 4x100M The USA holds the world record of 40.82 in this event, set in London at the 2012 Olympics, but the clear favourites in Nassau will be world champions Jamaica. While the USA only have one member of their world-record-setting team from London, Jamaica has all four of the world championship-winning team from Moscow […]
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For one week, Montego Bay intends to host at least 2,300 visitors: 1,200 competitors, 75 Officials, 80 Umpires, 250 coaches and about 700 supporters from at least 40 countries. Located on the northern coast of Jamaica, Montego Bay is the tourism capitol of Jamaica possessing the best hotels and beaches our island can provide hence the ultimate location to host our Taekwon-Do guests. For five days August 26-30, 2014, the 5th ITF World Cup will be hosted at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, the largest conference and exhibition centre on this side of the island. The exhibition hall will be decorated with flags of all 40+ countries taking part in this extraordinary competition, ITF World Cup’s banners with the official logo, and a few standing banners with TKD personalities; winners of the last World Cup in Brighton, England. Two massive pictures of our founder General Choi and the ITF logo will be erected in the hall along with our past president Grand Master Tran Trieu Quan. Large LED screens will be strategically placed within the hall relaying the events taking place in the various rings and the major area during the Opening Ceremony. [hr] [column2][/column2] [column2_last] [/column2_last] [hr]SPECTATOR […]
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The Jamaica Floorball Association has sent their first National Floorball team to compete on the international stage. The team did not win any of their matches but Jason Daye, the president for the Jamaica Floorball Association (JFA) said that the mission was a success. 0-27 Jamaica – USA that was the score line at the blow of the last whistle on game day for the Jamaica Floorball Men’s team in their bid to qualify for the Floorball World Championships. JFA– Why have you said that the mission was a success? JD– The main aim for the Jamaica Floorball Association is to develop floorball in Jamaica, and in order to do that we need people that has the skills, knowledge and experience in floorball. We have to compete with the best in order to get the experience needed to improve our floorball playing style. JFA– So how do these qualifying games fits into that plan? JD– Most of the players on the Men’s National Team is in their mid-twenties and early thirties. I see this as an investment in future coaches, referees, floorball club creators, board members, floorball officials and even leaders for the Jamaica Floorball Association. [hr] [column2][/column2] […]
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The Jamaican bobsled team’s improbable journey to the 1988 Calgary Games became a staple of pop culture and Olympic folklore. [hr] [column2] [/column2] [column2_last] [/column2_last] [hr] Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Debut At Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics At the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics Jamaica sent an unexpected team to compete in the bobsleigh event. Though their participation did not end in medal glory, the team won the hearts of their fans and competitors, returning to future games as equals. The Jamaican athletes were – nonetheless – determined to excel at the Games and had their fastest start so far in their final run. However, during the run, the sled crashed in one of the turns which took away the teams possibility of an officially recorded time.
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Tessanne Chin’s dream of becoming an international musical artist came true Tuesday night when she took home the title of Season 5 of “The Voice.” “The winner of ‘The Voice’ is Tessanne Chin,” host Carson Daly said. “Jamaica is celebrating with the United States tonight.” NBC Tessanne Chin on “The Voice” finale. The Jamaica native brought a diverse catalog of songs to the competition stage throughout the season, proving she could do it all. With poise and grace she immediately started her journey by singing an original song OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder wrote for the winner. NBC/Trae Patton/NBC In the moments before she was announced the winner, Tessanne Chin thanked Adam Levine (pictured): ‘A better coach for me I could not find.’ Under the tutelage People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” Adam Levine, Chin raced to the finish leaving the other two finalists — Will Champlin and Jacquie Lee — in her musical dust. NBC/Tyler Golden/NBC During the finale, Chin had the opportunity to sing with one of her musical idols, Celine Dion. “A better coach for me I could not find,” she told Levine during the final moments before Daly announced her big win. “I thank you every […]
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[hr] Jamaican Youth Show Promise as Branden Rhoden scores game high 3 goals in the loss History was made as St. George’s College played host to the first ever Jamaica Friendship Games, which pitted the Jamaica Select U-19 boys team against a squad from the USA that was in Jamaica as part of the Lacrosse Volunteer Corps program run by the non-profit organization, Fields of Growth. The young Jamaicans dropped the match-up by a score of 9-4, but were impressive in their debut going goal for goal with their international counterparts in the second half. The milestone event also featured a women’s demonstration game that included Jamaica’s top high school girls lacrosse players and American volunteers. The US squad came out sharp and controlled the early part of the game, with long controlled possessions aimed at creating high percentage scoring opportunities while also demonstrating a balanced team offense to all the Jamaicans in attendance. The first half scoring opened midway through the first quarter when Ben and Adam Rosenthal (Union College, Tiburon, CA) connected on a back door cut. The American squad went on to rattle off 3 consecutive goals before Jansen Nicholas (Iroquois Nation) found Adam Ghitelman (Virginia, Cold […]
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[hr] Top dogs of group C Jamaica and Scotland battled it out on court for the number one spot, and Jamaica convincingly beat the hosts 65-30. The Scottish defence worked well together in the first half with some effective pressure. Goal Keeper, Shaungah McCuaig played particularly well, hassling her shooter with good effect, but the ball lay firmly with the Jamaicans as they powered it through the court, building up a lead of 18 goals to 9 at the first break. The start of the second quarter saw a small glint of hope for Scotland. They started the quarter strongly and looked set to bring back the lead. However Jamaica retaliated with a 10 goal scoring spree and from then on it was all down hill for the Scots. Despite the loud cheering from the home crowd, Scotland couldn’t hold it together and unforced errors began to creep in. Jamaica remained consistent, and eased through the remainder of the match. With two games left of the group stages, Jamaica’s captain Vangelee Williams was fearless in her expectations. “We’re very much confident. We’re pretty sure we’ll win.” [hr] [column2] [/column2] [column2_last] [/column2_last] [hr] Editorial courtesy Farah Hasan, Planet Netball […]
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