Tokyo 2020: Jamaican government to provide JMD$45 million financial support to athletes ahead of...
The Jamaican government will provide more than JMD$45 million in direct financial support to athletes preparing for this summer’s Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The funding will be provided under the Government’s Athletes Assistance Programme that was initiated last...
Kemba Nelson: Making it to Tokyo Olympics would be a huge deal
Jamaica’s Kemba Nelson has designs on being in Tokyo for the Olympic Games this summer and based on what she has done so far at the University of Oregon she believes she has a good shot at it.
Nelson, who...
2018 Commonwealth Games medallist Leon Reid charged with drugs and firearms offences
Commonwealth 200m bronze medallist Leon Reid is among five men charged with drugs, firearms and money-laundering offences.
Reid and four other men, including former sprinter Romaine Hyman, were arrested in 2020 and then charged at Bristol Magistrates Court on March...
Natalya Antyukh and Andrey Silnov slapped with four-year bans
Olympic gold medallists Natalya Antyukh and Andrey Silnov from Russia have been given four-year suspensions after the Court for Arbitration in Sport ruled that they were guilty of breaking anti-doping rules.
The two athletes were named in the 2016...
Pure Athletics Spring Invitational: Miller-Uibo stuns with world-leading 22.03 200m opener
Bahamian sprint queen Shaunae Miller-Uibo threw down the gauntlet to would-be challengers over the 200m on Sunday when she sped to a world-leading 22.03 run with a trailing wind of 1.5m/s at the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont...
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Wimbledon 2018: Rejuvenated Del Potro shows his best form as he...
Juan Martin del Potro showed he is shaping up nicely for tougher matches ahead with a 6-4 6-1 6-2 romp past Spanish veteran Feliciano...
