Seymour Newman was a fearsome competitor over both the 400m and the 800m for Jamaica in the 70s. Tall, fast, strong and fluid, he gave his...
Seymour Newman Honoured, Has Bittersweet Memories & High Praise for JAAA
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Will 2022 be Similar to 2002, Jamaica’s Juniors – Expectation or Hope?
Believe it or not, 20 years have passed since Jamaica hosted the 2002 World Junior Championships. The meet heralded the coming of a new global star,...
100m Men – A Comeback Story for Jamaica
The signs are clear. Jamaica is coming back in the men's 100 metres. The major achievement was the 4th place finish by Oblique Seville at the World...
Elaine Completes the Set
Thanks to Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaicans now own all of the 100 and 200 metres records at the renowned Zurich Weltklasse meet. Thompson-Herah...
Memorable Moments – Jamaica’s Men in the Olympic Games 100m
When Herb McKenley won the silver medal in the 100 metres in the 1952 Olympics, he wrote the first chapter in Jamaica's memorable history in...
Burnett Inspired By Bolt
After a fine US College season, Davonte Burnett is here in the land of his father's birth to compete at this week's National Senior Championships....
Gold at Last – 1st World Junior 4 x400 M Boys
In 7 trips to the World Junior Championships, Jamaica had compiled a pleasing record in the boy's 4x400 metres relay but there was one thing missing...
Tissanna Hickling
When Tissanna Hickling long jumped 6.82 metres last year, the GC Foster College student-athlete matched the longest mark by a Jamaican since 2006....
Excitement in The Shot Put: O’Dayne Richards
"I'm excited, in fact I'm very excited about 2015, I just want to reiterate that I have high standards for myself and if I achieve my goals, I think...
Bolt’s Breakthrough
Fans argue endlessly about which race made it clear Usain Bolt would be a star. In most cases, the race selected is either Bolt's stunning 100...
Campbell Brown ‘humbled’ by statue unveiled in her honour
LOOP SPORTS Sprinting great, Veronica Campbell Brown, on Sunday became the latest Jamaican track and field star to have a statue unveiled in her...
Thompson, McPherson win in Paris
Jamaica’s Olympic 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson won the 100m at the Paris Diamond League. Thompson started well and stayed strong to win in...
American sprinters happy Bolt has retired
Americans happy Bolt's retired. LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- In the post-Bolt world of sprinting, top American runners are enjoying new rivalries and...
Men are stalling while women still flying
As Jamaica prepares to select their world championship team, the exhilarating days of the nation’s male sprinters, led by Usain Bolt, dominating the...
Passing of Patrick “Bunny” Anderson
“A kind man with a good heart,” is how Olympic gold medallist Deon Hemmings-McCatty remembered the late Patrick Anderson, former president of the...
Barshim And Thiam Named 2017 Athletes Of The Year
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics...