Jamaica’s 2018 World Cup horrors continue
Jamaica ended a wretched World Cup qualification campaign without a win on home soil following a 2-0 loss to Haiti at the National Stadium last night. The result left the Reggae Boyz rooted to the...
View ArticleBrazil beat Colombia in qualifier
MANAUS, Brazil – Star striker Neymar scored one goal and set up another as Brazil defeated Colombia 2-1 in their 2018 World Cup qualifier Tuesday night. This victory was Brazil’s second in as many...
View ArticleMan City on a roll
Sergio Aguero scored his second European hat-trick of the season as Manchester City strolled to a 4-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium....
View ArticleMoney boost
The Barbados Football Association’s (BFA) development programmes are about to get the proverbial shot in the arm. And that’s because football’s world governing body, FIFA, will soon be increasing its...
View ArticleDigicel, Mavericks join forces for tourney
Financial support from Digicel was critical to the resounding success of Barbados’ Under 19 Mavericks Sports Club football team in placing second among some 440 teams which competed in the recently...
View ArticleNeymar’s transfer to be probed
Neymar’s 2013 transfer to Barcelona is to be investigated by La Liga. The Spanish football league body wants talks with the club about the agreement they came to with the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s...
View ArticleBrathwaite: Just be yourselves
West Indies T20I captain Carlos Brathwaite has urged newcomers Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran to play their natural game ahead of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan in the United Arab...
View ArticleLiverpool end Chelsea’s unbeaten run
A stunning strike from Jordan Henderson helped Liverpool secure a comfortable 2-1 win at Chelsea today that ended the London club’s unbeaten start to the season and underlined the growing potential of...
View ArticleOffside call
The Barbados Football Association Women’s League got started yesterday evening at the Emmerton, St Michael playing field in somewhat inauspicious circumstances. Defending champions University of the...
View ArticleChelsea knockout league champs
Cesc Fabregas scored twice in extra time as Chelsea came from two goals down to beat 10-man Leicester 4-2 and reach the EFL Cup fourth round Tuesday. Shinji Okazaki’s header and instinctive strike put...
View ArticleTragedy hits Jamaican schoolboy football
The Jamaican schoolboy football fraternity was plunged into morning Tuesday afternoon following the death of St George’s footballer Dominic James who died after collapsing during a match against...
View ArticleOrganizers criticised after teen’s death
George Forbes, the competition’s director for the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), is defending his organization over claims from members of the public that there was no ambulance at...
View ArticleArsenal wary of Costa’s threat
Arsene Wenger is a fan of Diego Costa and has warned his defence they must be “cold-blooded” to deal with the Chelsea striker – who he says could do without the added theatrics which accompany his...
View ArticleArsenal wary of Costa’s threat
Arsene Wenger is a fan of Diego Costa and has warned his defence they must be “cold-blooded” to deal with the Chelsea striker – who he says could do without the added theatrics which accompany his...
View ArticleMan Utd thrash Leicester City
If Manchester United’s performance in a 4-1 rout of English champions Leicester City on Saturday is anything to go by, Wayne Rooney may struggle to get back into the starting eleven. Dropped by manager...
View ArticleLiverpool crush Hull
Free-scoring Liverpool’s burgeoning Premier League title challenge was given further impetus with a merciless 5-1 thrashing of 10-man Hull City at Anfield on Saturday. Hull, who had not lost an away...
View ArticleHaiti defeat Cuba in final
Haiti exploded for four second-half goals to earn a 5-0 win over Cuba in the final of the Caribbean qualifying competition for the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship at Ato Boldon Stadium Sunday. The...
View Article‘Big Sam’ quits as England boss
Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge. It follows a newspaper investigation claiming he offered...
View ArticleFIFA pays tribute to late James
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has joined Jamaica’s football fraternity in mourning the tragic passing of a top college footballer who collapsed during a match last month....
View ArticleBrazil go top in South America
Brazil went top of the South American World Cup qualifying group Tuesday night with a 2-0 win over Venezuela in a match played in torrential rain and halted for almost half an hour when the floodlights...
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