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By Bruce Kidd Guest Contributor With all the ethical and political problems facing the Olympics, do they still matter? As someone who proudly wears his Olympic heart on his sleeve — I competed in the 1964 Games in Tokyo and ...

NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica December 15, 2018 — Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment Sport, Olivia Grange, told Lydia Heywood, the England-born Eventing rider, who plans to represent Jamaica at the next Olympics: “We are thrilled that you have decided to ...

By Jo Clarke Contributing Writer The proud footballing nation of Cameroon is under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. This follows the announcement that they have been stripped of the hosting rights for the African Cup on Nations (AFCON) ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – West Indies’ hopes of repeating as ICC Women’s Twenty20 champions ended in tears here, last night, when they went down by 71-runs to Australia in the first semi-final at the ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda October 31, 2018 (CMC) – It has been an amazing journey for Stafanie Taylor — one that started in spectacular fashion 10 years ago. That journey has seen a courageous girl, from the historic, former ...

By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu Contributing Writer At every World Cup tournament since 1986, at least one team from Africa has made it to the second round of the World Cup finals. That record unceremoniously ended in Russia 2018, after ...

OAKVILLE, Ontario, October 17, 2018 – In Kenya, the Ice Lions is king. With no other teams, and nobody else, to play against, the Ice Lions is the country’s only hockey team. Twice every week, on Wednesday and Sunday, the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica October 9, 2018 — The statue of Jamaican Olympian, Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, will be unveiled on Sunday, at a special ceremony at Statue Park in the National Stadium, where the statue will be mounted. Jamaica’s Minister of ...

By Jacqueline L. Scott  Contributing Writer Serena Williams did something that even President Barack Obama could not do. She got angry and showed it. At the recent U.S. Open Tennis Championship, Williams disagreed with some of the calls made by the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 18, 2018 — Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport announced, last Friday, that for the first time in the history of the INSPORTS Community Football and Netball Competitions, the winning netball team will ...