By Deirdre Clemente Guest Writer At the French Open, Serena Williams wore a custom-made black catsuit. On Aug. 24, the president of the French Tennis Federation said the outfit “wouldn’t be back.” It “went too far,” he continued. It didn’t “respect ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica Takes Seven Bronze Medals And Third Place In The Caribbean Cadet Table Tennis Championships
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic August 27, 2019 — The Caribbean Mini-Cadet and pre-Cadet Table Tennis Tournament ended, yesterday, with Jamaica walking away with seven medals and third place. Participating countries were Jamaica, Aruba, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominican Republic ...
Read More »Here Are The Best Parents To Have Around, According To Youth Sport Coaches
By Nick Holt Guest Writer Youth sport is part of the fabric of family life for many families. Parents are more intensely involved in contemporary youth sport than ever before. And while youth sport can provide a context for parent-child interaction ...
Read More »How To Avoid, Recognize And Treat Concussion In Sports
By Kathryn Schneider Guest Writer Recognize, remove, rest and recover before returning to sport. Those are key points about sport-related concussion stated in the 5th International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport. The Canadian Guidelines on Concussion in Sport have been ...
Read More »Former Trinidad And Tobago-Born FIFA Vice-President Sues Local Football Association
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 31, 2019 (CMC) – Former Vice-president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Jack Warner, has filed a lawsuit seeking an estimated TT$16 million from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). ...
Read More »Caster Semenya: The Legal And Ethical Issues That Should Concern Us All
By Steve Cornelius Guest Writer Early last year the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) introduced regulations requiring South African 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya – and other middle distance runners with differences of sex development – to lower ...
Read More »Cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis Method: How To Work Out Who Wins When Rain Interrupts
By Russell Gerrard Guest Writer When both teams involved in a one-day international cricket match have their full allocation of overs, the team scoring the most runs is the winner. There is, however, a regrettable tendency for the weather to ...
Read More »Former Canadian Tennis Champion, Douglas Burke, To Be Inducted Into Jamaica Cup Hall Of Fame
By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario April 25, 2019 — Former Jamaican-Canadian tennis professional, Douglas “Dougie” Burke, on Saturday evening, will be the sole recipient of one of his birth-country’s highest tennis awards — induction into the Jamaica Cup ...
Read More »Caster Semenya Vs IAAF: Ruling Will Have Big Implications For Women’s Participation In Sport
By Sheree Bekker Guest Writer When can a woman not compete with other women? This is, in essence, the question at the heart of the hearing currently before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the international body that ...
Read More »Whistle-blowing: Athletes Shouldn’t Have To Choose Between Their Careers And The Truth
By Kelsey Erickson and Susan Backhouse Guest Writers Athletes should not feel like they have to choose between their careers or telling the truth about doping in sport. Yet, our new research shows that this is (too) often the reality for many ...
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