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2 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago More Caribbean PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) on Sunday and retain his French Open title for a second straight year. Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Slam tournament in as many finals, produced one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the clay-court tournament.
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2 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
MVP Track Club sprinters Tina Clayton and Kishane Thompson delivered standout performances at the Racers Grand Prix at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday, as they continued preparations for Jamaica’s National Senior Championships later this month.
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2 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz secured a place in the third and final round of Concacaf World Cup qualifying after a 1-0 victory over the British Virgin Islands in their Group E second-round match at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground on Saturday. Warner Brown scored the lone goal in the 17th minute, finishing from a Demarai Gray free kick to give the Reggae Boyz their third straight win in the campaign.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Jamaica’s two-time world 200m champion Shericka Jackson secured a commanding win in the women’s 200 metres at the Racers Grand Prix on Saturday, clocking a season-best 22.53 seconds (1.0m/s) at the National Stadium in Kingston. The 30-year-old led from the start to finish ahead of Canada’s Audrey Leduc, who clocked 22.80, and American Caisja Chandler, who was third in 22.92.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 3 mins read SOMERSET, England, CMC –West Indies Women ended their dismal tour of the UK with another heavy defeat, this time a nine-wicket loss to England Women via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method in the third and final Women’s One Day International on Saturday. The result brought an end to a disappointing three-week tour where they were swept 3-0 by England Women in both the T20I and ODI series.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 5 mins read Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago More Caribbean BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — England needed a second-half goal from Harry Kane to secure a 1-0 win over lowly Andorra and maintain a perfect record under Thomas Tuchel after three World Cup qualifiers on Saturday.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago More Caribbean PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday’s final. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open, where she also came from a set down to beat Sabalenka in the final. It was the first No. 1 vs.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Jamaica’s Andrenette Knight and Shanieka Ricketts secured wins at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the fifth stop of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League series, in Rome on Friday. Knight, a 2023 World Championship finalist, claimed a clear win in the women’s 400m hurdles, clocking 53.67 ahead of Italy’s Ayomide Folorunso in 54.21. Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton, a two-time world bronze medallist, placed third in 54.31. Another Jamaican, Shiann Salmon, finished seventh in 55.47.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 3 mins read Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago More Caribbean CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) — England continued their mastery of the West Indies by winning their Twenty20 series opener by 21 runs on Friday. After dominating the West Indies in three One-Day Internationals, England were expected to receive a tougher fight from the visitor, higher-rated in T20s than ODIs, and bolstered by World Cup champions Andre Russell, Jason Holder and Johnson Charles.
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3 weeks ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago More Caribbean PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3) on Friday to set up a French Open final against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic is the men’s record 24-time Grand Slam champion but could not counter Sinner’s relentless accuracy and pounding forehands on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
