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Jamaica bobsleigh team to continue Cool Runnings legacy at Winter Olympics

Jamaica's iconic bobsleigh team — which inspired the hit film Cool Runnings — will make its tenth Winter Olympics appearance at Milano Cortina 2026.

Euronews

Dominant Diamonds sparkle to clinch series over Jamaica

Kate Moloney has celebrated her 50-game milestone in style as the Australian Diamonds posted a 32-goal victory over an understrength Jamaica in Perth.

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US Army veteran called a ‘criminal illegal alien’ and shipped off to Jamaica after 50 years of residency

He won't be able to "terrorize Americans" anymore.

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'Not bad': Diamonds coach rapt at drubbing of Jamaica

Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich says she's more than satisfied with the signs for the year ahead in Australia's 31-goal drubbing of Jamaica in the first Test.

AAP

Priced out: Why are so many Winter Olympic athletes asking for financial support?

European and international athletes have been forced to resort to GoFundMe to finance eye-watering equipment, travel and ticket costs.

Euronews

Australia's netballers thrash Jamaica in first Test

Australia's world No.1 netballers have crushed Jamaica by 31 goals in the first Test of their three-match series.

AAP

Don't Call Them ‘Cool Runnings’—This Jamaican Bobsled Team Is Looking for More

Nearly 40 years after inspiring the classic Disney film, the Caribbean nation’s sliding program is eyeing an Olympic medal in the next decade, if not at Milan Cortina.

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Cool Runnings 2.0: Jamaica’s bobsleigh crew want their own Hollywood ending

Chris Stokes, part of the 1988 team that inspired a film, is setting lofty goals as head of Jamaica’s bobsleigh federation

The Guardian - UK

Diamonds eye timely glimpse of Jamaica in Test series

Australia's netballers host Jamaica in a three-Test series hoping to gain valuable intelligence on one of their main rivals at the looming Commonwealth Games.

AAP

Diamonds settle on replacement for injured defender

Australia's netball hierarchy has settled on a replacement for an injured defender ahead of the Diamonds' three-Test series against Jamaica.

AAP

Rum is booming but only Jamaican classics have the true funk

Spiced rums are a hit but the traditional blends outshine them all

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve spent almost 20 years in prison for robbing £20. Now the UK wants to deport me to a country I’ve never called home’

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Sheldon Coore, 47, says he is being punished ‘twice and thrice and even tenfold’

The Independent UK

Teen triplets pursue dream of representing Jamaica in ski racing at Winter Olympics

The teenage ski-racing triplets Helaina, Henri IV, and Henniyah Rivers are on a mission to represent their mother's country of Jamaica at the Winter Games

The Independent UK

Eddie Thornton obituary

Trumpeter who contributed to Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames and later became a member of Aswad

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‘There is no ceiling for these players’: Jamaica targeting 2031 Rugby World Cup

Money is tight but a breakthrough came in 2018 at the Youth Olympics qualifiers while coaches are working tirelessly in the Caribbean

The Conversation

Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica – a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins

For over three centuries, between 1526 and 1866, at least 10.5 million Africans were forcibly trafficked to the Americas in the transatlantic slave trade. Over half of them (with known places of departure) left from a 3,000km stretch of the west African coast between what are today Senegal and Gabon.

The Independent UK

Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event

The Guardian - UK

The trauma after the storm: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of emotional devastation across Jamaica

Experts are calling for the integration of mental health into climate-disaster policy in the Caribbean as studies show that PTSD risks increase after hurricanes and displacement

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The Guardian - UK

Mother appeals for help to find daughter abducted from UK to Jamaica

Tau Rodriguez-Fairplay, five, taken in February by mother’s former spouse, is believed to be in town hit by hurricane

The Guardian - US

A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the next

The Independent UK

Sunshine Girls play first international since their lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Melissa

The storm created huge mental strain for the Jamaican players, who had family affected at home

The Independent UK

Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

The Atlantic hurricane season may be over

International Business Times UK

Dr. Gabrielle Henry, Miss Universe Jamaica's Fall Resulted In Serious, Life-threatening Intracranial Haemorrhage - Major Update Shared By Family

Miss Universe Jamaica Dr Gabrielle Henry suffered a life-threatening intracranial haemorrhage after a stage fall in Bangkok, her family confirms in a major update.

Latin Times

Miss Jamaica Suffered Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhage, Fractures and Loss of Consciousness, Miss Universe Confirms

More than two weeks after a shocking accident during the Miss Universe preliminaries in Bangkok, the organization behind the global pageant has released new details about the serious injuries suffered by Miss Jamaica, Dr. Gabrielle Alexis Henry.

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Curacao World Cup 2026 squad: Dick Advocaat's team to face Germany

The Curacao World Cup 2026 squad will make history as the nation's first-ever representatives in the competition

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