The battle between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and the Reggae Boyz about wage demands is an expected drama that we can anticipate at least once every two years. Unfortunate to say the least, but it has become synonymous with the relationship between both parties, oftentimes leading to player protests, refusal to play and even …
Jose Mourinho’s style of play has once again come under heavy scrutiny following a series of lackluster displays from Tottenham Hotspur this season. The Portuguese has often been associated with success; winning trophies and establishing a winning mentality within the clubs he has managed. However, in recent seasons, Mourinho’s brand of play has been labelled …
10. Zack Steffen Zack Steffen has perhaps started more times this season than he would have ever imagined for five-time Premier League champions Manchester City. The American has made a total of 7 appearances this season across four competitions and has kept 4 clean sheets in total. His big break came thanks to an injury …
Since the retirement of arguably Jamaica’s greatest ever athlete and the greatest sprinter of all time, Usain Bolt, many people have had doubts as to whether the state of Jamaica’s Track & Field would continue on the path of world domination, as it was during Bolt’s 9-year stint at the top. Since Hugo’s retirement in …
The much anticipated Reggae Boyz debut for former Manchester United prodigy, Ravel Morrison, could well and truly become reality in the next international break, as the attacking midfielder was called up by Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore for the upcoming fixture against Saudi Arabia. As Christopher Martin would say, this is a big deal… for many Jamaicans …
Leon Bailey is one of Jamaica’s brightest football prospects. Since the likes of Ricardo Fuller and Ricardo ‘Bibi’ Gardener took the English Premier League by storm in the early to mid-2000s, no other Jamaican has ever been catapulted into the limelight of European football the way the Bayer Leverkusen attacker has. The 23-year-old became a …
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has recently failed to attract several foreign-based players to come and play for the men’s national senior team. The venture to go out and seek English-based players was restarted by the current administration when the squad failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Over the years Jamaica has …
Over the years, Jamaican players have missed out on the chance to play in the Premier League due to the nation’s low FIFA rankings, however, the latest FIFA rankings that were published on July 16, 2020, have placed the Reggae Boyz in the top 50 for the first time in over a decade. As of …
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Given the recent increase in protests that has taken place in the United States since the murder of George Floyd, many prominent sports men and women have stepped up to use their platform to advance the discussion surrounding racial injustices. Reggae Girl Yazmeen Jamieson, who lives in Canada, has been one of those closer to …
More than 20 years since the Reggae Boyz last qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1998 and here we are, still discussing the obvious faults in our local game. Many believed that with the nation achieving such a remarkable accomplishment, the governing body for football in Jamaica – the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) – …