If we want to be one of the better teams in the region, we must treat our national team with seriousness and not sentimentality or nepotism.
The dust has settled, and reality has truly kicked in. Jamaica will miss yet another World Cup, having previously only competed in the 1998 tournament in France, it should not shock anyone that Jamaica is missing out on the 2022 World Cup. The signs were there. However, many Jamaicans convinced themselves that they had a …
For a developing country like Jamaica, sports have been a unifying force and a source of human capital development for the nation’s citizens. However, many of our success stories have been achieved from the most menial of resources as sporting bodies in Jamaica have struggled to attract proper sponsorship from corporate Jamaica and to secure …
It happened, the unthinkable, the unimaginable. One of the greatest players of all time, Cristiano Ronaldo, returned to Manchester United after 12 years away. It all happened spectacularly too, as Ronaldo looked all set to join Manchester City, prompting United’s coaching staff, former players, board, and Sir Alex Ferguson to intervene. Undeniably one of the …
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When Atletico won the league in 2013-2014, they were praised for fighting off Spain’s big two, Barcelona and Real Madrid. They had an inferior playing squad and a smaller budget than their rivals. Recall they went into the final day needing to get a point at the Camp Nou to win the league and achieved …
When Portugal went to the finals of EURO 2016, they were not particularly praised by purists for being classic champions playing great football. In Portugal, the eventual champions were labeled defensive, dull, boring and people even went as far as labeling them the worst champions in history, questioning the validity of their win. View this …
Going as far back as the last 20 years, Jamaica has always struggled to consistently secure friendly games for our respective national teams. However, the Reggae Boyz secured friendlies recently against the United States, Serbia, and the Japan Under-23 team. The games ended in a 4-1 defeat to the USMNT, 1-1 with Serbia, and a …
Jamaicans are lovers of football, international football mainly, but the sport does tend to unite and, in other instances, separate friends, family, and even partners. Jamaicans have always clamored for our local footballers playing for big European clubs to support and be proud of. Specifically, they want Jamaican internationals playing for big clubs as Raheem …
This summer will see EURO 2020 finally kick off and as with most international tournaments, fans, coaches and scouts alike will be looking out for youngsters who come to the fore and rise to the occasion when called upon. STREAM have thus chosen 10 of the top talents we think will have a breakout tournament …
After crashing to a 1-0 defeat to lowly Benevento before the international break and drawing with Torino on their first game back it is looking likely that there will be no tenth successive Scudetto for Juventus. This means Juventus falls just one title short of a completing a decade of dominance, but what has led the Bianconeri …