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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.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 4

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 · Feb 4

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 · Feb 4

Eddie Thornton obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025

‘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 Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025

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 Conversation · Dec 26, 2025

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 Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025

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 - UK · Dec 15, 2025

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 Guardian - US · Dec 15, 2025