With four games to go in the preliminary round of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), the Waterhouse camp is expressing concern with their current eighth place in the points standings. The Drewsland-based team has seven points from six games and are...
THE JAMAICA Table Tennis Association (JTTA) is hosting its first local tournament in over a year, with the staging of the National Junior and Senior Championships at the National Indoor Sports Centre, which began yesterday and ends today. The...
The motorsports community is trying to come to terms with the passing of veteran administrator Larry Henriques, which they termed ‘a great loss’. Henriques passed away yesterday morning after battling an illness for more than a year. He was 67...
The Jamaica Cycling Federation expects better results from improved numbers at the Panam Road Cycling Championships and the Caribbean Cycling Championships. Jamaica sent off its largest group of cyclists for an event yesterday, with 12 local riders...
Both Waterhouse and Cavalier expressed concern regarding their form after their 2-2 draw in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the UWI/JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence yesterday. Dwayne Atkinson netted twice for Cavalier but on both...
General Manager Arlene Martin says that Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) is pleased with the rise in Jamaica Premier League (JPL) players receiving their COVID-19 vaccination in in recent weeks. Martin could not provide The Gleaner...
Tivoli Gardens FC head into their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football game against Harbour View FC with great hopes of adjusting their recent winless form, in a contest at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Captain Horace Burrell Centre of...
Neurosurgeon Dr Carl Bruce believes that it is time the local football fraternity takes concussions and the threat of concussion injuries more seriously and recommends the introduction of a local heading-guidance protocol, similar to the one...
FOLLOWING HIS team’s 1-1 draw against Molynes United in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football competition yesterday at The University of the West Indies (UWI)/Jamaica Football federation (JFF) Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence, Arnett...
After losing his first match of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, Vere United coach Donovan Duckie ranted at the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) organisers, Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL). Duckie says the 2-1 loss to Dunbeholden...
Mount Pleasant technical director and coach, Englishman Walter ‘Wally’ Downes, says there is an urgent need for better playing surfaces in Jamaica, in order for the nation’s young footballers to develop quality technical skills and confidence as...
FOLLOWING THE Reggae Boyz’s disappointing quarter-final exit from the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Associations of Football (CONCACAF) Gold Cup tournament, there has been calls for the dismissal of national senior men’s...
Following a five-week training stint in Austria with prominent Austrian skiing school, the Schild Ski Racing Camp, Jamaica’s Winter Olympics ski hopeful, Ben Alexander, was looking forward to his first competitive race since then to see what...
Mount Pleasant Football Academy (MPFA) General Manager David Galloway denies he had a confrontation with Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis, who was relieved of duties as head coach last week. Responding to questions from The Gleaner, Galloway said, “People are...
The full vaccination of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) clubs started this week, and although most clubs and their players have shown no reluctance to getting their dosage, some are not so willing to get the vaccination. The 600 Johnson...
Former racing writer at The Gleaner, Orville ‘Clarkie’ Clarke, was described as a kind and generous man at his funeral held yesterday at the Holy Rosary Church in east Kingston. Clarke, who worked at The Gleaner as a freelance sports writer for...
Although he has not fought competitively in over a year, boxer Ricardo ‘Big 12’ Brown heads into the Tokyo Olympics this summer intent on landing a gold medal. Brown, Jamaica’s lone entrant in Olympic boxing this year, will compete in the...
In a move to improve its marketing efforts, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) recently signed a consultancy agreement with Moore Hues – a global strategic brand marketing agency that operates primarily in North America – to push its brand and...
Nathan Jones, the manager of English Football League (EFL) Championship side Luton Town, has complained about the timing of the Concacaf Gold Cup after recent summer signing Amari’i Bell was named in the Jamaica squad for the tournament. Bell...
Arnett Gardens head coach Alex Thomas says his team will look to build on their first Jamaica Premier League (JPL) win, a 2-1 result over Humble Lion at the Stadium East yesterday. Goals from Jonoy Cunningham (14th) and Renaldo Cephas (75th) gave...
Dunbeholden’s new coach, Harold Thomas, says that getting the team’s first win of the Jamaica Premier League season, against high-flying Cavalier, is a boon. He hopes they can get better and go as far as possible this season. The St Catherine-...
Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange, says the performance of England’s Jamaica-born football star, Raheem Sterling, at Euro 2020, has made Jamaicans, home and abroad, very proud. Speaking with Duncan Golestani of UK-based ITV news on Thursday,...
New Dunbeholden coach, Harold Thomas, admitted he is under no illusions as to what will be demanded of him. A former Harbour View and Rivoli United coach, Thomas was appointed to head the St Catherine-based Jamaica Premier League club’s coaching...
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) presidential candidate Alan Beckford maintains that this weekend’s extraordinary annual general meeting (AGM) should be called off until a more ethical process is employed. Beckford mentioned a letter from the...
Fedrick Dacres says his performances in the discus throw over the last week have been disheartening. Dacres, 27, underwent surgery earlier this year for a torn ligament in his left hand and says his recovery is preventing him from executing his...
