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Published:Wednesday | July 7, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens defeated west Kingston rivals Arnett Gardens 1-0 in the Jamaica Premier League thanks to calculated substitutions from head coach Phillip Williams yesterday. Substitute Devroy Grey nodded home the winner in the 67th minute after...

Published:Tuesday | July 6, 2021 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Cavalier head coach David Laylor said his team should have bagged all three points from their second Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game of the season against Harbour View at the UWI/JFF/Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence yesterday. The...

Published:Monday | July 5, 2021 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

General Secretary Arlene Martin says Professional Jamaica Football Limited (PFJL) has recorded all negative results for its first round of in-competition COVID-19 tests in the Jamaica Premier League. Martin says that the PFJL is impressed with the...

Published:Saturday | July 3, 2021 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse’s attack will be boosted by the return of Colorado Murray, the club’s top scorer from last season for today’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game against Dunbeholden at the UWI/Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence at 3:30 p.m....

Published:Saturday | July 3, 2021 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Chairman of Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Christopher Williams, says the board is currently contemplating which venue will be the main match venue for this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL). With strict protocols in place to...

Published:Wednesday | June 30, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica will play the US Virgin Islands in their opening International Tennis Federation Davis Cup America Zone Group III match today in Panama, and coach/captain Dominic Pagon said nothing but a win is expected. The tournament is set to run from...

Published:Monday | June 28, 2021 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After losing all three meetings against Dunbeholden in the 2018-19 Jamaica Premier League season, Portmore United head coach Ricardo Gardner is pleased to have started the new season with a win over their St Catherine derby rival. Portmore, with a...

Published:Friday | June 18, 2021 | 1:03 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA), Paulton Gordon, says his administration is currently putting things in place to kick-start activities after the organisation was granted approval from the Government to host national training...

Published:Wednesday | June 16, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Yesterday’s passing of former Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) President Godfrey Lothian sent shock waves through the sporting world with several stakeholders hailing the administrator for his contribution and commitment to the sport....

Published:Wednesday | June 16, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Reggae Boyz’s tour of Japan might have ended on a disappointing note with their 4-0 loss to the hosts’ Olympic team, but as far as national defender Damion Lowe is concerned, the exercise was an overall positive experience for the Jamaicans...

Published:Monday | June 14, 2021 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Rugby Football Union (JRFU) Chairman Jerry Benzwick says that the nation’s senior men’s and women’s teams have left the island for tournaments without as much preparation as they would have liked. The Crocs and Lady Crocs left the island...

Published:Sunday | June 13, 2021 | 9:46 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tajay Gayle’s preparation for the Olympic Games in Japan next month appears to be going smoothly thus far. The World long jump champion produced impressive performances at the Miramar Invitational in Florida in April and the Olympic Destiny Series...

Published:Thursday | June 10, 2021 | 12:15 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Bubsy Jr underlined that today’s friendly international against Nigeria at the BBVA Stadium in Houston, Texas, is a great opportunity for their five newcomers to the squad to show the quality they possess. The match...

Published:Wednesday | June 9, 2021 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After months of inactivity and lost revenue opportunities, some of Jamaica’s top football clubs, burdened by mounting debt, are yet to receive an initial payout - nearing $1 million each, from the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) ahead...

Published:Wednesday | June 9, 2021 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the United Racehorse Trainers Association (URTA) Ryan Darby described the passing of veteran trainer, Richard Todd, 61, who collapsed and died while going through his regular rounds at Caymanas Park yesterday, as sudden and shocking...

Published:Thursday | June 3, 2021 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tennis Jamaica (TJ) president, John Azar, has high hopes forin Jamaica men’s Davis Cup team, which is being led by University of Florida’s standout, Blaise Bicknell, and its chance of topping Group Three of the Americas tournament, set for Panama...

Published:Wednesday | June 2, 2021 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

For the first time in 24 years, a Jamaican track cycling team will participate in an international event, when a three-man team competes at the upcoming Pan American Track Cycling Championships June 23-29 in Lima, Peru. However, despite the...

Published:Wednesday | June 2, 2021 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Winter Olympics skiing aspirant Ben Alexander is currently in Austria training with prominent Austian skiing school, the Schild Ski Racing Camp, and the 37-year-old England-born athlete is expecting major improvements to his results when he...

Published:Tuesday | June 1, 2021 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tennis Jamaica President John Azar confirmed that the three-day national trials tournament for female players, which will be used to select Jamaica’s team to the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Federation Cup), will take place starting tomorrow at...

Published:Monday | May 31, 2021 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tennis Jamaica (TJ) President John Azar says approval for the sport’s resumption could happen within two weeks. Azar says it has been what he describes as a painstakingly slow and frustrating process seeking consent from the Government. However, he...

Published:Thursday | May 27, 2021 | 12:19 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens head coach, Philip Williams, is hoping his team can continue where they left off and recapture the form they were on when the 2019-2020 Premier League campaign was brought to an abrupt end by the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020....

Published:Wednesday | May 26, 2021 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Rugby Union President Jerry Benzwick says the national men and women’s rugby sevens teams have been faced with contrasting situations in their preparation for the World Rugby Seven Repacharge tournament, which is the final chance for...

Published:Tuesday | May 25, 2021 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Molynes United head coach Calvert Fitzgerald says that Jamaica Premier League (JPL) clubs with greater resources will be in a better position to start the season. This, he says, is because they have the finances to keep their players together more...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2021 | 12:17 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, said despite the controversy surrounding the staging of the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he believes it is important for stakeholders to come together and ensure that the...

Published:Thursday | May 20, 2021 | 12:15 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The preliminary inspection of the training facilities of 11 of the 12 Jamaica Premier League clubs has been completed, with at least half of those already receiving a satisfactory mark. The outstanding club is expected to be inspected today, and...

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