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Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:10 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, (CMC): BARBADOS CAPPED off a stellar campaign in the Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 50-over Championship, defeating USA-1 by six wickets in a workmanlike performance in the final played at the Conaree Sports Club yesterday. It...

Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:10 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): THE CARICOM Prime Ministerial Subcommittee on Cricket (PMSC) has issued a strong call for sweeping reforms in West Indies cricket, expressing deep concern over the sport’s current state and demanding immediate action from...

Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:10 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): CRICKET WEST Indies (CWI) has extended congratulations to legendary former captain Sir Clive Lloyd after Lancashire County Cricket Club immortalised his legacy by naming a stand in his honour at Old Trafford. The tribute...

Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

ARNETT GARDENS recently appointed head coach Phillip Williams said he is under no pressure in his new role as he makes final preparations ahead of their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield campaign. Arnett, the defending Club Shield...

Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA HAS not been a happy hunting ground for the West Indies team in the past couple of weeks, following the humiliating 3rd Test defeat and two disappointing T20 outings against the visiting Australian side. West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 1:39 PM

The CARICOM Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket (PMSC) is to establish a special committee of diverse stakeholders to address what it describes as a "moment of reckoning" following the West Indies Cricket team's recent dismal performances...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DESERT OF MALIBU’s return to the winners’ enclosure three weeks ago, zipping seven and a half furlongs in 1:32.3, dismissing RUN JULIE RUN by seven lengths, confirmed how devastating the six-year-old American mare can be when let loose on the lead...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FOUR JAMAICAN coaches — Cavalier’s head honcho Rudolph Speid, former national coach Theodore Whitmore, national assistant coach Merron Gordon, and head of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) coaching school, Andrew Peart — are part of the...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:10 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): WEST INDIES white-ball skipper Shai Hope is not satisfied with the batting, bowling, and fielding performances of his side in the opening two T20Is against Australia. The home side were thumped by eight wickets in the...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:10 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica: THE WORLD has witnessed Andre Russell’s explosive energy and passion for West Indies cricket over the past 15 years; from his Test debut in Colombo in 2010 to countless match-winning performances in the shorter formats, whether...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S UNDER-21 netballers have been preparing intensely for the Netball Youth World Cup in Gibraltar, to be held from September 19 - 28; however, Netball Jamaica is currently experiencing an $11.5-million shortfall in its efforts to get the...

Published:Thursday | July 24, 2025 | 12:08 AMSharla Willams/Gleaner Writer

WORLD CHAMPION Shericka Jackson will have company in the 200 metres in Tokyo after National Champion Ashanti Moore eclipsed the personal best she set at the National Junior and Senior Championships last month to earn automatic qualification to the...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:15 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

WITH BOTH of their meetings in the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) ending in hard-fought draws, Cavalier and Arnett Gardens’ meeting in the JWPL semi-finals is expected to be a close affair. Both teams have booked their place in the final...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:14 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

SIR HILARY Beckles, vice-chancellor of the University of West Indies (UWI), believes Cricket West Indies (CWI) owes a posthumous apology to former West Indies cricketer Roy ‘Gilly’ Gilchrist for the manner in which he was exiled from the team....

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER THE sales of Richard King, Dwayne Atkinson, and Jalmaro Calvin to overseas clubs recently, Cavalier boss Rudolph Speid does not think rebooting the defending champions for the upcoming season will be as seamless as it has been in previous...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:14 AM

ZURICH (AP): WORLD CUP winners Spain have never reached the final of the Women’s European Championship. They have also never beaten Germany. Both those things could change today. Spain play Germany in the Euro 2025 semi-finals in Zurich, knowing...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:14 AM

AP: CRYSTAL PALACE have taken their fight with UEFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by lodging an appeal against their demotion to the third-tier Conference League next season. The Switzerland-based CAS confirmed yesterday that the...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:14 AM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): JAKER ALI struck a fighting half-century as Bangladesh clinched a T20 series victory over Pakistan for the first time with yesterday’s eight-run win. Jaker anchored the innings with sustained aggression to hit 55 runs off 48...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:13 AM

NEW YORK (AP): OLYMPIC GOLD medallist Zheng Qinwen withdrew from the US Open on Monday, two days after announcing that she had arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow because of “persistent pain” .The sixth-ranked Zheng was coming off a first-round...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:13 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): TIM SEIFERT’S aggressive half-century on a tricky pitch led New Zealand to a comfortable seven-wicket win over South Africa in a tri-series T20 match yesterday. Opening batter Seifert, dropped in the first over before he had...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SEVERAL JAMAICANS were in action yesterday at the Folksam Grand Prix in Varberg, Sweden, a World Continental Challenge meet, where Odaine McPherson produced the best performance among his countrymen. McPherson picked up the only win of the day for...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:13 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): TENSIONS ARE rising ahead of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford. India captain Shubman Gill said yesterday that England had acted against the ‘spirit of the game’ by delaying play in last week’s...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

EIGHT SCHOOLBOY football teams, led by 2024 FLOW Cup champions Glenmuir High School, will step up their preparation for the 2025 season when they compete in the inaugural staging of the Clarendon Elite football competition, set to run over three...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:12 AM

THE JAMAICA Volleyball Association (JaVA) yesterday announced the selection of its national under-17 boys’ and girls’ teams set to represent the country at the inaugural CAZOVA U17 Boys and Girls Volleyball Championship, taking place from July 31...

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:12 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): USA-1 AND defending champions Barbados will meet to determine the champions of this year’s Rising Stars Under-19 Men’s 50-over Championship following the completion of the seventh and final preliminary round yesterday....

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