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Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:06 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

With a rigorous recruitment process and a changing landscape in collegiate sports, Lennox Graham, associate head coach of Clemson University track and field programme, said Jamaican athletes need to be prepared academically if they want to enter...

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:06 AMKaren Madden - Gleaner Writer

It takes cash to care or money makes the mare run. Whichever catchy maxim you choose, one thing is beyond doubt – it takes millions of dollars to execute an event of the scale of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs...

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham - Gleaner Writer

Excelsior High Class 2 intermediate hurdler Jaeden Campbell was one of the standout performers on Friday’s fourth day of competition at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) after producing a massive personal best...

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott - Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Premier League (JPL) leaders Montego Bay United and defending champions Cavalier will both look to end their two-match winless runs when they meet in the feature match of round 31 at Jarrett Park at 3:30 p.m. today. MoBay (58) are three...

Published:Sunday | March 29, 2026 | 12:05 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

As the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) came to a close yesterday, the five-day annual track and field meet has once again drawn the attention of coaches overseas, who are closely monitoring Jamaica’s next...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Field events stole the spotlight on yesterday’s fourth day of competition at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, on a day which saw three records broken in the sprint hurdles events and another equalled. After 19 of...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP): Mauricio Pochettino has told American footballers they can achieve what almost no one thinks is possible: win the World Cup. “Why not us? Why not us? Why not us?” he said yesterday. “We need to really believe that we can be...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

NEW DELHI, India (CMC): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unveiled a packed home schedule for the 2026-27 season on Thursday, announcing that the Indian men’s team will play 22 international matches across 17 venues. The extensive...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Despite this year’s West Indies Championship being significantly shortened, Director of Cricket at Cricket West Indies (CWI), Miles Bascombe, is still expecting a competitive tournament. CWI confirmed yesterday that the...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:07 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) has unveiled a detailed management plan for fast bowlers Jayden Seales, Shamar Joseph, and Alzarri Joseph, prioritising the long-term health of its pace attack as the region braces for an...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Kingston College (KC) quarter-miler Jason Pitter says clean execution was key to his record-breaking performance in the Class Two boys’ 400 metres final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on Thursday night at the...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE Boyz coach Rudolph Speid says the players are ready to fight for a place in the World Cup as they prepare to meet the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) next Tuesday in the intercontinental playoffs final. Jamaica kept alive their hopes...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:06 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Kelly-Ann Carr of Edwin Allen High School said her gold medal-winning performance in the Class One 400 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships is a massive boost fur her career. Carr, who won bronze last year,...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:06 AMKaren Madden/Gleaner Writer

Hundreds of passionate fans cheering loudly, coupled with the weight of expectation from your school, your family and your own ambitions is the triple dose of anxiety that athletes must navigate at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Reggae Boyz overcame their first hurdle in the FIFA intercontinental play-offs in Mexico, after beating New Caledonia 1-0 in the semi-final on Thursday, to advance to Tuesday’s final against Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) with the...

Published:Saturday | March 28, 2026 | 12:05 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Freshly crowned Class One Girls 1500 metres champion Jovi Rose of Holmwood Technical has set her sights on completing the middle-distance double at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium. The 17-year-...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 3:55 PM

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash on Friday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office told media outlets. Authorities said the crash occurred just after 2:00 p.m. not far from where Woods lives on Jupiter...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 2:35 PMKaren Madden/Gleaner Writer

Following last year’s controversy where more than 60 false starts were recorded over the five-day ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), meet director, Anthony Davis, says measures have been taken to ensure that those...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 2:15 PM

Jamaica College’s (JC) Nathan-Neil Heirs snatched the gold medal in the boys Class Three long jump final in dramatic fashion as he jumped a winning mark of 6.37 metres in his final jump at the National Stadium earlier today. Heirs clinched the...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 2:04 PM

Several of the top names expected to advance to the finals of the boys 200m missed out on qualification from the semifinal round held earlier this afternoon at the National Stadium. In Class One, Hydel’s Junior Gallimore, Edwin Allen’s Romario...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 12:57 AM

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are now just a game way from qualification to the FIFA World Cup after Bailey Cadamarteri scored an 18th-minute goal to set up a date in the final of the FIFA playoff path one against the Democratic Republic of Congo. Playing...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

JASON DaCosta retaining Tevin Foster to partner AMERICAN AVIATOR, despite going three pounds over the allotted 114lb, indicates the champion trainer is supremely confident that the foreigner can go gate-to-wire in Sunday’s King’s Plate at seven and...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA College (JC) have taken what may turn out to be an unassailable lead in their fierce battle with Kingston College (KC) for the boys’ title at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships (Champs). Meanwhile, hot favourites for...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Head coach of Clarendon College, Davion Chantiloupe, has expressed deep sadness and disappointment after his motor vehicle was stolen from the car park at the National Stadium on Wednesday during the second day of the annual ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys...

Published:Friday | March 27, 2026 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel to see both nations working closely together ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles...

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