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Published:Thursday | April 17, 2025 | 12:12 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): JAMAICA FAILED to get one over on defending champions Barbados, as the two started their Rising Stars Under-15 Limited Overs Championship campaigns at the the Liberta Sports Club in Antigua on Tuesday. The Windward Islands...

Published:Thursday | April 17, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S BASKETBALL team recently had LA Clippers star Norman Powell joining the squad and is looking to add a few more high-quality recruits ahead of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Americas pre-qualifiers this summer. However, Jamaica Basketball...

Published:Thursday | April 17, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CALIFORNIA, USA (CMC): THE LA 2028 local organising committee (LOC) announced the venue for cricket’s long-awaited return to the Olympic Games yesterday. The Fairgrounds in Pomona, southern California, has been confirmed as the host for cricket’s...

Published:Thursday | April 17, 2025 | 12:11 AM

REGGAE Girlz head coach Hubert Busby is calling a friendly international against 2022 European champions and 2023 World Cup runners-up, England, a “crucial test”. The game, to take place at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium on June 29, was...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:11 AM

RACING UNITED head coach Anthony Patrick believes his 0-3 loss to Montego Bay United in Jamaica Premier League action at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex on Monday night had more to do with the referee than with a difference in quality between...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

NATIONAL TACKLE Football Association (NTFA) executive director, Jerome Harriott, is tickled pink at the way an initiative surrounding the All-Jamaica Gridiron Bowl, set for this weekend, has started. The NTFA scheduled a weeklong series of...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

LOS ANGELES Clippers shooting guard Norman Powell recently announced that he would be representing Jamaica in the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2027 Americas pre-qualifiers this summer, and president of the Jamaica Basketball Association Paulton Gordon...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): BERMUDA’S NATIONAL cricket team will receive a major boost at the upcoming North American Cup, with former West Indies head coach Andre Coley joining their coaching staff as a high-performance consultant. The inaugural...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

TAMPA, Florida (CMC): WEST INDIES Rugby has officially unveiled its men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming Tropical 7s Rugby tournament, set to take place in Tampa, Florida, on April 18-19. This marks a historic moment as West Indies Rugby...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

WHEN EXCELSIOR High takes on Holmwood Technical today in the final of the ISSA TIP Friendly Society Schoolgirls Football Competition, the Eagles will be hoping to claim their ninth consecutive hold on the title. Excelsior and Holmwood will renew...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:10 AM

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): THEIR PLAYERS were rattled. Their goalkeeper was pulling off save after save. For Paris Saint-Germain, another brutal “remontada” looked on the cards in the Champions League. This time, the French champions just about hung...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): THE OWNER of English Premier League club Brentford has completed the acquisition of Spanish third-tier team Mérida. Brentford said yesterday its holding company, Best Intentions Analytics, has bought all the shares of Mérida, which was...

Published:Wednesday | April 16, 2025 | 12:09 AM

MOHALI, India (AP): PUNJAB KINGS successfully defended the lowest total in the history of the Indian Premier League and bowled out defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders for 95 yesterday. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal ignited a sensational...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 6:43 PM

The National Basketball League’s (NBL) mid-season final which was scheduled to be held today at the National Stadium court has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions. The game, set to be contested between St George’s Slayers and Upper...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MOUNT PLEASANT coach Theodore Whitmore is pleased with the way new overseas players are settling in after all three turned in good performances in their 2-0 win over Chapelton Maroons in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) yesterday at the Anthony...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:11 AM

AS VERE United’s season points towards relegation following their 2-1 defeat to Tivoli Gardens in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) on Sunday, coach Lewnworth Hyde points to inexperience and defensive frailties as their main weaknesses over the...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: RICHARD VERNON, chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), says the organisation is now closer to formalising a lease arrangement with Montego Bay Multi Sports Development Limited for the Montego Bay Sports Complex in...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE FIRST half of the Jamaica Basketball Association’s (JBA) National Basketball League season comes to a close this evening at the National Stadium courts with St George’s Slayers against Upper Room Eagles in the mid-season final, starting at 6:30...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:11 AM

LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC): THE WEST Indies Women are in serious jeopardy of missing the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup after slumping to their second defeat in three matches, going down by 65 runs to Pakistan Women in their World Cup Qualifier match...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:10 AM

LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC): WITH WEST Indies Women’s chances of qualifying for the 2025 Women’s World Cup hanging by a thread, head coach Shane Deitz has admitted that the regional side has been a disappointment at the tournament so far. West Indies...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:10 AM

AP: POWERED BY an MS Dhoni special under pressure in the run chase, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) snapped a five-match winless streak to register a five-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow. Chasing 167 on a tricky wicket, Dhoni’s...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EXCELSIOR HIGH School showed that they are the premier institution when it comes to cricket in the urban area, defending their Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) T20 cricket title following a 76-run win over last year’s beaten...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:10 AM

AP: REAL MADRID great Luka Modric became a co-owner of Swansea City yesterday. While the amount invested by the six-time Champions League winner was not revealed, Swansea said Modric would “play a key role in helping the club garner global...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:09 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): BARCELONA, PARIS Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal hold such commanding leads in their Champions League quarter-final matches that a place in the last four looks all but certain. Don’t be so sure. European club football’s...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:09 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): JAMAICA WILL be hoping to pour cold water on the plans of Barbados, who are trying to make it two titles in a row when the Rising Stars Under-15 Championship bowls off today. The defending champions will begin their title...

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