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THE JAMAICA Olympic Association (JOA) is investing $5 million in a boxing gym which it expects to become the training ground for aspiring Olympians and their coaches. President of the Jamaica Boxing Association Stephen Jones, in expressing...

VERE UNITED are a point away from becoming the first relegation casualty of the Jamaica Premier League season after they went down 2-1 to Tivoli at Wembley Centre of Excellence yesterday. Tyreek Magee put Vere up after seven minutes, but goals from Kimberly Smith (27th)...

JAIPUR, India (AP): VIRAT KOHLI and Phil Salt struck attacking half-centuries to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru register a dominant nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League yesterday. Salt hit six sixes and five fours in...

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): VIRGIL VAN Dijk scored a late winner against West Ham yesterday to move Liverpool within six points of the Premier League title. A 2-1 victory at Anfield means Arne Slot’s team needs to win just two more games to be certain...

GUYANA HARPY Eagles players Veerasammy Permaul, Kevlon Anderson, and Ronaldo Alimohamed have been found guilty of breaching the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Code of Conduct in the seventh and final round of the West Indies Championship match against...

LAHORE, Pakistan (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s head coach Shane Deitz has called on his players to “be more consistent and to fight harder” ahead of their World Cup Qualifier against Pakistan, which began this morning. The regional team had a rocky...

MILAN, Italy: United States midfielder Weston McKennie is among 13 soccer players being investigated for illegal online betting in Italy, according to widespread media reports. A new investigation by Milan prosecutors stems from evidence given by...

Game 82 for every team in the NBA has arrived. For 10 clubs, it’s the end of the season. For 13 others, it’s one last game before the postseason. And for seven teams in the Western Conference, Game 82 might feel like Game Seven. The NBA regular...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Guyana Harpy Eagles captured their second successive West Indies Championship title when they drew with second placed Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on yesterday’s final day of their seventh-round clash. The result...

HYDERABAD, India: Abhishek Sharma scored 141 off 55 balls to lead a stunning chase for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday. Chasing Punjab’s mammoth 245-6, Sharma hit 10 sixes and 14 fours in his...

Top Jamaican high school track and field athletics teams, including Girls Champs winners Hydel High and Boys’ Champs runners-up Calabar High, along with Excelsior High and Vere Technical will compete at the fourth staging of the Puma East Coast...

LONDON, England: Leeds and Burnley have become big favourites to secure automatic Championship promotion spots in the race to get back in the English Premier League. After Burnley won 2-1 at home to Norwich on Friday, Leeds secured a 2-1 victory...