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Published:Saturday | March 21, 2026 | 12:07 AM

KINGSTON: In a field of elite global talent, Jamaica’s rising stars - Daniel Balli, Damar Walker, Neto Jacobs, Sabrina Allen and Brandon Sealy, faced some of the world’s most formidable competitors and delivered creditable performances at the...

Published:Saturday | March 21, 2026 | 12:07 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Former Trinidad and Tobago football coach and national player, Dennis ‘Tallest’ Lawrence, is in disagreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) decision not to renew the contract of former head...

Published:Saturday | March 21, 2026 | 12:07 AM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews has taken the brunt of the responsibility for her side’s recent batting struggles following their 43-run defeat to Australia Women in the opening T20I here on Thursday. The...

Published:Saturday | March 21, 2026 | 12:07 AM

LEICESTER (AP): Leicester celebrated the impossible a decade ago by winning the English Premier League (EPL) title at odds of 5,000-1. Fortunes have changed, though. Not only did the Foxes drop into the Championship this season, they’ve slipped...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:25 PM

With the Reggae Boyz to compete in the FIFA Intercontinental playoffs for a spot in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, interim Reggae Boyz head coach Rudolph Speid has announced his squad for the decisive matches. Jamaica will face New Caledonia on March...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Mount Pleasant Football Academy’s run in the Concacaf Champions Cup ended at the Round of 16 last night at the National Stadium as they fell 3-0 to LA Galaxy in the second leg, for a 6-0 aggregate defeat. Mt Pleasant came into the second leg with a...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

AFTER losing the girls’ title at last year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) to Hydel High, the Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen High are once again the overwhelming favourites to pick up their 11th crown at...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Manchester High School reaffirmed their dominance in rural schoolboys basketball by successfully defending their crowns in both the Under-16 and Under-19 divisions at the ISSA Rural Schoolboys Basketball Championships finals at GC Foster College...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:09 AM

The ISSA All-Island Schoolboys Under-14 and Under-16 finals will take place today at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College (JC). Football lovers can look forward to an exciting Under-14 clash, where JC will square off against Garvey Maceo High at 2...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:09 AM

The majority of the seeded players led by number-one ranked Jonathan Walker won their opening matches in straight sets in the men’s and women’s open sections of the All Jamaica Senior Squash Championship, which got under way Wednesday night at the...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTON: The 2026 Mayberry High Performance Swim Classic will be held today and tomorrow at the National Aquatic Centre, Independence Park. More than 1,000 swimmers from the prep/primary and secondary levels will be in action at the meet. For...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has named a strong team for the 2026 Carifta Games to be held in St George’s, Grenada between April 4-6. Jamaica’s athletes will defend the title they won last year with an overall tally of...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

The U17 Reggae Girlz have been eliminated from World Cup contention after falling to back-to-back defeats in the Concacaf Women’s U17 Qualifiers after they were clipped 1-0 by Costa Rica yesterday in Group C action. Costa Rica’s Lucía Paniagua...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:08 AM

ORLANDO, Florida (CMC): The bright lights of Major League Volleyball are converging on central Florida, and they’ve brought a distinctly international flavour with them. Among the star-studded rosters announced for the 2026 AdventHealth MLV All-...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:07 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) will convene its 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) tomorrow in respect of the financial year ended September 30, 2025. The virtual meeting will centre on the review of the 2024/25 audited...

Published:Friday | March 20, 2026 | 12:07 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jamaica will have the chance to earn its first medal on day one of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships when action gets under way today at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Torun, Poland. Three finals will be contested with Jamaica standing...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:14 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Mount Pleasant Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore said it is now or never for his team when they prepare to face LA Galaxy in the second leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup round-of-16 encounter at the National Stadium today, starting at...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse Football Club rebounded from their devastating 4-0 defeat to league leaders Montego Bay United on Sunday with a 4-0 win over Molynes United in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday at the Constant Spring Sports Complex. Goals from Neron...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

League leaders Montego Bay United (MBU) tightened their grip on the Jamaica Premier League pole position with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Dunbeholden FC at Jarrett Park, extending their lead at the top of the standings. The win lifted MBU to 57...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SALUTE THE DON and TAYLOR MADE are contrasting Aveenu Malcainu-sired choices for Saturday’s Sir Howard and Hotline Stakes, six-furlong sprints for colts and fillies, respectively, Guineas hopefuls with one win under their girths. SALUTE THE DON’s...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Peter-John Parsard, last year’s most improved trainer’s $100,000 donation to the Jamaica Jockeys-Agents Association towards exercise riders’ licensing fees for the 2026-2027 season, has led the association’s president, Donovan Wilson, to call out...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:13 AM

ARNOS VALE, St Vincent (CMC): The stage is set for a blockbuster T20 International series at the iconic Arnos Vale Stadium, and West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is buzzing with anticipation ahead of the opener against world champions...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:12 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

After several weather-related delays, the ISSA Rural Basketball U16 and U19 finals are set to resume today at GC Foster College in St Catherine, with both divisions poised for decisive showdowns. In the U16 contest, Herbert Morrison Technical High...

Published:Thursday | March 19, 2026 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Best of the Best tennis tournament serves off on Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, but the defending champions will be conspicuously absence when the first balls are struck. Mt Alvernia High, winners of the Division One Girls...

Published:Wednesday | March 18, 2026 | 9:59 AM

Senegal isn’t giving up its Africa Cup of Nations title without a legal fight, with the country’s football federation saying it will appeal the “unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision” to strip the team of its victory in a chaotic final...

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