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Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

NEWLY APPOINTED head coach of Montego Bay United FC, Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis, believes the short-term goal of winning the Jamaica Premier League will present a formidable challenge. Davis was announced as new head coach just days after MBU and...

Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2025 | 12:06 AM

CASTRIES, St Lucia: Track queen Julien Alfred and cricketer Johnson Charles once again took the awards for Senior Sports Personalities of the Year when the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports held their annual awards over the weekend. There...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WHEN THE teams line up for the boys’ 4x800 metres Championship at this Saturday’s Gibson McCook Relays, defending champions Jamaica College (JC) will be looking to extend their dominance in the event. The Old Hope Road team is aiming for a fourth...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

AFTER RECLAIMING their title last year following a surprise half-point loss to Hydel High in 2023, the Edwin Allen High girls will be aiming for back-to-back victories as the two-day Central Athletics Championships get under way today at G.C....

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:13 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): THE ANTIGUA and Barbuda Falcons have named Paul Nixon as their new head coach for the 2025 season of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Nixon, a former England wicketkeeper, replaces former West Indies...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

A HAT TRICK from Daniel Green and strikes from substitutes Alex Marshall and Jabari Howell led Mount Pleasant Football Academy to an impressive 5-0 win over Humble Lion FC in their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football match at the Montego Bay...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:13 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago Red Force head coach, Rayad Emrit, wants his team to remain focused as they head into a three-week break from this year’s West Indies Championship. The unbeaten Red Force have won two and drawn one...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:12 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (CMC): WEST INDIES T20 big hitters Nicholas Pooran and Andre Russell, along with former players Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, have all been retained by their respective Major League Cricket (MLC) franchises. However...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:12 AM

SAO PAULO (AP): NEYMAR SCORED his first goal for Santos since returning to Brazil when he converted a penalty on Sunday in a 3-1 win over Sao Paulo-based Água Santa. Finding the net from the spot in the 14th minute of the Sao Paulo state...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:12 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): KHADIJA ‘BUNNY’ Shaw bowed her head and raised a gloved fist after scoring a goal on her first start for Manchester City Women in 2025 and since pulling out of the team because of racist abuse directed at her on social...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:11 AM

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL (DOF) at Mount Pleasant Academy, Davion Ferguson, says the just-concluded CONCACAF Under-17 Qualifiers further amplifies calls for a new approach in football development in the region. Ferguson, who oversees the programme at...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

WITH SEVERAL of the Reggae Girlz’s key players absent from Jamaica’s 23-player squad to take on Peru in their upcoming friendlies, head coach Hubert Busby Jr said the door is open for young players to show their talent in the senior set-up. The...

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

MERL GROVE High School nearly pulled off the unthinkable on Tuesday, but that is just the start of head coach Neo Oxford’s drive to change the football culture at the girls’ institution. One season ago, Merl Grove were thumped 24-0 by eight-time...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AM

LONDON (AP): Top-ranked Jannik Sinner accepting a three-month doping ban deal was slammed by his fellow tennis professionals on Saturday. Sinner and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) settled on the suspension that means that he can play again...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Second-half goals from Dwayne Atkinson, Justin Dunn, and Richard King saw Cavalier to only their second win in seven games after blanking Molynes United 3-0 in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Harbour View Mini Stadium yesterday. Atkinson,...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The 43rd staging of the annual Bob Marley One Love football matches takes place on Ash Wednesday – March 5 – at the Harbour View Mini Stadium, and for the first time, teams will battle for the Bob Marley One Love trophy, designed by the legend’s...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AM

Campion College and St Catherine High will face off in the finals of the urban area ISSA Under-19 Schoolboys Basketball Championship after securing contrasting victories in their respective semi-finals. In their best-of-three series, Campion easily...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Kingston College (KC) and St Jago High School dominated the sprint hurdles at last weekend’s ninth S. W. Isaac-Henry Invitational meet at the National Stadium. Daniel Clarke led the charge in Class One as KC swept all the sprint hurdle events in...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:24 AM

VADODARA, India (CMC): Deandra Dottin starred as the Gujarat Giants Women romped to a comfortable six-wicket victory over UP Warriorz Women in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) yesterday. Dottin blasted an unbeaten 33 from 18 balls with three fours...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:24 AM

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): Liverpool continued their charge towards the English Premier League (EPL) title yesterday with a 2-1 win against Wolverhampton. For Manchester United, it just keeps getting worse after a 1-0 loss at Tottenham. The fortunes...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:25 AM

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (CMC): Jamaica’s Under-17 footballers were on the verge of qualifying for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup at the Cementos Progreso Stadium in Guatemala on Saturday night before a late goal by El Salvador’s Brandon Ramirez saw...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:22 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): SEVEN PLAYERS from two clubs in Mexico’s third division were suspended for a combined 57 years on Saturday for involvement in sports betting and fixing matches. Six of them played for Real Apodaca, and the other for Correcaminos...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:22 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): THE CONCACAF Gold Cup encounter between the Guyana Jaguars and Guatemala has been relocated to the Wildey AstroTurf in Barbados. The match was expected to be played in Guyana, but the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:22 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED INSPIRE FORCE reversed his miserly form with a last-furlong burst of speed to power past rivals in yesterday’s James B Dawes Memorial at odds of 8-1 with champion jockey Raddesh Roman for trainer Philip Feanny and A.C.K Stables....

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 10:22 AMRaymond Graham - Gleaner Writer

LIKE HE has been doing all season, St. Jago High’s Ryan Achua continued to prove that he has no match in schoolboy middle and long-distance events. He clocked an impressive time to dominate the field and win the Boys’ Open 5000 metres at yesterday’...

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