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Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:12 AM

The Purples rule supreme as Manning Cup champions Kingston College (KC) crowned themselves all-island champions when they defeated daCosta Cup kingpins Garvey Maceo High to claim their 11th ISSA Olivier Shield title 4-3 on penalties, following a 1-...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters - Sunday Gleaner Writer

BOOTYLICIOUS flew home a lonely winner in yesterday’s Ahwhofah Sprint, justifying trainer Peter Parsard’s $3 million reason to take the four-year-old filly back home from the November 10 Mixed Sale. Earning $682,500, BOOTYLICIOUS, last year’s...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham - Sunday Gleaner Writer

St Jago High School’s Bryan Achau unleashed a devastating run in the boys’ 5000 metres at the opening track and field on the JAAA’s 2025 calendar, the Wesley Powell Benjamin meet, at Excelsior High School yesterday. The Kenya-born athlete led from...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:12 AM

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Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:11 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Andre Fletcher will replace Evin Lewis in the West Indies’ 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match CG United T20I series against Bangladesh. Lewis has been ruled out of the series as he continues to recover from an...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:11 AM

NAVI MUMBAI, India (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews believes that the regional team can overcome India’s dominance over them at home and turn their fortunes around in their T20 series which bowls off here today. Speaking during a...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan - Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’s male and female basketball teams made a decent start and will be hoping to continue their advance at the ongoing FIBA 3x3 tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico after both punched their ticket to today’s quarter-final stage. The female squad...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:11 AM

English Premier League leaders Liverpool twice came from behind with 10 men to draw with Fulham 2-2, yet dropped points for the second straight match to give hope to their title rivals yesterday. Arsenal couldn’t take advantage. A 0-0 draw at home...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Cavalier Soccer Club will climb to third in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) football competition should they defeat Chapelton Maroons in today’s lone game, at Sabina Park at 4 p.m. The game is one of three first-round matches that are outstanding...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:10 AM

KINGSTON: Citing all-round gains, affiliate sporting bodies have credited the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) for making it easier to achieve their goals and development. The JOA, local sports’ parent body, led executions by way of its Coach...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Holmwood Technical’s netballer Jada Ricketts got the perfect send-off to her high school career, playing major roles in her team winning the rural and all-island senior titles in the ISSA competitions. “This was my last year playing for the team,...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:06 AMOrane Buchanan - Staff Reporter

VETERAN netball coach Carline Graham-Powell has called time on her illustrious tenure at Holmwood Technical. Graham-Powell leaves on a high after the institution defended its under-19 title in the recently concluded ISSA all-island competition with...

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2024 | 12:06 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts has acknowledged the work being done through its coaching-education programme, citing the achievements of several local coaches during the 2024 calendar year. Speaking at a press...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 5:54 PM

Kingston College (KC) copped their 11th ISSA Olivier Shield title in a nerve-wracking 4-3 win on penalties over Garvey Maceo after a 1-1 draw in regulation time at the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Sports Complex on Saturday. Garvey...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:11 AM

St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) are the 2024 ISSA Grace Mighty Malt U16 Urban Area champions after defeating Excelsior High 1-0 in the tightly contested final played yesterday at Stadium East. A first-half strike from Kelvin Brown was all it took...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Gleaner Writer

Ras-Renaldiho Harriott scored the all-important goal as Kingston College (KC) claimed the ISSA Burger King Under-14 Urban Area title in a 1-0 win over rivals St George’s College (STGC) at the Stadium East field yesterday. The bragging rights will...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr Donovan Bennett, has expressed satisfaction with the Cricket West Indies (CWI) four-game suspension imposed on John Campbell, the Jamaica Scorpions captain, for his role in...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The football spotlight will be on St Elizabeth Technical High School’s (STETHS) Sports Complex in Santa Cruz today when daCosta Cup champions Garvey Maceo High square off against Manning Cup winners Kingston College (KC) in what should be a...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Erica Ewbanks, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) chairperson for schoolgirl netball and principal of Garvey Maceo High School, has expressed great satisfaction with the successful conclusion of this season’s netball competition...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT of Tennis Jamaica, John Azar, says the All-Jamaica Championships which serves off today could produce some stellar performances over the next seven days. The tournament, which has seen a record number of entries, is scheduled to run from...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:09 AM

WORCESTERSHIRE, England (CMC)” West Indies all-rounder and former Worcestershire player Jason Holder will reunite with the English county side later this month as part of his recovery following shoulder surgery. The 32-year-old Barbadian requested...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

As the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) turns its attention to upcoming assignments next year, President Michael Ricketts has hailed the 2024 calendar year as a major success for local football’s governing body. Speaking in a press conference...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:07 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes he will need a bigger squad to handle football’s ever-expanding fixture schedule. City have been weakened by a host of injuries and are still competing in three competitions,...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:07 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): West Indies skipper Shai Hope expressed immense satisfaction with his team’s dominant 3-0 One-Day International (ODI) series victory over Bangladesh, highlighting the team’s growth, consistency, and collective effort in...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:07 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): The West Indies capped off a commanding 3-0 ODI series victory against Bangladesh here Thursday, with debutant Amir Jangoo stealing the spotlight. The left-handed Trinidadian batsman etched his name in the record books...

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