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Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2024 | 12:06 AM

AP: OLYMPIC DISCUS champion Roje Stona and Australian rugby star Jordan Petaia are aiming to become NFL players. Stona and Petaia are among 14 athletes selected for the NFL’s International Player Pathway programme. The athletes representing 13...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 10:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — Mike Tyson has been sued for more than US$1.5 million by a Cyprus-based company that claims the former heavyweight boxing champion wrongfully broke a promotional contract in order to fight Jake Paul. Medier, which promotes...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy are edging the ding-dong battle at the top of the Wray...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): WHILE WEST Ham’s win over Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 had the underlying issues of two coaches under pressure, there was another cloud with the Hammer’s ever-present number-nine, Reggae Boy Michail Antonio, laid up in hospital...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:10 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): NOT EVEN a slow start and being struck twice on the helmet could deny Sherfane Rutherford his maiden One-Day International (ODI) century on Sunday. The 26-year-old left-hander continued a sizzling start to his ODI career...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE Girls have begun preparations for their upcoming home series against world number-five-ranked South Africa. The three-match series is scheduled for January 18, 22, and 25 at the National Indoor Sports Centre. According to...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:07 AM

BENGALURU, India (CMC): WEST INDIES’ dynamic all-rounder Deandra Dottin is among one of the biggest names who will contest the 2025 Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction slated for December 15. The 33-year-old power hitter is one of 120 players...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:07 AM

HOOFDDORP, Netherlands (AP): NO LIONEL Messi and no Cristiano Ronaldo. The all-time football greats did not make the men’s world team of the year organised by global players’ union FIFPRO yesterday. The 37-year-old Messi, who plays for MLS side...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:07 AM

FIRST-TIME ENTRANTS Friends for Real were crowned champions in the Pocket Rocket Foundation ‘Peace Through Sports’ Six-A-Side Football competition at the Red Stripe Sports Complex in Kingston on Sunday. The Olympic Gardens Football Club affiliated...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2024 | 12:07 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN SPRINT sensation Oblique Seville has promised a special performance for track and field fans after signing on to four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track (GST) series set to debut at the National Stadium in April next...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:11 AM

HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida (CMC): Barbadian ace trainer Saffie Joseph Jr logged three wins at Gulfstream Park when his charges La Cantera, Coldstream, and Mr Narcissistic romped to victories here Thursday. Joseph, fresh from capturing his 11th...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:10 AM

CHICAGO (AP): Joel Embiid had 31 points and 12 rebounds in his return, Tyrese Maxey got his first career triple-double, and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Chicago Bulls 108-100 yesterday. Maxey finished with 25 points, 14 assists, and...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:10 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Sherfane Rutherford’s scintillating maiden One Day International (ODI) century propelled West Indies to a thrilling five-wicket victory over Bangladesh at Warner Park, snapping an 11-match losing streak against the...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse climbed back to second in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) following a roller-coaster match with Dunbeholden at the Stadium East field yesterday. The winners took the lead and lost it before walking away with a 3-2 victory at the end....

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Kemar Leslie and Rosamund Ponder of London, England emerged as back-to-back champions of the male and female half marathon respectively at yesterday’s 24th staging of Reggae Marathon in the tourist town of Negril. Held at Long Bay Beach...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:08 AM

ROME (AP): Danilo Cataldi texted hospitalised Fiorentina teammate Edoardo Bove to say that he would score for him Sunday and then fulfilled his promise in a 1-0 win over Cagliari yesterday. It was Fiorentina’s first Serie A match since Bove...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester United Sporting Director Dan Ashworth is leaving the club by mutual agreement, less than six months after taking over the role as part of an overhaul by minority owner Jim Ratcliffe. United announced his...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LONDON (AP): West Ham striker Michail Antonio has undergone surgery on what the club described yesterday as a “lower limb fracture” after the Jamaica international was involved in a road traffic incident. The incident happened outside London on...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LONDON, England (AP): Don’t listen to Enzo Maresca. Chelsea really are English Premier League challengers this season. In a wild London derby, Chelsea conceded twice in the opening 11 minutes before recovering brilliantly for a 4-3 win at...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MANCHESTER, England (CMC): Jamaica and Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw delivered a dazzling performance by scoring twice, in her team’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Leicester, keeping the pressure on league leaders Chelsea in the Women’s Super...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2024 | 12:17 AM

THE GRAND finale of the Pocket Rocket Foundation Six-A-Side ‘Peace Through Sports’ Football Competition concludes today at the Red Stripe Sports Complex, 214 Spanish Town Road in Kingston. After a thrilling set of semifinal matches, Medley Mixers...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2024 | 12:16 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

WITH JUST seconds left on the clock, a goal from Omarion O’Brian was the spark Garvey Maceo High School needed to orchestrate a dramatic end to the 2024 ISSA daCosta Cup, clipping McGrath High School 5-3 on penalties inside the National Stadium...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2024 | 12:16 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

TEARS FLOWED in the winner’s enclosure at Caymanas Park yesterday as champion trainer Jason DaCosta’s local-based American, FUNCAANDUN, outbattled Gulfstream Park invader, LEGACY ISLE, to win the US$250,000 Mouttet Mile by a half-length. Ridden by...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2024 | 12:16 AMOrane Buchanan - Staff Reporter

ST ELIZABETH Technical High School (STETHS) were crowned champions of the Ben Francis competition yesterday following their 3-1 victory over Clarendon College at the National Stadium, courtesy of goals from Kaieem Lewis, Henry Johnson, and Jordon...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2024 | 12:16 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): THE BANGLADESH-BASED Rangpur Riders became the first team to capture the Global Super League (GSL) when they crushed Cricket Victoria by 56 runs in the final at the Providence Stadium on Friday. Led by a blistering,...

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