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Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): COCO GAUFF turned things around after being a set down and beat Elina Svitolina 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open’s third round yesterday, extending the 20-year-old American’s defence of her first Grand Slam title. The third-seeded Gauff...

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:10 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): ANTIGUA’S MINISTER of Sport Daryll Matthew believes the time has come for Cricket West Indies (CWI) to increase the term limit of its president to four years. Speaking yesterday during CWI’s quarterly press conference,...

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:10 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES players Nicholas Pooran, Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie, all made moves in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) player rankings released on Wednesday. Pooran, who scored 119 runs in three...

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

SPRINT HURDLER Ackera Nugent continues to break barriers as she shattered the Jamaican women’s 100-metre hurdles record for the second time this year, storming to an impressive 12.24-second win at the Rome Diamond League meet yesterday. Nugent...

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:09 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): WEST INDIES fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has officially announced his retirement from international cricket, concluding a career that spanned over 12 years at the highest level of the sport. In a heartfelt message...

Published:Saturday | August 31, 2024 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

CEO of Professional Football of Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Owen Hill, has welcomed the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association’s (ISSA) ruling which allows schoolboy footballers to compete for their clubs during the school season. According to...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 6:27 PM

Jamaica landed its second gold medal at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru today courtesy, of 100-metre hurdler Kerrica Hill. Hill stormed to gold in 12.99 seconds, to defend the title she won two years ago in Cali, Colombia. The former...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 3:53 PM

Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent again broke the 100-metre hurdles national record she set inside the National Stadium in July, lowering her 12.28-second mark to 12.24. Nugent achieved the feat at the Wanda Diamond League Golden Gala inside Rome's Stadio...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 11:15 AM

Leon Bailey was named to the Reggae Boyz squad to play in their Nations League game against Cuba at the National Stadium on September 6. Bailey, who was temporarily suspended from selection by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), has not played...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Kerrica Hill, the defending champion in the women’s 100 metres hurdles, displayed impressive form at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, yesterday and appears set to add another gold medal to the country’s tally today. Hill...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:11 AM

TAROUBA, Trinidad (CMC): The Barbados Royals did just enough to win their second consecutive Women’s Caribbean Premier League title when they defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders by four runs in an exciting final at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:11 AM

MONACO (AP): The Champions League will have a series of rematches of recent finals in the bigger slate of games paired yesterday in the new format of European football’s signature competition. Real Madrid will have re-runs of their past three...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:11 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Explosive batting all-rounder Deandra Dottin has been named in a West Indies Women’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 33-year-old Dottin, who resigned from...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Ahead of the highly anticipated 2024-25 season of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), chief executive Officer of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, Owen Hill, says, from a management standpoint, they are eagerly awaiting the start of the league....

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:10 AM

OLYMPIC discus champion Roje Stona will make his Diamond League debut in Rome today. Stona is one of 10 Jamaicans set to compete at the Golden Gala Wanda Diamond League meet and will be in action for the first since his historic win in Paris....

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jamaican technical official Sodia Peters said she is ecstatic to stamp her name in the history books as she became the first Jamaican to officiate at the Paralympics during the 2024 Paris Games. Peters has been abuzz during her time in Paris as she...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Having gone trophyless for their second season in a row in ISSA schoolboy football competitions last year, Kingston College (KC) head coach Vassell Reynolds is aware the pressure is on for the ‘famed purples’ ahead of the Manning Cup season. The...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: The organisers of the 2024 edition of the annual Tryall-CUMI (Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill) Charity Golf Tournament, which will be staged on September 14 at the Tryall Golf Club in Hanover, will be seeking to...

Published:Friday | August 30, 2024 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WHEN Alana Reid captured the 100 metres at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, Jamaica joined the United States on top of the ladder with six women’s titles. Jamaica’s first women’s 100m title came at the 1992...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 10:13 PM

Reigning Jamaican champions Cavalier FC made it two wins in a row in the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup as they defeated Trinidadian outfit Police FC 4-1 at Sabina Park. A brace each from Dwayne Atkinson and Shaquille Stein led the way for Cavalier, while...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 11:37 AM

Sodia Peters has created history in becoming the first Jamaican technical official to officiate at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Peters is serving as a qualified International Official (ITO) in the sport of track and field. She also holds the...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

UNITED STATES-BRED DIGITAL ONE and PROVOCATIVA should redeem themselves against fields stacked with local runners in divisions one and two, respectively, of Saturday’s O...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:11 AM

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Michael Ricketts, says a clear plan should be put in place to facilitate the seamless transition for the country’s youth players into the national setup. Ricketts shared the sentiments during a...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA TOOK two days to get off the mark at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru yesterday, but when they did, they did it in style. Alana Reid led a Caribbean sweep of the women’s 100 metres, clocking 11.17 seconds to get the better of...

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER SERVING a 22-month ban, opening batsman John Campbell is set to make an immediate return to the Jamaica Scorpions setup. Newly appointed chairman of selectors, Delroy Morgan, said based on conversations with Campbell, the stylish left-hander...

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