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Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey - Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Under-20 men’s football team will be seeking their fourth consecutive victory in the Concacaf U20 Qualifiers when they take on St Kitts and Nevis in their Round One Group B encounter at the Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Willemstad,...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:13 AMKaren Madden - Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s national basketball head coach Rick Turner wants a change in mentality from his players as the team looks to rebound from last Thursday’s excruciating 93-99 loss to Bahamas in a bid to stop Canada today. Jamaica defied the odds last...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:12 AMAshley Anguin - Gleaner Writer

League leaders Montego Bay United (MBU) will brace for a fierce showdown against rivals Arnett Gardens FC when they square off in a highly anticipated Jamaica Premier League game at Jarrett Park today. Five games are set to be play today, with...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:12 AM

Feb 28, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $700,000 MIGGIE’S SPORTS BAR OTB TROPHY 3YO...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:12 AMKaren Madden - Gleaner Writer

In what was the largest crowd at a basketball match on Jamaican soil, over 3,500 fans converged on the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston to watch Jamaica take on Caribbean rivals, the Bahamas on Thursday night. Among those cheering on every...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:12 AMRobert Bailey - Gleaner Writer

Sunshine Girls defender Roxanna McLean is relishing the chance to showcase her talent internationally after securing a move to compete in this year’s Malaysia Netball Super League. McLean, who will become the first Jamaican to play in the league,...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey - Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s top tennis player Blaise Bicknell crowned himself in glory after capturing the ITF M15 Championship title in San José, Costa Rica, yesterday. Bicknell, who has been enjoying an outstanding season, delivered a commanding 6-2, 6-4 victory...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:11 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): West Indies Women were saved from almost certain defeat by the rain after producing one of their worst-ever batting performances in the opening T20I against Sri Lanka Women yesterday. In an embarrassing showing, the home...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:11 AM

AP: Without the injured Erling Haaland, Manchester City relied on the latest goal from recently signed forward Antoine Semenyo to secure a win that kept the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race yesterday. Semenyo did his best...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:11 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): The Jamaican trio of Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, and Brandon King are among the key targets for Kingsmen Sports Enterprise, who are hoping to assemble a title-contending franchise in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (...

Published:Sunday | March 1, 2026 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin - Gleaner Writer

Western Jamaica’s road runners will lace up with purpose, as the third staging of the MoBay Night Run 5K Run/Walk turns its focus to restoring hope to the nearly 800 students of Anchovy High School, who are still fighting to recover from Hurricane...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jamaica continued their perfect run at the Concacaf Men’s U20 Qualifiers as they dispatched the Cayman Islands 9-0 yesterday at the Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Curacao to pick up their third straight win. Odane Wilberforce (19th minute)...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:09 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is viewing their three-match T2oI series against Sri Lanka Women as vital preparation for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup. The regional team will look to rebound from their...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:09 AM

World 100 metres champion Oblique Seville received an electrifying welcome at Calabar Alumni Florida’s Green-and-Black Ness: Day Experience last weekend. The Calabar Alumni Association Florida Chapter welcomed the Green and Black Army and diaspora...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s top tennis player, Blaise Bicknell, said he is embracing the challenge ahead of his showdown with Nick Hardt in today’s final of the ITF M15 Championship in San Jose, Costa Rica, with match time set for 11:30 a.m. Bicknell, the number...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): FIFA representatives will visit Mexico soon to assess security and mobility issues for the World Cup, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. The country’s ability to co-host the World Cup has been under scrutiny this...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AM

NEW DELHI, India (CMC): The 2026 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to bowl off on March 28, two days later than the original announced date by the BCCI. According to a report from ESPNcricinfo, the IPL had informed the franchises on...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): New Zealand failed to clinch a Twenty20 World Cup semifinals place when they lost to England by four wickets yesterday leaving Pakistan a last chance to qualify. New Zealand looked set to join England in the semifinals when...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Football star Lionel Messi was knocked to the ground by a fan and a security guard at the end of Inter Miami’s friendly match in Puerto Rico on Thursday night. Inter Miami were playing Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AM

World Championships 100 metres silver medallists Tina Clayton and Kishane Thompson, both of MVP Track Club, will headline a stellar line-up in today’s women’s and men’s 60 metres at today’s Gibson McCook Relays. With the 21st World Athletics Indoor...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The premier local relay carnival, the Gibson McCook Relays, will stage its 49th renewal today inside the National Stadium starting at 4 p.m. In what will be a truncated format this year, fans are in store for an action-packed event lasting just...

Published:Saturday | February 28, 2026 | 12:07 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jamaica international Michail Antonio is set to sign a short-term deal with Qatari Stars League club Al-Sailiya for the remainder of the season, in his bid to return to competitive club football. Antonio was involved in a harrowing case crash in...

Published:Friday | February 27, 2026 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

COOKIE DAY N NIGHT gets a pace to stalk and pounce in Sunday’s Omar Walker Trophy at five and a half furlongs after being used up and run off his legs from the one hole at seven and a half furlongs late January. A sprint for horses who have never...

Published:Friday | February 27, 2026 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s senior men’s basketball team suffered a narrow 99-96 defeat to The Bahamas in the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night. The Jamaicans, known as the JamRockerz, had only themselves to blame for...

Published:Friday | February 27, 2026 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): What has been increasingly apparent to despairing Tottenham fans for some months is now suddenly clear for everyone: their team could genuinely be relegated from the English Premier League (EPL). Spurs have been regarded for some time...

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