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‘Get that extra toe’

Published:Thursday | August 29, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

CAVALIER COACH Rudolph Speid said his team wants all three points in their Concacaf Caribbean Cup game against Trinidad and Tobago’s Police FC at Sabina Park at 7 p.m. today in a bid to separate themselves from the rest of the field. Cavalier, with...

Reid strikes gold for Jamaica in Peru

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 7:14 PM

Jamaica’s Alana Reid opened the country’s account in Lima, Peru a short while ago, clocking 11.17 seconds to win the women’s 100-metre gold medal. Reid led a Caribbean sweep of the medals, with former Austin Sealy Award winner, Adaejah Hodge of the...

Uruguay players banned after Copa America brawl

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 10:28 AM

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — South American football body CONMEBOL on Wednesday suspended several Uruguayan internationals due to incidents at the Copa America semi-final against Colombia in July. Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez...

Tappa keeps Mount Pleasant’s Caribbean Cup hopes alive

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THEODORE ‘TAPPA’ Whitmore guided Mount Pleasant to their first-ever win in the Concacaf Caribbean Cup after a 2-1 result over Arnett Gardens in their second Group A match at Sabina Park yesterday. Shai Smith pulled Arnett level in the 54th minute...

Hope, Pooran power West Indies to South Africa whitewash

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:10 AM

TAROUBA, Trinidad (CMC): SUPERB POWER hitting by Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran propelled West Indies to a dominant eight-wicket win over South Africa in the third and final T20 International at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium yesterday. Hope and...

Nugent to take Diamond League form to Italy

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING HER spectacular performance on Sunday in Poland, sprint hurdler Ackera Nugent will renew rivalry with the United States’ Masai Russell on Friday at the Wanda Diamond League Golden Gala in Italy, Rome, where 11 Jamaicans are down to...

Lukewarm start for Jamaica’s U20s on chilly Peru day

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

ON A chilly opening day the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, yesterday, Jamaican athletes found the going tough, though Alana Reid, Deandre Daley, and Gary Card are in the finals of the women’s and men’s 100 metres. Reid, the number-one...

Bromfield embraces skin colour amid online abuse

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

AFTER REPRESENTING the Jamaican colours at the Paris Olympic Games, harsh comments about her skin colour is not something 400-metre runner Junelle Bromfield said she expected to face. “I honestly thought we were past colourism in Jamaica,...

CWI appoints new communications and media manager

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): TRINIDADIAN NYSSA Pierre is Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) new communications and media manager. Pierre holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and Spanish from York University in Canada, executive diplomas in protocol and...

Westmoreland, Kensington through to Kingston Wharves U-15 cricket final

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: UNBEATEN WESTMORELAND booked their place in the finals of the 2024 edition of the Kingston Wharves (KW) Under-15 cricket championship yesterday when they defeated their Melbourne CC counterparts by four wickets in a low-scoring...

Thonson goes one step closer to world title

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMLeroy Brown/Gleaner Writer

FORMER AMATEUR lightweight boxing champion, Jamaican Trevor Thonson, took another positive step towards his goal of becoming a world champion last Saturday night, when he defeated Argentine boxer Pablo Marcos Villafane on points over eight rounds,...

Swiatek shakes off tough test, Osaka wins impressively

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): TOP-RANKED IGA Swiatek fought through a tough first-round match at the US Open yesterday, while two-time champion Naomi Osaka made an impressive return to the tournament by beating number 10 Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-2. Osaka, the 2018...

Grange ‘already proud’ of U20s in Peru

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MINISTER OF Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has sent best wishes to members of Jamaica’s team to the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, which began yesterday in Lima, Peru. In her message, Grange...

The man who did it first

Published:Wednesday | August 28, 2024 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

THE JAMAICAN track and field community is in mourning following the passing of sports icon and double Olympic gold medallist George Rhoden. Rhoden died on Saturday at the age of 97. Rhoden was a member of the first Jamaican delegation to compete at...

Sir Richie to take up sports-related position in government

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:10 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has announced that Sir Richie Richardson, the celebrated former West Indies cricket captain, will be taking up a role within the government. Although the specifics of...

Defending champions St Mary hunt KW U15 final berth

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Following their emphatic seven-wicket win over Boys’ Town in their quarterfinal, defending champions St Mary will be looking to book their place in the final of the Kingston Wharves (KW) Under-15 cricket championship, when they take on Kensington...

Peart commends ‘brave’ U14 Boyz after title win

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Having claimed the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ Under-14 Challenge Series title on Sunday, Reggae Boyz U14 head coach Andrew Peart has applauded his players for what he described as a “brave” performance throughout the tournament. Jamaica...

Fairfield credit family spirit for SDC T20 triumph

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The curtain came down on the 2024 Social Development Commission (SDC) National T20 cricket competition on Sunday with Fairfield United securing back-to-back titles, following a 30-run win over Links United in the final played at Chedwin Park. The...

Top juniors bow into action at World Under-20 Champs

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

TODAY AND for the next four days, Jamaica’s top junior athletes will be seeking glory at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru. After a sub-par performance from the senior athletes at the recent Paris Olympic Games, the country’s young...

Whitmore: It was not difficult to return

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Returning Mount Pleasant Academy coach Theodore Whitmore said it was not difficult to return to the club he severed ties with just under three months ago. Whitmore will take charge of Mount Pleasant for their second Concacaf Caribbean Cup game...

Dominica announces package for Olympic gold medallist LaFond

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:09 AM

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): The Dominica Government on Sunday night announced that it is providing the island’s first ever Olympic gold medallist, Thea LaFond, with the country’s highest national award as well as a cash gift of nearly half a million...

Dottin keeps Knight Riders’ CPL dream alive

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:09 AM

TAROUBA, Trinidad (CMC): Deandra Dottin produced a brilliant performance to single-handedly rescue the Trinbago Knight Riders’ season in the 2024 Women’s Caribbean Premier League at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. Needing a win to...

French Park Community Club in need of repair

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Owner of French Park Community Club, Cassius Burton, is seeking to get the facility back to its best after the cricket ground located in Manchester was damaged last month by Hurricane Beryl. Burton says the impact has been widely felt around the...

T&T lone winners in opening round of U17 50-over Championship

Published:Tuesday | August 27, 2024 | 12:08 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago edged the Windward Islands by two runs to jump to the top of the table in the CWI Under-17 50-over Championship when it got under way here Sunday. On a day when the rain had the final say in the...

Walker-Brown still in charge at SCFA

Published:Monday | August 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After a court injunction and enduring a host of accusations from challenger Jason McKay, President of the St Catherine Football Association (SCFA) Elaine Walker-Brown was returned for a second successive term, following yesterday’s annual general...

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