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Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts said his organisation is closely monitoring the volatile situation in Mexico ahead of the Reggae Boyz’s scheduled international matches there next month. Violence erupted on Sunday...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

After nearly two years and mounting public scrutiny, the completion of the long-awaited lease agreement between the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and the Montego Bay Multi-Sports Development Ltd (MBMSDL) will take place today The StJMC...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:11 AM

The semi-finalists of the ISSA Burger King Urban U14 and the ISSA Mighty Malt Urban U16 football competitions will be decided today with the final fixtures of the quarter-final round set to get under way. In the U14 competition, three of the semi-...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Racing United picked up their second win in a row to move to second in the Jamaica Premier League standings, downing 10-man Chapelton Maroons 2-0 yesterday at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Goals from Jakob Cole in the 29th minute and Kadean...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The final regional high school track and field meet of the season, the Central Athletics Championships, will be held over two days starting today at the G.C. Foster College of Sports and Physical Education, as athletes seek qualifying standards for...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:10 AM

MUMBAI, India (AP): West Indies posted the second-highest total in Twenty20 World Cup history and thrashed Zimbabwe by 107 runs in the Super Eights yesterday. West Indies finished with a team-record 254-6 after Shimron Hetmyer — dropped on 9 and 70...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Once the queens of the 4x100-metre relays, St Jago High School have struggled over the past few seasons to maintain that dominance. But come this Saturday, their Class 2 team, led by the outstanding Adora Campbell, looks set to set the place on ‘...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:10 AM

Tru-Juice, distributed by Trade Winds Citrus Limited, has injected $7 million into the Tru-Juice Football Club, based in Linstead, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to organised football and structured youth development. The announcement...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Real Mona will be returning to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) with a squad the coach, Neo Oxford, says boasts an average age of 17 years old. Real Mona are set to return to the ranks of the JWPL, which is slated to kick off its second...

Published:Tuesday | February 24, 2026 | 12:10 AM

The Equestrian Federation of Jamaica (EFJ) has received significant international grant funding totalling US$65,000 (approximately J$10.1 million), reinforcing the country’s equestrian development and aiding recovery efforts following Hurricane...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Dunbehlden were in a goal-scoring mood yesterday in Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) action as they thrashed Treasure Beach 4-2 at home to move just two points away from a play-off spot. Dunbeholden were comfortable victors in...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:09 AM

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (CMC): Julien Alfred’s historic achievements at the 2024 Olympics will be honoured on a commemorative stamp as part of St Lucia’s Independence Day celebrations on Sunday. The 24-year-old Alfred became Saint Lucia’s first...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:09 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): Jannillea Glasgow’s brave effort with the bat fell just short for the second consecutive match, as Sri Lanka Women recorded a tense 14-run win over West Indies Women here yesterday to clinch their One-Day International...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:09 AM

MUMBAI, India (CMC): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy is not concerned that his side has been drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ for the Super Eight phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Despite winning all four of their preliminary matches, the...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:09 AM

AHMEDABAD, India (AP): South Africa stunned T20 World Cup defending champions India with a 76-run victory yesterday in the Super Eights with the tournament co-hosts dismissed for 111. It was a completely dominant performance from the Proteas, who...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:08 AM

LONDON, Engalnd (AP): Eberechi Eze reignited Arsenal’s title ambitions in the English Premier League by being the scourge of Tottenham once again. Three months after scoring a hat-trick against Spurs, the England midfielder netted two more goals...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:08 AM

The U20 Reggae Boyz will begin their quest for a spot in the 2027 FIFA Men’s U20 World Cup when they kick-start Group B action against Aruba today in the Concacaf Men’s U20 Qualifiers. Jamaica will open their campaign against Aruba at the Stadion...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:08 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Okeile Stewart, coach of Olympic Games 400-metre hurdles finalist Roshawn Clarke, said he is placing a lot of emphasis on improving his speed this season as he looks to lower his times in the event. Clarke, the World Under-20 record holder in the...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:08 AM

NEW girls’ champions were crowned at last Saturday’s Western Athletics Championships as Mt Alvernia High dethroned defending champions St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS). The Santa Cruz-based STETHS, however, retained their boys’ title in the meet...

Published:Monday | February 23, 2026 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Edwin Allen High and Hydel High are set for another battle for supremacy in the high school girls’ Class One sprint relay at this weekend’s 49th staging of the Gibson McCook Relays at the National Stadium. For the second time in its history, the...

Published:Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 10:55 AM

Jamaica placed just outside the top 20 in the four-man bobsled at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games as the crew of Shane Pitter, Junior Harris, Tyquendo Tracey and Joel Fearon placed joint-21st across their three heats. Jamaica tallied...

Published:Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 12:11 AM

Reggae Boyz coach Rudolph Speid believes he has seen what he needs to from local talent ahead of the team’s crucial World Cup play-off games next month. Speid, the man tasked with getting the Reggae Boyz to recover from their World Cup...

Published:Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey - Gleaner Writer

Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah continued her comeback from injury by clocking a season’s best 7.20 seconds to win the women’s 60m invitational at the SW Isaac Henry Development Meet at the National Stadium yesterday. It was...

Published:Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 12:11 AM

Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer Kingston College (KC) and Immaculate Conception High School were crowned kings and queens of Corporate Area high school track and field after both produced commanding victories at the two-day championships which ended...

Published:Sunday | February 22, 2026 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

Mouttet Mile veteran, United States-bred PACK PLAYS, completed back-to-back grade-one victories yesterday, wiring GIRVANO in the Chairman’s Trophy at seven and a half furlongs, three weeks after similarly landing the Eileen Cliggott Memorial. PACK...

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