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Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AM

KOLKATA, India (CMC): When the West Indies take on Scotland in their opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup today, they will do so as heavy favourites. However, the regional team can ill afford to be overconfident against a team that shocked...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AM

KOLKATA, India (CMC): Following a nervous few days, Shimron Hetmyer has joined his West Indies teammates in Kolkata hours ahead of their opening ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match against Scotland. The powerful left-hander had been stranded in South...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AM

KOLKATA, India (CMC): On the eve of their opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, West Indies head coach Daren Sammy did not mince words when asked what he felt his team’s chances were of winning the tournament for an unprecedented third time...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AM

KOLKATA, India (CMC): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has defended his decision to include Johnson Charles in the team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The inclusion of the 37-year-old Charles was one of the biggest talking points after Cricket...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The build-up for next month’s ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) will continue today as three Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) development track and field meets take centre stage – two in the Corporate Area and...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Sunshine Girls will be seeking an important series-levelling victory against hosts Australia when both teams clash in game two of their three-Test series tomorrow. The Australians, who are the number-one team in the world, outclassed...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

When the Davis Cup World Group II Playoffs tie between Jamaica and Uruguay takes place across this weekend, both teams will be gunning for the win following intense preparations ahead of the match. Jamaica will play hosts to Uruguay at the The...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

BARNABY, seventh-place finisher in the 2024 Mouttet Mile, who humbled two-time Horse-of-the-Year ATOMICA in back-to-back races last season, clocking a stakes record 1:43.4 in the Ian Levy at eight and a half furlongs, returns unbeatable off a near...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Herbert Morrison Technical High School (HMTHS) and Knox College will clash in a mouth-watering under-16 matchup in the quarterfinal round of the ISSA Schoolboys Rural Basketball competition at the HMTHS court today. Tip-off time is 1 p.m. The St...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

National senior netball head coach Sasher-Gaye Henry said there were encouraging signs for the Sunshine Girls despite their heavy 72–41 defeat to hosts Australia in the opening match of their three-Test series in Adelaide yesterday. Henry said the...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE BEST of three finals in the ISSA Urban Basketball schoolboys’ under-16 and under-19 competitions tip off today at Campion. At 2 p.m. Jamaica College (JC) will oppose Wolmer’s Boys in under-16 action before defending champions Campion College...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:10 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): Successful Jamaica Women’s captain Rashada Williams has urged Cricket West Indies (CWI) to provide more playing opportunities for female cricketers in the Caribbean. Williams led her side to their sixth CG United Women’s...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:08 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Freshly crowned overall champion of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) Kyle Mais is using his biggest career moment to call for an end to reckless street racing on Jamaica’s roads, urging motorists to “race on the track, not on...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

The opening matches of the second round in the ISSA Urban U14 and U16 schoolboy football competitions are set to take place today, with several early title contenders ready to take to the field. In the ISSA Urban Burger King U14 competition,...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:11 AM

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (CMC): PRESIDENT of the St Lucia Football Association (SLFA), Lyndon Cooper, continues to make history after he was elected a vice-president of Concacaf, the governing body for football in North and Central America and the...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Perfectly drawn at post-position 11, stalking-sprinter CHAMPION BUBBLER returns to her happy hunting ground, five furlongs straight, at which only a sub-59.0 will deny the seven-year-old United States-bred mare in Saturday’s George HoSang Trophy....

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

One of the most sought-after development meets on the JAAA calendar is the Youngster Goldsmith Classics, and it will be no different when the 27th staging of the meet gets under way inside the National Stadium on Saturday — the first meet to be...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has thrown its full support behind Tennis Jamaica (TJ) ahead of the country’s Davis Cup Group Two Play-off tie against Uruguay, committing $2 million in sponsorship as the team prepares for the crucial...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Since winning the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) in the 2012-13 season, Harbour View Football Club, one of the traditional standard-bearers in top-flight football, has struggled to replicate their former glory, despite lifting the trophy again in...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:18 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): With just two days until the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the icy chutes of the bobsleigh track are set to receive an unprecedented wave of Caribbean heat. For the first time in Olympic history, two...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:18 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

West Indies’ 23-run loss against Afghanistan in their final preparatory clash ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup yesterday was illuminated by a blistering cameo from emerging all-rounder Matthew Forde, who provided a potent reminder of the squad’...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:18 AM

BENGALURU, India (CMC): Another dominant display with first, bat, then ball, saw Afghanistan secure a comprehensive 23-run victory over the West Indies in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup warm-up fixture at the BCCI Centre of Excellence yesterday....

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:18 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

With negotiations at a crucial point, Montego Bay United ace Jourdain Fletcher is not giving away his hand regarding a move overseas, but he is lauding the value of sticking to your goals with the likelihood of a second chance on the horizon. The...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:18 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

A number of Jamaican internationals have been active in the transfer market, securing new professional environments, whether it be short-term loan moves or permanent transfers. Chief among the transfers from the Reggae Boyz camp is Dujuan ‘Whisper...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:17 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Under-17 Reggae Girlz ensured that they are one of the six automatic qualifiers to the final round of the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Group D World Cup qualifiers after an upset win over Honduras in their top-of-the-table clash at the...

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