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Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Vassell Reynolds, head coach of Harbour View, says yesterday’s 1-1 draw against Waterhouse in their Jamaica Premier League encounter was a fair result for his team. The game, which was played at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium, saw Rohan Brown...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:13 AM

PARIS (AP): Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in football whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are used in rugby matches when a player instigates foul play and is removed for...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:13 AM

GENEVA (AP): The fall in the US dollar value last year cost UEFA about $55 million. The dollar value dropped about 9 per cent against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025, which economists linked to investors’ waning confidence...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AM

PARIS (AP): French Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel will stand trial on charges of rape and sexual assault on the 13-year-old daughter of his former coach, the prosecutor general’s office in Colmar said yesterday. The prosecutor general’s...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending ISSA Urban Schoolboy Under-19 Basketball champions Campion College maintained their unbeaten run in the competition on Tuesday after getting by Calabar 78-53 in quarterfinal action. A dominant third quarter for the defending champions, in...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Following last Saturday’s opening track and field meet of the year, the Pure Water/R. Danny Williams Development meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, things will shift into high gear tomorrow with the staging of four more. In what will be a busy day of...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

With several developmental track and field meets across the island cancelled due to a lack of financial support, Maurice Wilson, meet coordinator of this year’s 44th staging of the JAAA/Puma Pat Anderson Meet, has expressed his gratitude to Team...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:10 AM

WINDHOEK, Namibia (CMC): West Indies Under-19s commenced their bid for a second ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup title by beating Tanzania by five wickets in unconvincing fashion yesterday. Tanzania, playing in their first-ever Under-19 World Cup,...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:15 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

NAUTICAL STAR, the Florida invader who Anthony Nunes had aimed at the Mouttet Mile, harbouring hopes of a come-from-behind win in last season’s trainers’ stakes race, returns two classes lower in Saturday’s six-furlong St Catherine Cup among...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:15 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Racing United returned to winning ways in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after four matches without a win, beating 10-man Treasure Beach 4-1 at Ferdi Neita Park to climb back to the top of the standings on goal difference. Goals from Nickyle...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:14 AM

With Concacaf representation set to double from two to four teams at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles (LA), President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts is optimistic about the Reggae Girlz’s chances of achieving another...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Olympic 400-metre hurdles finalist Malik James-King says he is entering the new season with a changed mindset as he sets his sights on consistently running below the 48-second barrier. The 26-year-old, who owns a personal best of 47.42 seconds,...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AM

WINDHOEK, Namibia (CMC): In an exclusive interview on the Mason and Guest radio show on Tuesday, West Indies Under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse issued a ringing endorsement of his team’s preparations and singled out two of its youngest stars for...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Tia Clayton and Jonielle Smith of MVP Track Club, who were members of Jamaica’s silver medal-winning women’s 4x100-metre relay team at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, will feature in the women’s 60 metres at this Saturday’s PUMA...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s women cricketers suffered a narrow nine-run defeat to the Leeward Islands in their CWI T20 Blaze opener at Arnos Vale Playing Field on Tuesday, but head coach Shane Brooks is adamant there is no cause for panic. Chasing a modest 109 for...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): In a stunning and brutally frank critique on the popular Mason and Guest radio show, two respected former West Indies figures have launched a scathing attack on Cricket West Indies (CWI) for reportedly considering asking...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:25 AM

GENEVA (AP): Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain topped the UEFA prize money table, getting €144.4 million (US$168 million) last season as the competition paid an extra €400 million (US$466 million) among Europe’s elite clubs in the...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:21 AM

MADRID (AP): Álvaro Arbeloa won’t try to be the new José Mourinho at Real Madrid. The former player spoke publicly for the first time as the new Madrid coach yesterday, saying he has a lot of Mourinho in him but wants to instill his own style as he...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:19 AM

RABAT, Morocco (AP): Nigeria midfielder Alex Iwobi is enjoying his moment at the Africa Cup of Nations after helping his team to the semi-finals with key passes for the team’s star forwards. Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, and Akor Adams have all...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:16 AM

CENTURION, South Africa (CMC): Sherfane Rutherford’s second consecutive Player-of-the-Match performance helped to seal the Pretoria Capitals’ comfortable 53-run victory over MI Cape Town and send them top of the SA20 on Monday. Rutherford...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:16 AM

SOUTH CAROLINA, United States (CMC): Jamaica’s Danielle Williams set a world-leading indoor time in the women’s 60-metre hurdles on her way to winning gold at the Clemson Invitational indoor track and field meet on Saturday. Williams, a two-time...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:13 AM

WINDHOEK, Namibia (CMC): Shamar Apple and Tanez Francis scored contrasting centuries as West Indies Under-19s readied themselves for the ICC Cricket World Cup with a devastating 229-run win over minnows Japan in their final warm-up match at the...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Before a ball was bowled in the Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze competition, Jamaica women’s head coach Shane Brooks said the two-week preparation for the tournament was not enough, and that lack of preparation showed in the opening fixture against...

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:10 AM

Having picked up their first win in five games, Treasure Beach will now turn their sights on what head coach Kemar Ricketts described as a ‘tough match’ against Racing United today in Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) action....

Published:Wednesday | January 14, 2026 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Shockoria Wallace, retired 100 metres sprinter, is the first Jamaican to sign up for the controversial Enhanced Games, confirming her participation on Monday ahead of the competition set for May 24 this year. The Enhanced Games is a new competition...

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