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Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 7:01 PM

Montego Bay United Football Club (MBU) will temporarily return to Jarrett Park as its official home when the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) resumes on December 7. The announcement was made on the team’s social media pages on Wednesday. The...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 4:12 PM

First-timers Maldon High have been forced to withdraw from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup round of 16 due to difficulties following Hurricane Melissa, a development head coach Dillon Thelwell has described as...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MOUNT PLEASANT took a vital 1-0 lead over Universidad O...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:13 AM

GENEVA (AP): THE 2026 World Cup draw next week will reward the four highest-ranked teams – Spain, Argentina, France, and England – who will be placed in separate sections of a new tennis-style seeded tournament bracket. FIFA said yesterday the top...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:13 AM

GENEVA (AP): CRISTIANO RONALDO will likely avoid missing any Portugal games at the World Cup despite his red card in a qualifying game for elbowing an Ireland opponent. FIFA published a disciplinary verdict yesterday that imposed a three-game ban,...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): LIVERPOOL’S PLAYERS held “honest” conversations after feeling embarrassed following back-to-back 3-0 losses that have left manager Arne Slot in his most difficult period since joining the club, forward Cody Gakpo said...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

AP: ON A night of changes, blunders and a glorious individual goal by 18-year-old Estevão, defensive lapses cost Manchester City and Barcelona dearly as both teams slumped to notable losses in the Champions League yesterday. In Pep Guardiola’s...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

THE BOXING Connection is heralding the professional debut of Daniel Hylton, a boxer the organisation characterises as “one of Jamaica’s most promising boxing talents”. Hylton will make his first appearance in the pro ranks against Damar ‘Force’...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): A DEVASTATING spell of calculated spin bowling from Vitel Lawes helped to propel the West Indies Under-19s to a comprehensive 98-run victory over their English counterparts in the fourth Youth One-Day International at...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): HAVING BEEN competitive in both the preceding T20I and One-Day International series against New Zealand, West Indies head coach Daren Sammy says the team is brimming with confidence ahead of their upcoming Test...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymnd Graham/Gleaner Writer

PRE-SEASON ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Under-16 netball competition favourites Denbigh High School picked up their third consecutive win yesterday with an impressive 35–15 victory over hometown rivals Glenmuir High School in their top-of-the-table Zone E...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:10 AM

AS THE Reggae Marathon gears up for its highly anticipated December 7 staging, excitement is building for what promises to be a historic year. For the first time since its inception in 2001, the internationally acclaimed event officially announced...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

TWO-TIME WORLD Champions West Indies have been handed a challenging assignment for the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, this after landing in a high-stakes Group C alongside fellow two-time winners England and a formidable Bangladesh side. The...

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

FORMER YOUTH national representatives Jaileah McPherson and Shaneil Buckley have both earned high praises from Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr ahead of Jamaica’s clash against Dominica in the Concacaf W Qualifiers. McPherson, 19 years old,...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymod Graham/Gleaner Writer

VETERAN TRACK and field coach Danny Hawthorne is very humble after being among 15 coaches honoured last Saturday night at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston by the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA) for long service to the sport. Held...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:12 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): VETERAN BATSMAN Kane Williamson has been included in New Zealand’s 14-man squad for the first Test against the West Indies in Christchurch, marking his return to the red-ball set-up. The selection, announced...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A NEW star is emerging for the West Indies Under-19s, and he goes by the name of Vitel Lawes. The Jamaican left-arm wrist-spinner has become the undisputed thorn in England’s side, spinning his way to the top of the wicket-taking charts in their...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:11 AM

THE 35,000 people in the stands at the National Stadium on Tuesday night for Jamaica’s final Concacaf World Cup Qualifier against Curacao was a record, but it isn’t the only one the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is witnessing, despite a result...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WITH THE restart of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) a little under two weeks away, the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) is working to ensure that Montego Bay United and Treasure Beach have ideal venues to host home matches come...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MOUNT PEASANT Football Academy are well aware of how much Universidad O...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Michael Ricketts, says the organisation is expected to reach an agreement today with coach Miguel Coley regarding the possibility of him taking up the role as interim assistant coach of the Reggae...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

WHEN THE Reggae Girlz open their Concacaf W Qualifiers campaign against Dominica on Saturday, head coach Hubert Busby Jr will be looking for a strong performance from his players to set the tone for their qualifying campaign. Jamaica will face...

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

FOR THE first time in 11 months, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw will suit up in the national colours as the Manchester City striker has been named in Hubert Busby’s 21-player squad ahead of the Concacaf W Qualifiers. The Girlz will face Dominica at the Daren...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

DANE DAWKINS rode three thrilling winners on yesterday’s 10-race card, closing the late double with feature-event victories astride DIGITAL ONE and HAZELNUT in the Alsafra Trophy and Flossie McNeil Memorial Cup, respectively. Wintering locally, on...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2025 | 12:12 AM

DARLISTON, Westmoreland: Olympian and Jamaican sprint legend Asafa Powell marked his birthday, November 23, in the most meaningful way this year by donating two new homes to families in Darliston, Westmoreland, one of the communities hardest hit...

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