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Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:23 AM

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): WITH A win over Bangladesh in their last T20I series, West Indies white-ball captain, Shai Hope, says his troops are bursting with confidence ahead of their matchup with New Zealand. The Windies, who are coming off an...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:23 AM

SPORTING DIRECTOR of Mount Pleasant Academy, Paul Christie, says his team will not be taking any chances despite holding a commanding 5-1 advantage over Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force heading into today’s Concacaf Caribbean Cup semi-final...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:22 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

KERRY-LEE RICKETTS, senior coach at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says the institution’s sports programme has suffered a massive setback in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the western end of the island last...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:11 AM

HOOFDDORP, Netherlands (AP): BARCELONA TEENAGER Lamine Yamal became the youngest player ever to be included in FIFPRO’s team of the year, and five players from Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League-winning squad also made the selection announced...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:10 AM

THE GENERAL Assembly of the Americas Paralympic Committee (AmPC), the governing body for national paralympic committees in 34 countries of North, South and Central America, and the Caribbean, concluded recently in Santiago, Chile, with the election...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:10 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): IN A powerful display of solidarity, Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles and Jamaican sprint legend Asafa Powell have joined forces to deliver critical aid to communities in Jamaica ravaged by Hurricane Melissa. The...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

THE WORLD Athletics Indoor Tour will return in 2026, featuring a packed calendar of almost 80 meetings across all levels. With less than three months to go until the first Gold-level action of the season, meetings spread across 24 countries in Asia...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

AP: CAPTAIN HARMANPREET Kaur’s trophy-winning catch on Sunday ended a decades-long wait by India for Women’s Cricket World Cup glory. It may also have changed the face of women’s cricket. India have long been a global power in the men’s game, but...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): A HIGHLY anticipated President’s Cup match between S.L. Horsfords St Paul’s United FC and Rams Village Superstars FC was abandoned at half-time on Sunday night following a large-scale on-field brawl, prompting an...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): VETERAN BARBADIAN umpire Gregory Brathwaite has officially retired from the international stage, bringing down the curtain on a celebrated career that spanned more than a decade. The 55-year-old confirmed his decision...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:08 AM

NEWLY APPOINTED head coach of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) strugglers Harbour View FC, Vassell Reynolds, has described his appointment as “bittersweet”, noting that his personal joy comes amid the country’s ongoing recovery from the devastating...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:08 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

CHAIRMAN OF Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe, says the company has suffered losses of more than $150 million following the devastating passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa last Tuesday, which severely...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:08 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) Chairman Yoni Epstein says the club will use the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa as added motivation to win this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) title. Hurricane Melissa, which struck the island on...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

AUDLEY WEIR, general secretary of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA), said the body is looking to incorporate the global Volleyball Information System (VIS) to bring more visibility to Jamaica’s talent. Weir said while the timeline of the...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:12 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): AKEEM STEWART has revealed that despite being among the world’s best Paralympians, he does not receive any funding from government. Stewart said what is also adding insult to injury was the fact that he only receives...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:11 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES all-rounder Jason Holder is the new captain of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders for the upcoming 2025-26 edition of the International League T20 (ILT20). Following a standout season with the team, the 33-...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:11 AM

NAVI MUMBAI, India (AP): LED BY brilliant all-round performances from Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma, India won the Women’s Cricket World Cup for the first time with a 52-run victory over South Africa yesterday. Opening batter Verma scored a...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:11 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CMC): KANE WILLIAMSON has announced his retirement from T20 Internationals, ruling him out of the upcoming T20I series against West Indies, which begins on Wednesday. The 35-year-old has featured in 93 T20Is for New Zealand...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): THE NEW York City Marathon made history yesterday with a course record set in the women’s competition and the closest race ever on the men’s side, which was decided by a fraction of a second. Hellen Obiri of Kenya broke the women’s...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP): TOP-RANKED ARYNA Sabalenka put on a dominant serving display in her opening match at the WTA finals, producing 10 aces in a 6-3, 6-1 win over number eight-ranked Jasmine Paolini yesterday. Sabalenka served four aces in...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM

AP: ERLING HAALAND’S latest double covered over a bad mistake from Gianluigi Donnarumma in Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth that lifted the team into second place in the Premier League yesterday. Haaland moved onto 13 goals for the...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC): ALL-ROUNDERS MATTHEW Forde and Shamar Springer have been added to the West Indies’ T20I squad as they seek to strengthen their bowling attack for the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting Wednesday...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:09 AM

NATIONAL JUNIOR female 100-metre record holder Alana Reid has returned to the island and is now training with her former high-school coach, Corey Bennett. The Gleaner has been reliably informed Reid, who holds the national junior record of 10.92...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MONTEGO BAY United (MBU) head coach Xavier Gilbert says the club is now in the process of picking up the pieces following the devastating passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, which severely impacted western Jamaica last Tuesday. Gilbert said...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:09 AM

PARIS (AP): JANNIK SINNER reclaimed the number-one ranking in men’s tennis after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the Paris Masters final yesterday. The four-time Grand Slam champion from Italy replaced six-time major winner Carlos...

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