Three-time champion jockey Dane Nelson will return to riding at Caymanas Park today after a three-month stint in Canada. Nelson, who is affectionately called the ‘Warrior Chief’ by his supporters, has secured four rides on the 10-race card....
Former national senior football coach, Winfried Schaefer, says he is still very optimistic that the Reggae Boyz can qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament, despite sitting in sixth-place position in the Concacaf eight-team final round...
GENERAL MANAGER of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) Lorna Gooden said the local racing industry made significant strides in 2021 despite the global COVID-19 pandemic. Gooden told The Gleaner that the COVID-19 pandemic...
The sport of netball suffered significantly in 2021 on account of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic and, according to president of Netball Jamaica (NJ), has had devastating effect on development in Jamaica. In fact, no netball competition has been...
General secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Dalton Wint, says the federation has been working assiduously for the resumption of the local women’s league in the new year. There have been numerous calls from the local fraternity for...
Trainer Anthony ‘Baba’ Nunes says this year’s championship title was the most difficult of the three he has won at Caymanas Park. Nunes, who trailed Jason DaCosta, the son of many-time champion trainer Wayne, by more than a million dollars in...
COREY GRANT, agent of champion jockey Anthony ‘AT’ Thomas, said his charge will be out of action for another two weeks due to injuries he sustained after a fall at Caymanas Park on Sunday, December 26. Thomas fell from his mount SHEBOM at the...
Newly crowned national under-18 and under-16 singles champion, Daniel Azar, says he has been moving from strength to strength this season and his victories at the 2021 All-Jamaica Junior Tennis Championships are a massive boost for his career....
Motor racing at Dover raceway in St Ann could return in February 2022 according to Junior Barnes, chairman of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC). Barnes told The Gleaner that his organisation submitted all their relevant COVID-19 guidelines to...
PRESIDENT OF Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson says her organisation is now anxiously awaiting a cash settlement from an insurance company to replace one of the two buses stolen in August The vehicles were reportedly stripped of their decals...
JAMAICA’S SARA Misir created history when she became the first woman from the Caribbean to make it to the final of a Formula One qualification competition in the United Kingdom yesterday. Misir was counted among the final 50 in the final. That 50...
Jamaica’s number-one netballer, Jhaniele Fowler, believes the sport does not get a fair shake when it comes down to the recognition of individual achievements and awards. Fowler was speaking in specific reference to the nominations of this year’s...
Two second-half dismissals undermined Mona High’s efforts at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College (JC), yesterday as St Andrew Technical High (STATHS) gained the point they needed to advance to the semi-finals of the ISSA/Manning Cup competition....
A pulsating contest is expected when former champions St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) meet Mona High School to decide the final semi-final spot from Group One in the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup competition at Jamaica College today. In the...
FAVOURITES KINGSTON College (KC) took a giant step towards securing their spot in the semi-finals of the ISSA/Manning Cup competition after a 3-0 victory over Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) Stadium East playing field in Group Two yesterday....
An interesting showdown is expected this afternoon when favourites Kingston College (KC) battle Charlie Smith High in their opening match of the 2021 ISSA/Manning Cup quarter-finals at the Stadium East field. Match time is 3 p.m. In the first game...
Football analysts Michael Hall and Clyde Jureidini say that they are shocked by and disappointed over the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) decision to fire Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore as head coach of the senior men’s football team. The JFF said...
NATIONAL SENIOR netball captain, Jhaniele Fowler, says the Sunshine Girls have nothing to fear when they take on England in the three-Test Vitality Series starting on November 28. Fowler, along the rest of the 12-member Jamaica squad, departed the...
The technical committee of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), on Wednesday, voted unanimously to fire Reggae Boyz head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore after a two-hour-long virtual meeting. According to a source close to the situation who spoke...
ROSHANE DOUSE, chief executive officer of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association (TOBA), said they are anticipating horses to fetch over $140 million at next Wednesday’s Mixed Sale, an increase of over 100 per cent, at the yearly event...
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, chairman of Professional Jamaica Football Limited (PFJL), said prize monies are secure and his organisation is now awaiting government approvals to host a special awards ceremony for clubs and outstanding players, including...
National senior men’s football team captain Andre Blake is urging the Reggae Boyz to go out and defend their home turf by beating the United States in their FIFA World Cup Qualifier at the National Stadium today. The Reggae Boyz will enter today’s...
The 2021 ISSA Manning Cup football competition kicks off today, and defending champions Jamaica College (JC) face Calabar High at Ashenheim Stadium, starting at 3 p.m. The competition will be making a return after the cancellation of the 2020...
WITH JAMAICA’S Sunshine Girls’ three-Test series against England starting in a little over two weeks, senior team netball captain Jhaniele Fowler says the execution of team plans drafted by coach Connie Francis will be key to their success. The...
O’NEIL THOMAS, coach of 2019 beaten daCosta Cup finalists, Dinthill Technical, says that they have assembled a talented bunch of players who can go all the way and win this year’s title. Dinthill Technical, who are based in St Catherine, were...
