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Published:Tuesday | January 17, 2023 | 1:36 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

National under-17 coach Merron Gordon is optimistic that the young Reggae Boyz can claim a top four spot at the Concacaf qualifiers in Guatemala from February 11-26 and book a place to the 2023 Under-17 World Cup in Peru. Gordon said the squad is...

Published:Monday | January 16, 2023 | 1:25 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Cavalier’s coach, Rudolph Speid, said it feels good to be on top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after clipping Portmore United 2-1 win at Stadium East to hand the St Catherine-based club their first defeat of the season. The win pushed the...

Published:Monday | January 16, 2023 | 1:03 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Despite the hiccups the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) has experienced since it returned from a three-year hiatus last November, chairperson of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Women’s Committee, Elaine Walker-Brown, says the aim is to...

Published:Saturday | January 14, 2023 | 12:58 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Vere United will host Baptiste Alliance in the feature match at the Wembley Centre of Excellence today in the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) as the competition continues today with another round of cross-zone fixtures. Baptiste are third...

Published:Thursday | January 12, 2023 | 1:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IN A recent interview with fifpro.org, Reggae Girl and FIFPRO council member Chinyelu Asher said that after their struggles for remuneration from the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) after their historic 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification...

Published:Wednesday | January 11, 2023 | 1:22 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA WOMEN’S Premier League’s top team, Frazsier’s Whip, was expected to face their biggest test of the season at the weekend when the Zone A leaders faced Zone B table-toppers Cavalier. The result proved to be less of a challenge for Frazsier’s...

Published:Tuesday | January 10, 2023 | 1:27 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has put its plans to start a Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) tier two competition early this year on hold. General Secretary of the JFF Dennis Chung says the primary aim is to stabilise the women’s...

Published:Monday | January 9, 2023 | 12:41 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Harbour View general manager Clyde Jureidini says the club is in no rush to host Jamaica Premier League (JPL) matches at the Harbour View mini stadium. According to Jureidini, the club will first be seeking to upgrade its lighting and general...

Published:Saturday | January 7, 2023 | 1:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Frazsiers Whip, leaders of Zone A, and Cavalier, the leaders in Zone B, meet in the long-awaited Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) cross-zone clash today at the Royal Lakes Complex at 3 p.m. Frazsiers lead Zone A with maximum 12 points after...

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2023 | 1:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

NO COURT date has been set for Devonte Walker and David Edwards, the two Waterhouse football players slapped with various charges after their alleged involvement in the theft of another player’s cheque and the use of a prohibited weapon against him...

Published:Wednesday | January 4, 2023 | 1:17 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IN 2022, the Reggae Boyz, for the fourth time in their history had three coaches in the space of 12 months. The first casualty was long-serving coach Theodore Whitmore, who was actually disposed in December of 2021 after a disastrous World Cup...

Published:Tuesday | January 3, 2023 | 1:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Reggae Boyz coach Clovis de Oliveira could become a part of the Chapelton Maroons setup soon, if he accepts an offer from the Clarendon-based Jamaica Premier League (JPL) club. The Brazilian was in the island last week, on an invitation from...

Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 1:22 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Cavalier head coach Rudolph Speid said striker Collin Anderson, who netted a hat trick in their 3-0 win over Tivoli Gardens in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Anthony Spaulding Complex yesterday, still has a lot of room for improvement and...

Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 1:17 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Kingston College representative Samuel Henry was the only player to secure a place in Jamaica’s World Championships lacrosse team, following trials in Kingston on Thursday. The Missouri Valley College scholar was among over 30, mainly local...

Published:Thursday | December 29, 2022 | 10:27 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

A WATERHOUSE club member close to a situation where 19-year-old Devonte Walker has been charged with a number of offences has labelled the affair unfortunate. According to a Constabulary Communications Unit (CCU) report, the footballer, of a...

Published:Thursday | December 29, 2022 | 1:28 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

RECENTLY APPOINTED national men’s lacrosse coach Mark Wilson says first on his agenda is making a good impression at the World Championships in June 2023. Next, the new coach has plans of getting Jamaica to the 2028 Olympic Games. Wilson, who has...

Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2022 | 1:02 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING HIS 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory in the All Jamaica Tennis Championship Men’s Open final over Damion Johnson on the weekend at Tennis Jamaica, Jacob Bicknell has high hopes of being selected to Jamaica’s Davis Cup team, which takes on Estonia in...

Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2022 | 12:59 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IN 2021, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) recorded a surplus of more than $5 million; however, at the federation’s recent annual general meeting, General Secretary Dennis Chung reported that 2022 offered up a deficit. Nevertheless, he believes...

Published:Tuesday | December 27, 2022 | 1:20 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Harbour View coach Ludlow Bernard was fuming yesterday at having to play his Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game against Cavalier on the official Christmas Day. Bernard pointed out that the game, which was scheduled to be a Boxing Day fixture, was...

Published:Tuesday | December 27, 2022 | 1:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

General secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Dennis Chung, says the federation will be focusing on the game at the grass-roots level next year. The JFF recently made an initial handover of gear and football equipment to the St...

Published:Tuesday | December 27, 2022 | 1:05 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

In February, Jamaica will host its first Davis Cup tie in over 15 years, when they play Estonia in a Group Three match, and the country’s number-one ranked player, Blaise Bicknell, has great expectations for the match. Bicknell believes that home...

Published:Saturday | December 24, 2022 | 1:28 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse Football Club chairman and Tank-Weld CEO Bruce Bicknell calls it the most important day of the year and the Waterhouse residents call him their Santa Claus. Each year at this time the Bicknell family rolls through the community with...

Published:Saturday | December 24, 2022 | 1:21 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

General secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Dennis Chung, has called on local clubs to get registered on the FIFA Connect system by the end of the first quarter of next year if they want to reap the many benefits the federation...

Published:Wednesday | December 21, 2022 | 1:45 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER BACK-TO-BACK defeats,Tivoli Gardens return to action in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) against league leaders Harbour View and coach Jermaine ‘Teddy’ Johnson anticipates a difficult match against the titleholders at the Anthony Spaulding...

Published:Tuesday | December 20, 2022 | 1:25 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation, Dennis Chung, said football stakeholders can expect president Michael Ricketts to make some interesting announcements at today’s annual general meeting (AGM), a non-voting congress, slated to...

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