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Published:Monday | August 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After a court injunction and enduring a host of accusations from challenger Jason McKay, President of the St Catherine Football Association (SCFA) Elaine Walker-Brown was returned for a second successive term, following yesterday’s annual general...

Published:Saturday | August 24, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Following his successful transfer from Arnett Gardens to English League One club Charlton Athletic, national forward Kaheim Dixon said yesterday that he is now the happiest man alive. The 19-year-old put pen to paper yesterday after a lengthy work...

Published:Thursday | August 22, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

COACH OF Frazsiers Whip Christopher Dowdy said their second-half meltdown, in their opening Group A Concacaf Women’s Champions Cup game against Costa Rican team Alajuelense, was due to the inexperience of their team and players at this level....

Published:Thursday | August 22, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FORMER WATERHOUSE winger Revaldo Mitchell says he is ready for any challenge as he embarks on his first overseas professional stint with FK Rabotnički Skopje of the North Macedonian Premier League. With many Jamaican players failing to make the...

Published:Wednesday | August 21, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

CAVALIER OPENED their Concacaf Caribbean Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win over local rivals Mount Pleasant at Sabina Park yesterday, to jump into the early lead in Group A. Christopher Ainsworth fired the Jamaica Premier League (JPL)...

Published:Tuesday | August 20, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Back-to-back Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) champions Frazsiers Whip will make their international club debut when they take on Alajuelense Women of Costa Rica in the regional Concacaf Women’s Club Championships at the Alejandro Morera Soto...

Published:Tuesday | August 20, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Defending Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions and Concacaf Caribbean Cup (CCC) finalists Cavalier and Mount Pleasant meet in a big clash today when the Caribbean Cup kicks off at Sabina Park. Match time is 5 p.m. Both teams have been...

Published:Monday | August 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF), Dr Wayne Palmer, lamented the poor state of the National Stadium velodrome, the sole cycle track in the island, at the National Track Championships at the weekend. Palmer said the substandard...

Published:Saturday | August 17, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former national women’s coach, Charles Edwards, says Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr is sending the wrong message to local-based players when he stated that they must get college or professional experience before they can make the...

Published:Thursday | August 15, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER REPORTS came out a couple days ago that Jamaica and Ankaragucu winger Renaldo Cephas had gone missing, the former Arnett Gardens speedster has come out to deny the report with posts on his social media accounts. The headline on TurkiyeToday....

Published:Wednesday | August 14, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WHILE NEW Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren is willing to give Leon Bailey a clean slate, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has maintained its bottom line when it comes to the Aston Villa winger. Bailey is still required to write a letter...

Published:Tuesday | August 13, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Senior women’s national football team head coach Hubert Busby Jr says the large pool of overseas-based professional players currently in the Reggae Girlz squad makes it difficult for local players to get into the senior team. Over the past two...

Published:Monday | August 12, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The underwhelming performance of the Jamaica under-15 Reggae Girlz at the Concacaf Under-15 League A tournament, which concluded in Costa Rica yesterday, has put the spotlight on the development of local female footballers. The young Reggae Girlz...

Published:Thursday | August 8, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MUCH HAS been said about the recent Phoenix-Vere partnership, after founder of the academy, Craig Butler, signed a deal to take charge of operations of the Clarendon club for the next 10 years. Lothian Cousins, the president of Vere, revealed that...

Published:Wednesday | August 7, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING STELLAR displays in the under-19 and under-12 silver categories, at the recent Target USA Cup in the United States, Charlton’s Academy of Portmore is looking forward to making the most of invitations they received from a couple of...

Published:Tuesday | August 6, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

National forward Kaheim Dixon is set to undergo a medical today at English League One club Charlton Charlton Athletic, who have already started the process for his work permit. Arnett Gardens General Manager Peter Thelwell does not foresee any...

Published:Monday | August 5, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Local coaches Donovan Duckie and Calvert Fitzgerald believe that the appointment of Steve McClaren as the new Reggae Boyz coach will have a positive impact on the team’s World Cup qualification campaign, but former Arnett Gardens assistant coach...

Published:Thursday | August 1, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) technical committee chairman, Rudolph Speid, says the main objective for new Reggae Boyz coach Stephen McClaren is to get the team to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. After a month without a head coach following the...

Published:Tuesday | July 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has announced a partnership with C11 Marketing, a United States-based company that will focus on reaping the benefits of the local brand internationally. JFF general secretary Dennis Chung told an online press...

Published:Saturday | July 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Vere United president Lothan Cousins says the proposal Phoenix Academy boss Craig Butler made for the merging of the two organisations was a “no-brainer”. Butler has been granted full control of the Jamaica Premier League’s (JPL) club’s operations...

Published:Saturday | July 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Any hopes Jamaica’s under-20 Reggae Boyz had of making the Youth World Cup in Chile next year went up in smoke in Mexico yesterday. They crashed out of the Concacaf Under 20 Championship without a win, a point or a goal, after losing their final...

Published:Thursday | July 25, 2024 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) technical committee chairman Rudolph Speid said it is very unlikely that any of the two former Manchester United stars, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer or Dwight Yorke, will be the new Reggae Boyz head coach. According to...

Published:Wednesday | July 24, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER WITNESSING what he thought was a below-par display from the Reggae Boyz at the just-concluded Copa América in the United States, Montego Bay United’s new Argentine coach, Rodolfo Zapata, believes Jamaica senior national football programme...

Published:Tuesday | July 23, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S UNDER-20 Reggae Boyz suffered their second defeat in as many games at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship in Mexico, yesterday, going down 3-0 to Costa Rica at the Estadio Miguel Alemán. Claudio Montero opened the scoring with a 51st-...

Published:Monday | July 22, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WHILE THERE have been differing views on Yohan Blake’s claim that he gets no respect in his own country, former coach of the second-fastest man in history, Glen Mills, is reserving his comments. Blake made the explosive claim on YouTube track and...

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