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Published:Monday | July 22, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s UNDER-20 Reggae Boyz will look to rebound from their humiliating 9-0 defeat to the United States in their opening Concacaf Under-20 Championship encounter when they take on Costa Rica in their second match in Group A at the Estadio Miguel...

Published:Friday | July 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts says the organisation intends to continue working with John Wall, assistant coach to former Reggae Boyz coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, who stayed behind after the Icelandic coach resigned and...

Published:Thursday | July 18, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

GENERAL SECRETARY of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Dennis Chung says the process of selecting the new Reggae Boyz coach will enter the interview stage and is expected to be completed by next week. However, Chung refused to disclose the...

Published:Tuesday | July 16, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WHEN LUDLOW Bernard announced he would step away as head coach of 2021-22 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Harbour View at the end of last season, his assistant of five seasons, Sean Fraser, had high hopes of stepping into the role. In a...

Published:Monday | July 15, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) technical committee, Rudolph Speid, says his body will reduce the more than 40 candidates being reviewed for the vacant Reggae Boyz head coach post to a shortlist of five by today. Speid has also...

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

WITH THE nation’s two World Cup qualifying games out of the way, the Reggae Boyz will now turn their attention to the CONMBEBOL Copa America tournament, to be held in the United States from June 20-July 16. Assistant coach John Wall noted that the...

Published:Monday | June 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER ENDURING a tumultuous period upon leaving the Birmingham Legion in the USL for French Ligue 2 club Toulouse in 2022, Jamaican forward Junior Flemmings has found his feet again in the Serbian Super Liga for Vozdovac. The 28-year-old, who was...

Published:Monday | June 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE BOYZ assistant coach Jon Wall said the team’s 3-2 result over minnows Dominica in their second round Concacaf Group E World Cup qualifier in Dominica yesterday covered up a less-than-ideal performance. The Jamaicans, with a brace from Shamar...

Published:Thursday | June 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

NO MATTER what the make-up of the Reggae Boyz starting team looks like today in their opening Concacaf Group E World Cup qualifiers, the type of performance they put in, or the time the game gets under way, head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said most...

Published:Thursday | June 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) general secretary Dennis Chung says no effort was spared to try get lights at the National Stadium up to Concacaf standards for Jamaica’s World Cup qualifier against the Dominican Republic this afternoon at 3:30 p....

Published:Wednesday | June 5, 2024 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE REGGAE Girlz suffered a second successive 4-0 defeat to South American giants Brazil in their international friendly at Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador, Brazil, yesterday. Two goals from Jhennifer and one each from Debinha and Marta saw the...

Published:Wednesday | June 5, 2024 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THOUGH REGGAE Boyz number-one goalkeeper Andre Blake is out for the next month and a half with injury, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson is confident the team is in safe hands with any of the four goalkeepers they have selected for their two upcoming...

Published:Tuesday | June 4, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE BOYZ coach Heimir Hallgrimsson continues to bat for better fields and facilities for his charges, especially given the number of overseas-based players in the squad. According to Hallgrimsson, lower quality of playing surfaces and facilities...

Published:Tuesday | June 4, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

PAUL CHRISTIE, Mount Pleasant Football Academy sporting director, said the decision not to renew the tenure of Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore as head coach of the club had long been decided, and insists their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) final defeat to...

Published:Monday | June 3, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FUTSAL and Scrimmage Association (JFSA) became the newest member of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) following an Extraordinary Congress at the JFF office on Saturday. However, the novel organisation will remain a non-voting affiliate...

Published:Monday | June 3, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE BOYZ coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says there is danger in thinking that their opening Concacaf World Cup qualifier against the Dominican Republic on Thursday at the National Stadium is a foregone conclusion. The Reggae Boyz have been placed in...

Published:Saturday | June 1, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

A number of injured high-profile players will be missing from the Reggae Boyz squad for their opening 2026 Concacaf World Cup qualifying match against the Dominican Republic next Thursday at the National Stadium. The injury list includes goalkeeper...

Published:Thursday | May 30, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) general secretary Dennis Chung said he expects the nation’s opening 2026 Concacaf World Cup qualifier against the Dominican Republic on Thursday, June 6, at the National Stadium at 6:30 p.m. to go ahead as...

Published:Wednesday | May 29, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IN AN effort to give youngsters at the basic school level an early introduction into organised football, David Laylor and his Next Generation Football Foundation will be putting on a one-day competition in collaboration with the University of the...

Published:Wednesday | May 29, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FORMER BOYS’ Town and Harbour View attacker Rafiek Thomas, who was shot and killed in his community of Denham Town yesterday morning, is being remembered as a prolific goalscorer with a deft touch, sublime skills, and an appetite for the big moment...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

PRESIDENT OF the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), Mark Bennett, said despite what he calls hugely successful Championship and Major League seasons, which culminated with both finals at the Anthony Spaulding Complex on Sunday,...

Published:Monday | May 27, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AUGUST TOWN came from behind to beat Duhaney Park 2-1 to claim the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Major League title at the Anthony Spaulding Complex yesterday. Tajay McIntosh fired Duhaney Park in front after 22 minutes, but...

Published:Monday | May 27, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE GIRLZ head coach Hubert Busby Jr says taking the team to the next level is his main focus in this his second stint in charge. Busby said the standard the Reggae Girlz achieved under previous coach Lorne Donaldson, who led the team to the...

Published:Monday | May 27, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE GIRL head coach Hubert Bubsy Jr will be taking his time in naming the captain of the team but said he is looking for the process to happen naturally. Manchester City striker and team poster girl Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has worn the captain’s...

Published:Monday | May 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER FIVE seasons and two Jamaica Premier League (JPL) titles, Cavalier forward Shaniel Thomas is looking to make the move overseas. Although the 22-year-old was coy in his pronouncement after last Sunday’s JPL triumph at the National Stadium, he...

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