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Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The local swimming fraternity received a $500,000 boost on Wednesday from brokerage firm Mayberry Investments Ltd to facilitate the staging of the Annual School Swim Meet.Mayberry Investments Ltd, in partnership with the Amateur Swimming Association...

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Mike Ricketts, said the federation is contemplating having one of its members run for a board position at the next regional Congress in Russia on June 11.The region's governing body, the Caribbean...

Published:Tuesday | April 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse coach Donovan Duckie has predicted that there will be a lot of 'psychological pressure' when his team travels to Arnett Gardens for the return leg of the Red Stripe Premier League semi-final next Sunday.Duckie, however, said his team is...

Published:Monday | April 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Darrington Ferguson, president of Duhaney Park Football Club, said after the restoration of lights at their Baldwin Crescent home, after eight years, that the club aims to return to top-flight football in five years.Duhaney Park implemented lights...

Published:Wednesday | April 4, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

One more Jamaican golfer will have the opportunity to qualify for the PGA Tour Latinoamerica's BMW Jamaica Classic. The winner of the Jamaica Pro League tournament, set for April 9-10, will get a spot in the prestigious golf tournament, scheduled...

Published:Wednesday | April 4, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Director of Sport at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica and chairman of the Organising Committee for the UTech Jamaica Track and Field Classic, Anthony Davis, says they will be reintroducing the use of technology in the jumping events at...

Published:Tuesday | April 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens coach, Omar Edwards, is convinced that his team has the measure of Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) quarter-final opponents Cavalier and expects his players to show their superiority when the two meet in their second-leg quarter-final...

Published:Tuesday | April 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica will bow into action in the 2018 Commonwealth Games today (Thursday, Australia time).The Jamaican athletes will compete in six sports on the opening day of competition in Gold Coast, Australia. The national contingent will compete in netball...

Published:Sunday | April 1, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Emily McDonald, Jamaica's first gold-medal winner on day two of the Carifta Swimming Championships at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday, is encouraging her teammates to keep up the good work they have been doing so far. This is after the team...

Published:Monday | March 26, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Chris Stokes, president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, says the three weeks course for which four Jamaicans were registered in Lake Placid, United States, will help identify and develop Jamaican talent.Stokes pointed specifically...

Published:Friday | March 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Clive 'Busy' Campbell, organiser of the Bring Back the Love football match, says everything is in place for Easter Monday's game at the Waterhouse Football Club in Drewsland. Kick-off time is 3 p.m.Although he had secured the venue for some months...

Published:Friday | March 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

If Cavalier have a bogey team in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), it's Tivoli Gardens FC.Both teams will renew their rivalry in tomorrow's RSPL playoff quarter-finals first leg at 6 p.m. at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.The west Kingston...

Published:Friday | March 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

If Cavalier's Chevone 'Messi' Marsh lives up to his own high expectations against Tivoli Gardens in their Red Stripe Premier League quarter-final first-leg at the Anthony Spaulding Complex on Sunday, then Tivoli are going to be in for a very tough...

Published:Wednesday | March 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts is less than impressed with the display by the Reggae Boyz against Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday at Sabina Park and he wants to see an improvement in upcoming friendlies.The JFF boss is...

Published:Tuesday | March 27, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens coach Omar Edwards says he is wary of Waterhouse's counter-attacking style as the two teams prepare to square off in the semi-finals of the KSAFA/Jamaica National/Jackie Bell KO competition at the Constant Spring Complex starting at 6...

Published:Monday | March 26, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

While they are most widely known for their support for Jamaican schools and athletes during the annual Penn Relays in the USA, New York-based volunteer organisation Jamaica Bickle is committed to assisting other efforts.This was underlined by Irwine...

Published:Thursday | March 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

A disappointed and dejected Fiona Richards of Edwin Allen blamed officials for her failure to retain the girls Class One discus title at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on Wednesday.Richards, who...

Published:Wednesday | March 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships technical committee, led by Garth Gayle, restored the girls' open triple jump competition to a one-round, straight-final event, after coaches (represented...

Published:Tuesday | March 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Petersfield's Class Two female middle-distant runner, Shaquena Foote, produced the performance of day one of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championship at the National Stadium, yesterday. Foote covered heat one of the girls Class...

Published:Monday | March 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

West Indies Player's Association, president and CEO, Wavell Hinds describes the development of twin sons, Alex and Corey Hinds, who were recently called to Jamaica under-15 squad as being "transformational". Hinds said being born in a cricket family...

Published:Sunday | March 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Lance Rochester, first vice-president of water polo at the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), said winning just one of the four CARIFTA water polo finals at the Stadium pool yesterday is "disappointing". However, he is pleased with the...

Published:Wednesday | March 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The $27.5 million renovation of the National Aquatic Centre at Independence Park, in preparation for Jamaica's hosting of the 2018 Carifta Swimming Championships, which begins this Friday, was very 'pleasing' to Sports Minister, Olivia 'Babsy'...

Published:Tuesday | March 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Titchfield High School's eccentric coach Samuel Lamont said superior tactics made the difference as the rural champs defeated urban-area winners Kingston College (KC) 3-1 to retain the ISSA boys' Under-19 table tennis title at Excelsior High School...

Published:Monday | March 12, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Jamaican international and Major League Soccer (MLS) player Tyrone Marshall believes Jamaican players appear to be having a harder time breaking into the MLS because of their inexperience and lack of exposure to professional practices and...

Published:Monday | March 12, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

In his first local clay shooting tournament, Joseph Pinchin recorded a remarkable 96 from 100 birds to claim the 2018 NCB Capital Market Clay sporting championship at the Woodleigh Sports Complex in Clarendon on Sunday. The 17-year-old California...

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