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Published:Saturday | March 23, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has expressed its concern about comments made by player Leon Bailey during an interview on the ‘Let’s Be Honest’ podcast, where he made a number of accusations. In a release, the JFF said some of his statements...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After scoring in the first minute of play Jamaica gave up a last minute goal, before losing 3-1 in extra-time to hosts United States in their Concacaf Nations League semifinal at the AT...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JUSTIN DUNN reclaimed top spot on the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) goal-scoring chart after netting a hat-trick in Tivoli Gardens’ 6-3 win over Molynes United at the Anthony Spaulding Complex yesterday. Dunn, who got goals in the 16th, 18th, and...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz go into their Concacaf Nations League semifinal against the United States today at the AT...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE BATTLE for the top six in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) takes centre stage again in today’s rescheduled matches, with sixth-place Dunbeholden facing eighth-place Montego Bay United at the Dunbeholden field at 3:30 p.m. in a game both coaches...

Published:Tuesday | March 19, 2024 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Portmore United ousted Cavalier from second place in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after Alex Marshall’s 36th-minute penalty saw them to a 1-0 win over the former league leaders. The result lifted the Philip Williams-coached Portmore to 45...

Published:Tuesday | March 19, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

When the next Reggae Girlz squad is called for the team’s friendly international fixture against last summer’s World Cup hosts Australia in April, it is possible that interim coach Xavier Gilbert will have the full complement of senior players to...

Published:Monday | March 18, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Cavalier risk slipping out of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) top two and an automatic semi-final spot if they lose to Portmore United in a double-header at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex today. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. Cavalier, who are still...

Published:Monday | March 18, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former national assistant coach Donovan Duckie strongly disagrees with the decision by Reggae Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson to suspend in-form Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey. Bailey was suspended after he broke the team’s 10 p.m. curfew and...

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) presidential candidate Raymond Anderson is very confident ahead of tomorrow’s election where he will face incumbent Michael Ricketts at the Royalton Resort in Negril, Hanover. Anderson strongly believes that the...

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The local football fraternity has lost another stalwart. Former Reno midfielder Cecil ‘Silla’ Pringle passed away earlier this week in the United States. Circumstances surrounding the death of the ex-Reno defensive midfielder are still unclear....

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Football Federation (JFF) presidential election will go ahead this Sunday. This after the Court of Appeal denied Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ), which had appealed the lifting of an injunction on the voting congress. The BSJ had an...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FORMER NATIONAL player and Manning Cup star Nigel ‘Pummie’ Goodison will be laid to rest this morning at a funeral service at the St Andrew Parish Church at 10:30 a.m. Goodison passed away on March 4 at the Kingston Public Hospital. He represented...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ST JAGO High School and Knox College were crowned 2024 ISSA boys’ and girls’ rural under-19 volleyball champions, after victories over Frome and Manning’s, respectively, at the G.C. Foster College auditorium yesterday. St Jago stopped Frome 3-0 to...

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

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) presidential candidate Raymond Anderson says he has $350 million in the bag waiting to spend if elected, and wants to use the bulk of that fund to assist women’s football and parish associations. Anderson, who is...

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

Jerome Waite, the coach of Tivoli Gardens, and Dunbeholden’s coach, Lenworth Hyde, slammed the poor condition of the playing surface at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College, after their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game at the venue ended in a 1-1...

Published:Saturday | March 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

With teams seeking to take every possible advantage they can get heading into the final five matches of the preliminary round of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) is finding it difficult to get teams...

Published:Thursday | March 7, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

BEACH SOCCER Jamaica (BSJ) president Pat Garel is feeling very encouraged after Tuesday’s court-management hearing with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), which failed to make its submissions on the day, the BSJ has said in a release. The case...

Published:Wednesday | March 6, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

LOCAL REGGAE Boyz concluded their two-month camp with two friendly matches away against Trinidad and Tobago on the weekend. However, the prospect of any of those players being included in Heimir Hallgrimsson’s squad for the upcoming Nations League...

Published:Tuesday | March 5, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The case management hearing for the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) will begin today, and although JFF general secretary Dennis Chung is confident the court will eventually rule in the federation’s favour, he said...

Published:Monday | March 4, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Molynes United came from behind to beat struggling Lime Hall 2-1 in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Drewsland Mini-Stadium yesterday. Cory Hylton fired Lime Hall in front 10 minutes into the second half, but Molynes responded with strikes...

Published:Saturday | March 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Kaheim Dixon continued his impressive goal scoring exploits, netting the lone goal in Jamaica’s 1-0 win over hosts Trinidad and Tobago in an international friendly at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday. Dixon, the leading scorer in last year’s...

Published:Saturday | March 2, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Canada-based heavyweight boxer Ricardo ‘Big 12’ Brown is promising another knockout when he takes on Mexican Rafael Sanchez Rojas in his first fight of the year, at the Toronto Casino Resort tonight. Brown, who had five victories in 2023...

Published:Thursday | February 29, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ALTHOUGH THE Court of Appeal denied the Pat Garel-led Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) a second injunction to further delay the JFF election, now set for Sunday March 17, it is still possible that it could be reinstated if the court rules in the BSJ’s...

Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Jamaica Limited (PFJL) is planning to kick-start its inaugural under-17 competition in March, and PFJL CEO Owen Hill says it will help to drive the development of young players and coaches. Hill revealed that before and during...

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