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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...

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

CAVALIER SOCCER Club will have it all to do when they face FC Cincinnati in the second leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup first-round tie at the TQL Stadium in Ohio this evening at 7:00. However, even with the 2-0 deficit heavily stacking the odds...

Published:Tuesday | February 27, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

National football icon Allan ‘Skill’ Cole says he believes Jamaica has lots of talent in football and just needs proper programmes for development. “There is so much talent it is unbelievable. But it’s how we nurture this talent,” Cole said at the...

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

CHAIRMAN OF Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Christopher Williams reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that local footballers earn sufficiently from playing in the Jamaica Premier League during the announcement of a renewal of a...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE OPENING day of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) was thrown into a tailspin after Royal Lakes of St Catherine and Rangers FC of Portland, reportedly, withdrew a day before the competition. The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) had come...

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

With several senior Reggae Girlz still making themselves unavailable due to their impasse with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), and with a few experienced players missing, coach Xavier Gilbert is anticipating two very tough friendly...

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

Waterhouse moved back into sixth place in the Jamaica Premier League, but only on goal difference ahead of Dunbeholden, after their 0-0 draw with arch rivals Arnett Gardens at the Drewsland Mini-Stadium yesterday. Dunbeholden (27 points) had surged...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 12:18 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

General secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Dennis Chung insists that the late withdrawal of two teams, which disrupted the start of the 2024 Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) on Saturday, was beyond their control but that they...

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

The return of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) last year was not without its challenges. However, for the 2024 season, chairperson for women’s football, Elaine Walker-Brown, is expecting a much-improved competition. Walker-Brown said the...

Published:Saturday | February 17, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

In January 2020, just before the COVID-19 outbreak, Olympic Games diver Yona Knight-Wisdom hosted his first-ever diving camp, at the National Stadium Pool. Four years on, the 28-year-old who became the nation’s first Olympic diver when he...

Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MICHAEL RICKETTS, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), says a new date for the organisation’s election will be announced after the board meets at the end of this week. The JFF election was originally set for January 14, however,...

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

SHERWIN WILLIAMS, long-time sponsor of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL), will return to take up the mantle for the 2024 season scheduled to kick off this Saturday with 10 teams. Sherwin Williams has been the only corporate sponsor the...

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Premier League (JPL) clubs and players will now have the opportunity to assess their performances, game by game, following a three-year partnership the Jamaica Professional Football Limited (PFJL) recently forged with online statistical...

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

Dennis Chung, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary, says the federation made significant strides last year with its financial governance, and those improvements resulted in a surplus of more than $60 million for the organisation...

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE PAT Garel-led Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) says it will appeal yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling which denied an application for the continuation of the temporary injunction barring the holding of an election by the Jamaica Football Federation (...

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