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Published:Saturday | June 25, 2022 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Edwin Allen High School’s Tina Clayton cried tears of joy inside the National Stadium last night after she turned in a scintillating display to break the National Junior 100 metres record at the JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships....

Published:Friday | June 24, 2022 | 6:56 PMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah booked her place in tonight’s final of the women's 100m event at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships after winning her semifinal heat at the National Stadium. In fact, Thompson-...

Published:Friday | June 24, 2022 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

National 800m champion Natoya Goule has expressed her delight after she was installed as the new brand ambassador of the Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) on Wednesday. Dr Damien King, chairman of RPJ, made the announcement during a press...

Published:Thursday | June 23, 2022 | 12:12 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING SUBPAR performances in her last two races, reigning national 800m champion Natoya Goule said she is now refreshed and ready to defend her title at the JAAA National Senior and Junior Championship, which is scheduled to begin today at the...

Published:Tuesday | June 21, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Reigning National 200 metres champion Rasheed Dwyer has a personal best of 19.80 seconds for the distance but the last time he went sub-20 seconds in the half-lap event was seven years ago at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Dwyer...

Published:Friday | June 17, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

President of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson says she is very optimistic and confident that the Sunshine Girls will finish in the top two at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Robinson made her prediction after her...

Published:Friday | June 17, 2022 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Former National 400 metres champion Demish Gaye says he is determined to reclaim his title at next week’s National Track and Field Championships, but he admits that his execution will have to be spot on for him to achieve this. Gaye, who has...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:06 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

HAVING SHATTERED her own regular season scoring record in Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball League, Sunshine Girls’ captain Jhaniele Fowler has turned her attention to another goal, one that has eluded her for a few years. Fowler really wants to...

Published:Tuesday | June 14, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

With just under two weeks to go before the start of the National Championships, Glen Mills, coach of Jamaica’s top sprinter Oblique Seville, says his charge remains very calm and focused as he bids to secure a spot on this year’s World...

Published:Friday | June 10, 2022 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

After being in the United States for more than six weeks recovering from a broken leg, Holmwood Technical High School’s middle-distance runner Samantha Pryce says she is very eager to return home to her family and friends. Pryce, 19, broke her...

Published:Friday | June 10, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

With just over a month to go before the start of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, first vice-president of Netball Jamaica Simone Forbes says the Sunshine Girls’ preparations are going well as they look to improve on the...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

IN AN effort to improve the local racing product in Jamaica, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) is scheduled to import more than 20 horses from the United States next month to compete against the local thoroughbreds....

Published:Tuesday | June 7, 2022 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Racehorse owner Don Wehby says he is very confident that his outstanding three-year-old chestnut filly ATOMICA can emerge as the first Triple Crown winner for his family at Caymanas Park this year. ATOMICA produced one of the most devastating...

Published:Saturday | June 4, 2022 | 8:46 PMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Olympic relay gold medalist Briana Williams clocked a season’s best, 10.98 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the JAAA/SDF Jubilee Series at the Richard Ashenheim Stadium today. Williams won the event comfortably ahead of Shockoria Wallace, 11.09...

Published:Friday | June 3, 2022 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

With just under three weeks to go before the start of Jamaica’s Davis Cup Group Three matches, the country’s top tennis players, Blaise Bicknell and Rowland ‘Randy’ Phillips, say they have been working assiduously to ensure that they are in tip-top...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) Alexander Williams said his organisation was at fault for yesterday’s announcement that an under-20 girls’ 4x100m time set at the Carifta Games in April would not be ratified by track and field...

Published:Thursday | June 2, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

HOLMWOOD TECHNICAL High School’s outstanding distance runner Samantha Pryce is still in the United States after breaking her leg at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in April. Pryce, 19, broke her left leg after she was tripped on the...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 1:05 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Veteran sports administrator Elaine Walker-Brown and former national women’s coach Charles Edwards have both expressed deep concern that with just over a month to go before the start of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, the Jamaica Football...

Published:Tuesday | May 31, 2022 | 12:53 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

General Manager of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Lorna Gooden, says the new tote board at Caymanas Park is scheduled to come into operation within the next two weeks. Gooden told The Gleaner that the testing of the...

Published:Friday | May 27, 2022 | 1:18 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Following Jamaica’s massive 6-0 defeat against hosts Catalonia in Wednesday’s friendly in Spain, Reggae Boyz head coach Paul Hall says he will be taking no chances in the upcoming Nations League. The Reggae Boyz are scheduled to play against...

Published:Friday | May 27, 2022 | 1:14 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Machell Woolery, coach of Petersfield High’s hurdler Alexis James, says that his young charge is looking to put on a show in the 100 metres hurdles at next month’s National Junior Trials as she seeks to earn a place on the national team at this...

Published:Thursday | May 26, 2022 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE BOYZ head coach Paul Hall said a lack of chemistry and poor defensive errors were key factors contributing to Jamaica’s heavy 6-0 defeat to Catalonia in their friendly international at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in Girona, Catalonia,...

Published:Wednesday | May 25, 2022 | 2:13 PMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz were thrashed 6-0 by Catalonia in a friendly international at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in Girona, Catalonia, Spain today. Gerard Deulofeu scored a hatrick for the Catalonians in the fourth, 29th and 45th minutes to...

Published:Wednesday | May 25, 2022 | 1:17 PMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are trailing Catalonia 4-0 at half time in their friendly match at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Gerard Deulofeu scored a hatrick for the Catalonians in the fourth, 29th and 45th minutes to...

Published:Wednesday | May 25, 2022 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

DOUBLE OLYMPIC sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah says she is still feeling pain from an injured shoulder which forced her to pull out of last weekend’s Birmingham Diamond League meet. Thompson Herah, who was down to contest the 100m event in...

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