Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) director of football, Wendell Downswell, says that the association will be taking a holistic approach to ensuring that the national Under-23 team qualifies for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.Downswell told...
Having captured the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) over a week ago, Portmore United's head coach Shavar Thomas said they are very confident ahead of this year's FLOW CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship four-team tournament.RSPL semi-finalists...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts said that he is hoping that the proposed franchise system for the national football league will come on stream within the next two years.Ricketts told The Gleaner in an interview yesterday...
Carvel Stewart, vice-chairman of the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA), has blasted the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) suggestion of a franchise system to chart the way forward for the development of local football.Coming out of its...
Humble Lion's head coach Merron Gordon said he is disappointed with the decision by the senior Reggae Boyz coaching staff to overlooked striker Craig Foster for their friendly international matches against St Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda....
John Mills Primary and Junior High turned in a spectacular final-day performance, to capture the final staging of the INSPORTS All-Age and Junior High Athletics Championships, by a narrow four points, at the National Stadium yesterday.The Ransford...
General Manager of Independence Park Limited (IPL), Major Desmon Brown, admitted that the lighting system at the National Stadium does not meet international standards, and confirmed that plans for a US$2.5 million ($311 million) upgrading are at an...
President of Netball Jamaica (NJ), Dr Paula Daley-Morris says it's important that the national programme receives greater support, if the Sunshine Girls are to build on their Commonwealth Games success at next year's Netball World Cup.The Sunshine...
General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Dalton Wint, said former Manchester United and West Ham United midfielder Ravel Morrison could make his debut for the Reggae Boyz later this year.Wint told The Gleaner in an interview...
Veteran netball coaches, Winston Nevers and Sylvester Campbell, are happy that the Sunshine Girls won the bronze medal at this year's Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast but both feel that Jamaica could have pocketed gold with a lot more...
Telecommunications company FLOW, through its foundation, has donated $4.2 million in sponsorship to 30 schools which will attend this month's Penn Relays in the United States.Errol Miller, executive chairman of the Flow Foundation, made the...
Minister of Sports Olivia Grange said this year's staging of the INSPORTS All-Age and Junior High Athletics Championships will be the last.Grange, who made the announcement during yesterday's launch, which was held at the hospitality room at the...
Newly appointed head coach of Jamaica College's (JC) Manning Cup team Andrew Peart, said he plans to continue the school's dominance in Jamaican high school football competitions.Peart, who has been the assistant coach at JC for the past three years...
National senior netball coach Sasher-Gaye Henry says that the Sunshine Girls are pumped up for tomorrow's big semi-final match against rivals England at the Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast.The match is set to begin at 2 a.m. (Jamaica...
Jamaica's senior women's netball team will be hunting its fifth-straight victory against hosts Australia in today's top-of-the-table clash in Pool A at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, tomorrow morning 6 a.m. (Jamaica time).The...
Carline Graham-Powell, coach of Jamaica's Under-16 netballers, says they are confident and ready for action ahead of this year's Jean Pierre Championships in St Lucia.The young Sunshine Girls, who are the defending champions for the tournament, left...
Forward Nique Daley turned in a brilliant performance to lead Cavalier into this year's semi-finals of the Red Stripe Premier League, following their 2-0 victory over hosts Tivoli Gardens in their second-leg quarter-final at the Edward Seaga Sports...
Jamaica's senior netball captain, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, says that she is in excellent shape going into this year's Commonwealth Games, as she sets her sights on leading the Sunshine Girls to the gold medal.The Sunshine Girls are scheduled to take on...
Dalton Myers, chef de mission of the Jamaica's team to the Commonwealth Games, said it is all systems go for Team Jamaica's campaign at the multi-discipline event, which begins tomorrow in the Gold Coast, Australia.Myers told The Gleaner in an...
Edwin Allen's Class One ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships shot put record holder Fiona Richards says she is now considering which overseas university she will be attending next season.The 19-year-old Richards, who hails from...
Principal of ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Championships winners Calabar High, Albert Corcho, has expressed his delight after soft drink company Pepsi, through its brand 7 Up, donated $200,000 towards the school's educational programme yesterday...
Andrew Peart is tipped to become Jamaica College's (JC) new head coach for the school's Manning Cup team.The Gleaner understands that Peart, who has been the assistant coach at JC for the past three years, is the clear favourite to replace Miguel...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GraceKennedy Group, Don Wehby, said he will be making a special appeal to Minister of Sports Olivia Grange, for assistance in laying a synthetic track at Edwin Allen High School, the now six-time girls' champions...
Calabar High principal Albert Corcho said that plans are already in place for the school to maintain its dominance in the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Championships.The Red Hills Road-based school secured their seventh straight hold on the...
After four days of fierce competition, defending champions Calabar looks set capture their seven-straight hold on the Mortimer Geddes trophy as the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships comes to a boil inside the National Stadium...
