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Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 9:53 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Under-20 World Championships triple jump winner, Jaydon Hibbert, has carved himself a place in history in his first NCAA Indoor Championships, setting a new world under-20 record. Hibbert’s effort of 17.54 metres on his first attempt at the NCAA...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 7:21 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Kingston College's (KC) Bouwahjgie Nkrumie had a comfortable win in the Under-20 boys’ 100 metres on the second day of the Carifta Trials this evening at the National Stadium. Nkrumie clocked 10.18 seconds for victory, ahead of reigning Carifta...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 7:01 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Edwin Allen's Serena Cole made a statement two weeks before the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic Championships, winning the Under-20 girls’ 100 metres title on the second day of the Carifta Trials at the National Stadium this evening....

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 2:39 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica College's (JC) Kemarrio Bygrave led the field in the Under-20 boys’ 800 metres on the second day of the Carifta Trials at the National Stadium this afternoon. Bygrave qualified for tomorrow's final, clocking 1:53.14 minutes, the fastest...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 1:11 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Edwin Allen's Tonyan Beckford and reigning Carifta Games champion Roshawn Clarke set the pace in their Under-20 400 metres hurdles qualifiers on the second day of Carifta Trials at the National Stadium today. Beckford had the fastest time among...

Published:Friday | March 3, 2023 | 8:04 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Kingston College's (KC) Bouwahjgie Nkrumie won the Class I boys’ 100 metres at the Anthrick Corporate Area Championships this afternoon at the National Stadium. Nkrumie ran 10.32 seconds to finish ahead of Jamaica College's (JC) Jadien Reid, who...

Published:Friday | March 3, 2023 | 1:46 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Camperdown's Brittania Johnson retained her Class I girls’ discus title at the Anthrick Corporate Area Championships this morning at the National Stadium. Johnson won with an effort of 47.70 metres while her twin sister Brittanie was second in 42...

Published:Thursday | February 16, 2023 | 9:05 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Former Jamaican basketballer Simone Edwards, who became the first Jamaican player to compete in the WNBA in the United States of America, has died. Edwards died today after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer. She was 49. An American basketball...

Published:Saturday | February 4, 2023 | 6:39 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica's under-17 defeated Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 in their international friendly at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex this afternoon. Orane Watson scored the winner in the 77th minute, clipping the ball past Trinidadian goalkeeper Ailan...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 5:22 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Double sprint Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won her first indoor event of the season in the women's 60m at the Karsten Warholm Invitational in Uldteinvik, Norway today. Thompson-Herah clocked 7.30 seconds for victory ahead of Norway's...

Published:Tuesday | January 17, 2023 | 1:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

A return of an international calibre event on par with the Jamaica International Invitational could be on the cards for this year, according to Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) president Garth Gayle Gayle said that plans are...

Published:Friday | January 13, 2023 | 12:34 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

The real work of charting Jamaica’s return to the World Cup finals has begun as national senior men’s head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says the focus will be to assess the local talent, as well as to make sure that key needs of the team are addressed...

Published:Monday | January 9, 2023 | 9:58 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Arnett Gardens defeated Mount Pleasant 3-2 in their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game this evening at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Fabien Reid opened the scoring in the 26th minute and Damari Deacon added another three minutes into first...

Published:Monday | December 26, 2022 | 8:11 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Harbour View and Cavalier played to a 1-1 draw in their Jamaica Premier League game this evening at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Cavalier's Orlando Russell opened the scoring in the 19th minute before an own goal in the 41st restored...

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2022 | 7:07 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

The ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup quarterfinal between Haile Selassie and defending champions St Catherine High at the Spanish Town Prison Oval this afternoon has been suspended because of bad light. Haile Selassie were leading 2-0 with 28 minutes left...

Published:Sunday | October 16, 2022 | 7:48 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

The Jamaica Football Federation has ratified the decision to appoint Dennis Chung as its new general secretary. Chung confirmed to The Gleaner this evening that the JFF board approved the decision with discussions to take place this week on...

Published:Monday | August 22, 2022 | 3:01 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Former Reggae Boy Linval Dixon has been appointed the new head coach of Vere United. Vere United president Lothian Cousins confirmed Dixon's appointment today. Dixon joins the club following the departure of Donovan Duckie who spent two seasons...

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2022 | 5:39 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Eugene, Oregon: Despite still struggling with an abductor problem, World Athletics Championship silver medallist Fedrick Dacres is not looking for any excuses as he competes in the Men's Discus Throw final at on Tuesday at 8:33 p.m. Dacres...

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2022 | 5:11 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Eugene, Oregon: National 400m hurdles champion Janieve Russell is not taking her 2022 World Athletics Championship campaign for granted. Having missed out on previous editions of the event, Russell says that she is intent on giving herself the best...

Published:Friday | April 22, 2022 | 9:40 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

A Manning Cup footballer was shot dead on Friday night in a drive-by shooting in West Kingston. The Gleaner understands that the player was celebrating his birthday when he was shot. Two other persons also received gunshot wounds. A coach at...

Published:Friday | April 15, 2022 | 12:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Kingston College's Jaydon Hibbert was fuelled by the crowd en route to winning the Class One long jump and triple jump titles at the 2022 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships (Champs). Now he hopes that the same energy will be...

Published:Monday | February 28, 2022 | 10:22 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Despite the absence of their captain Peyton McNamara, Jamaica's Under 20 women's team got their Under 20 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign back on track, defeating Cuba 3-0 in their second group game of the Concacaf Under-20 women's...

Published:Tuesday | February 15, 2022 | 9:39 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica finished 30th in the 2-man bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China on Tuesday. The team of pilot Shanwayne Stephens and brakeman Nimroy Turgott completed their third heat in a time of 1:01:54 minutes which was not fast...

Published:Friday | February 11, 2022 | 8:58 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

The national senior women's 2023 World Cup qualifying campaign received a financial boost as Sports Minister Olivia Grange has announced a contribution of $10 million to help cover the cost of their charter flight for their World Cup qualifier in...

Published:Friday | November 26, 2021 | 8:27 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica College (JC) head coach Davion Ferguson says that he is focused on his players doing their jobs as they take on many-time champions St George's College in Group A of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup today at Stadium East at 3 p.m. After three...

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