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Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

OLD HARBOUR High’s coach Dwight Whyte made it clear that he expects his team to get better, despite his side registering a workmanlike 3-1win over Tacius Golding High in Group M action of the ISSA/Digicel daCosta Cup football competition yesterday...

Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Tallawahs will take on St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in match number 17 of the Hero Caribbean Premier League today at 9 a.m. Jamaica time in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and one player who is relishing the opportunity to parade his skills...

Published:Tuesday | September 13, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s lone grandmaster practical shooter, Lesgar ‘Speedy’ Murdock, will be looking to lead the country’s charge and retain the Open category when the Pan American Handgun Shooting Championships get under way this week in Frostproof, Florida....

Published:Monday | September 12, 2022 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Tallawahs have started to show signs of being a hot-and-cold team, as they suffered their second defeat in this year’s Caribbean Premier League yesterday, following a loss to the Barbados Royals. After losing to the St Lucia Kings last...

Published:Saturday | September 10, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

If the celebrations to send off the Super Six female shooting squad are anything to go by, Jamaica is set to celebrate when the team returns from the Pan American Handgun Championship which will take place in Frostproof, Florida, September 14-21....

Published:Wednesday | September 7, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AFTER THE opening week of action in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in St. Kitts, the T20 show makes its way to St Lucia for another round of matches, which gets under way today with two games. In the second game of a double-header starting at 6...

Published:Tuesday | September 6, 2022 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It is no secret that Jamaican all-rounder Odean Smith is becoming more popular by the minute on the international T20 circuit, as just last week the Kingston Cricket Club player entered the Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 draft with the highest base...

Published:Tuesday | September 6, 2022 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Following the successful staging of the Social Development Commission National Community T20 competition recently, the nation’s cricketers were back in action for their respective clubs and parishes as the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) T20...

Published:Saturday | September 3, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It is early days yet, but the Jamaica Tallawahs are sitting pretty atop the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) standings for the first time since their title-winning exploits many years ago. The Tallawahs will get their second taste of T20 action when...

Published:Friday | August 19, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The national surfing team recently returned to the island after placing 16th at the 2022 Pan American Surfing Championships in Panama. After six days of intense competition, the five-member Jamaican team ended just one place better than last-...

Published:Saturday | August 13, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

American football coach Vince Lombardi once said that winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing, and that seems to be the scenario with the West Indies who continue to chalk up losses in the T20 international format. The regional side put in...

Published:Saturday | August 13, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaican driver Fraser McConnell will test his skills against some of Europe’s best drivers as he breaks from his Nitro Rallycross campaign to take part in the one-off FIA European Rallycross series in Norway today. McConnell, who recently secured...

Published:Friday | August 12, 2022 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran says he is hoping that Wednesday’s late order spark from his troops can ignite the regional side, as they take on New Zealand today in the second T20 International at Sabina Park starting at 1:30 p.m. The...

Published:Thursday | August 11, 2022 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IT WAS a case where the West Indies left it a little too late, for in the end, the regional side succumbed to New Zealand by 13 runs in the opening T20 International of a three-match series at Sabina Park. Chasing a formidable 186 runs to win, the...

Published:Wednesday | August 10, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE WEST Indies are set to play their first International match at Sabina Park today against New Zealand, eight months since Ireland toured Jamaica in January, and pundits have been questioning the readiness of the facility, following a series of...

Published:Wednesday | August 10, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE WEST Indies and New Zealand will begin a three-match T20 series starting with the first match today at Sabina Park at 1:30 p.m. Like they did against India just last week, and Bangladesh prior, the regional side will enter another series...

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AS THE nation continues to celebrate its athletes’ exploits at the Commonwealth Games and at the World Under-20 championships, national cricketer Rovman Powell is hoping that he and the West Indies team can add more smiles, as the regional side...

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA GOLF Association (JGA) President Jodi Munn Barrow said she could hardly contain her excitement and had to hold her nerve on the final day as her young female team copped the George Teale Trophy at the 65th Caribbean Amateur Golf...

Published:Monday | August 8, 2022 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE WEST Indies wrapped up another T20 series on the losing end as the regional side surrendered the fifth and final game against India in Florida by 88 runs to lose the series 4-1. It was another dismal batting display by the Nicholas Pooran-led...

Published:Friday | July 22, 2022 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

All eyes will be on the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies team when they take on India in the first of three One day Internationals (ODIs) starting today at 8:30 a.m. Jamaica time in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. After coming off a poor...

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2022 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

United States South claimed the Senior Women’s and Men’s Under-19 Twelve’s titles following victories over Jamaica in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) tournament at the UWI Mona Bowl last weekend. After four days of intense competition among the...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s junior golfers, Ryan Lue and Mattea Issa, finished in 59th and 75th place, respectively as the curtains came down on the three-day Royal and Ancient (R...

Published:Tuesday | July 12, 2022 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Elishama Beckford was in excellent form over the weekend as he secured top honours in the fourth event of the Jamaica Surfing Association (JSA) National Open Series at the Lighthouse Beach in Kingston. Beckford, who was taking part in just his...

Published:Monday | July 11, 2022 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Defence Force are the 2022 Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) 50-over champions following a two-wicket win over St Mary in the final at Sabina Park last Saturday. The defending champions St Mary were asked to take the first strike and...

Published:Saturday | July 9, 2022 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s Under-19 women’s team secured their first win of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 tournament following an 18-run victory over Guyana at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday. The win saw the...

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