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Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The games in this year’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup are now coming thick and fast and a number of schools, including defending champions Clarendon College, will be on the hunt today for their fourth straight wins in the competition, to solidify their...

Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The final eight teams in this year’s Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) All-Island Limited overs (50-over) competition will battle today for semi-final spots, with Melbourne CC, Police, St Ann and St James aiming to protect their unbeaten records in...

Published:Friday | September 22, 2023 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Already the signs are beginning to show that defending champions Clarendon College will be the team to beat in this year’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup competition with the Chapelton-based school confidently going about its business as they traverse the...

Published:Friday | September 22, 2023 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Whatever transpired in the preliminary-round phase of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will amount to nothing today as defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs square off against the Guyana Amazon Warriors at 6 p.m. Jamaica time in a winner-take-...

Published:Thursday | September 21, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Clarendon College (CC) kept their one hundred per cent win record intact, securing their third straight victory with the 8-0 drubbing of Claude McKay in their Zone H ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup encounter at Effortville yesterday....

Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A DOUBLE strike from in-form attacker Dunsting Cohen carried Denbigh High to a 5-0 beating of Central High in their Zone L ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup encounter at Efforville yesterday. Cohen’s brace now sees him move to 11 goals from two games as...

Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

PANDEMONIUM ERUPTED after 25 minutes into the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup encounter between hosts Charlemont High School and Dinthill Technical after a lightning strike sent some players and an official to the turf yesterday. In the aftermath, some six...

Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are one of eight teams that will contest this weekend’s Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) all-Island limited overs quarterfinals following final round five fixtures this past weekend. The army...

Published:Tuesday | September 19, 2023 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Annotto Bay High maintained their perfect start to this year’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup following a narrow 3-2 win over St Mary High yesterday in their lone Zone I fixture played at the Highgate Community Centre. The win, which was the third in a row...

Published:Tuesday | September 19, 2023 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Tallawahs will square off with the St Lucia Kings in today’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Eliminator, which is set to bowl off at 6 p.m. Jamaica time at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Captain Imad Wasim has made it clear that...

Published:Monday | September 18, 2023 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Innswood High School may not have had the best of starts in this season’s ISSA Manning Cup football competition, with the St Catherine-based school losing both their games so far. A 5-1 drubbing by Mona High in their most recent fixture could have...

Published:Saturday | September 16, 2023 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former ISSA daCosta Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS), Rusea’s High and Frome Technical all made sure their perfect start to the new rural area football season remained intact following Friday’s action. Frome Technical had to dig...

Published:Saturday | September 16, 2023 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Mona High got their first real taste of on-field action in this year’s ISSA Manning Cup following a relatively easy 5-1 win over Innswood High in their Zone E encounter at Chedwin Park on Friday. The Craig Butler-coached side took some time to...

Published:Tuesday | September 12, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

National player Carlos Brown showed his true mettle with the bat and then played a key role with the ball to help St Catherine CC to their third win in the Jamaica Cricket Association All-Island limited overs competition, following a convincing 183...

Published:Friday | September 8, 2023 | 11:00 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Life in Group B of the Concacaf Nations League A did not start beautifully for the Reggae Boyz, but it did start perfectly. After a game of misplaced passes and numerous yellow cards, the Reggae Boyz still managed to be the only team in Group B...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Police took one step further to booking their place in the quarter-finals of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) All-island limited-overs tournament following their 21-run win over Lucas in their top-of-the-table clash at Nelson Oval on Saturday...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Captain Demario Hall showed his true leadership qualities with both ball and bat to help Manchester lift the Kingston Wharves Under-15 cricket title following an eight-wicket win over defending champions St Mary at Up Park Camp yesterday. After...

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AFTER WEEKS of intense cricket action, the final of the Kingston Wharves-sponsored U15 cricket competition culminates today at Up Park Camp with defending champions, St Mary, looking to stave off the challenge of the ever-confident Manchester. Both...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 1:45 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaican women’s mile relay team eased into the final of the event following a world-leading winning time of 3:22:74 minutes in heat one of the 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The quartet of Charokee...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 1:25 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A blistering opening leg from Rusheen McDonald helped to set up a comfortable victory for Jamaica, who qualified for Sunday’s 4x400m men’s final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Jamaican team, which also included...

Published:Saturday | August 26, 2023 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Manchester and defending champions St Mary will contest next week’s final of the Kingston Wharves U15 cricket competition following easy semifinal wins over Kensington and Kingston, respectively. On Thursday, Manchester made light work of hosts...

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2023 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

KINGSTON CRICKET Club captain and spinner Giovanni Grey was in scintillating form on Monday, picking up five wickets including a hat trick to set up a two-wicket win over Melbourne Cricket Club in their feature Kingston Wharves quarterfinal...

Published:Saturday | August 19, 2023 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Some of the island’s top cricketers, including Test players Nkrumah Bonner and Marquino Mindley, are expected to be on show today as the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) All Island Limited Overs Tournament bowls off with 10 matches across the...

Published:Saturday | August 5, 2023 | 12:08 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The euphoria can still be felt in and around Jamaica cricket, as the under-19 team recently returned from St. Vincent and the Grenadines after copping the double at the recently concluded West Indies Rising Stars tournament. It has been 10 years...

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2023 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A confident youthful Jamaica team left the island on Sunday ahead of the start of the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship (CAGC) which will be held at the Magdalena Golf Resort in Tobago with competition days set for July 26 to 28. Jamaica will be...

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