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Published:Monday | March 13, 2023 | 1:14 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

After a two-week trial with English Premier League (EPL) club Newcastle United most football observers were anticipating that 17- year-old Jamaican wonder kid Dujuan ‘Whisper’ Richards would put his signature to a deal with the north east club....

Published:Saturday | May 2, 2020 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Chairman of the Jamaica Rugby Football Union (JRFU) Jerry Benzwick says the continued absence of a local home venue for the rapidly growing sport continues to be the biggest hindrance they face in its development domestically. In recent years,...

Published:Thursday | July 18, 2019 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Jamaica started their Olympic qualifying campaign with a 1-1 draw against Dominica at the Anthony Spaulding Complex yesterday. The result leaves both teams tied on one point after one game. Daniel Green had Jamaica’s first chance after seven...

Published:Wednesday | January 2, 2019 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Interim Jamaica Scorpions coach, Robert Haynes, says he wants to get the team playing smart and disciplined cricket as he expects them to be very competitive under his watch, starting with the Regional Four-Day Championship match against the...

Published:Sunday | December 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Over the past three seasons, Colorado Murray has been Tivoli Gardens' most consistent goalscorer in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL).The former Excelsior High Manning Cupper has continued where he left off last season, netting six goals in 18...

Published:Monday | December 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

As Clarendon College celebrated their ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup victory over Cornwall College at their Chapelton base in Clarendon, yesterday, amidst the ecstatic celebrations, coach Lenworth Hyde was quietly planning his move on the Olivier Shield...

Published:Wednesday | November 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

In assessing his team for the upcoming Regional Four Day Championships, Jamaica Scorpion head coach Robert Samuels, says his fast bowlers will have to step up and believes the team's batsmen will need greater consistency if they are to challenge for...

Published:Monday | November 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Dorothy Hobson, chairperson of Jamaica Women's cricket selection panel, does not think Jamaica is missing out on anything significant after the island did not get the opportunity to host a game in the current International Cricket Council (ICC) T20...

Published:Friday | November 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

St George's College coach Neville 'Bertis' Bell was full of praise for the Sabina Park surface after his team's comfortable 2-0 win over Garvey Macro in their ISSA Champions Cup quarter final match yesterday."This is what we wanted, we like these...

Published:Wednesday | October 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

This year, the 32nd staging of the Bell/Ziadie Memorial Football Fun Day matches will for the first time include a Special Olympics team.This follows the second-place finish by Jamaica's Special Olympics football team at the first Special Olympics...

Published:Friday | September 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

St Jago High School remains one of the unbeaten schools in the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup competition, and coach Davion Ferguson says his team's outstanding performance is down to their game-by-game approach.The Spanish Town-based school ended the...

Published:Sunday | August 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary Dalton Wint said that there will be no coaching change to the national Under-20 team and Ricardo 'Bibi' Gardner will return to head the programme.The young Reggae Boyz were recently placed in Pot 1...

Published:Monday | August 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Adviser in the Ministry of Sport, Allie McNab, a revered national footballer in his day, said he aches to see the direction in which local football is heading under the current leadership, and believes more proactive leadership is necessary at this...

Published:Friday | August 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Spanish Town Spartans will contest the Southern Basketball Conference (SBC) with a very inexperienced squad, mainly for developmental purposes, but coach Lennox Lindo is optimistic they can still have a good run in the competition.Spartans face Aqua...

Published:Monday | July 30, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Vice president of the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA), Keith Wellington, insists there is no stand-off between his organisation and sponsors FLOW ahead of the new high-school football season.This comes as news emerged that the...

Published:Sunday | July 8, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

President and head coach of Racers Track and Field Club, Glen Mills, said he's unaware of any plans by Olympics 200 metres bronze medallist, Warren Weir, to join the Jamaica's rugby sevens team. The team is set to make a historic appearance at the...

Published:Friday | July 6, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Jamaica's coach, Jason Lopez, believes that the injury to Tristan Brown, just a day before the start of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship, severely dented Jamaica's chances at the three-day tournament.Lopez said that Brown's presence...

Published:Sunday | June 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer

Sub-Junior A champion Nathan Chin, upstaged his more fancied opponents to win the National Commercial Bank Capital Market National Junior Sporting Clays overall individual title at the Jamaica Skeet Club yesterday.The Campion College student shot 93...

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