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Published:Thursday | January 25, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE FIVE-MEMBER team of Blaise Bicknell, Rowland Phillips, Daniel Azar, Jeremy Miller, and David Goldsmith will have the weight of expectations levied on their shoulders as they prepare for a must-win Davis Cup battle against Caribbean counterparts...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DESPITE creating numerous goalscoring opportunities, both Cavalier and the league’s highest scoring team Tivoli Gardens failed to convert any of their chances during yesterday’s Jamaica Premier League encounter at the Anthony Spaulding Sports...

Published:Thursday | January 18, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HEADING INTO his 11th Major League Soccer (MLS) season on February 21, Reggae Boyz captain and starting goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union, Andre Blake, believes that with each passing season, his team is becoming more and more of a threat in...

Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN international umpire Patrick Gustard is one of two Caribbean officials set to officiate in the upcoming men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. The Under-19 World Cup bowls off on January 19. Gustard shared that it felt great...

Published:Monday | January 15, 2024 | 12:05 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A 10-MEMBER team representing the PHASE 1 Basketball Academy will depart Jamaica on January 25 for the January Jump Off basketball tournament at the David Psnak Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida. The tournament, being used by the Jamaicans...

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Reigning Barclay’s Women’s Super League (WSL) Player of the Month for December, Reggae Girl Khadija Shaw, has heaped praises on sprint legend Usain Bolt for the support he has given since her move to Manchester City FC in England. In a recent...

Published:Thursday | January 11, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE RUDOLPH Speid-coached Cavalier surged into third place in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) following a 2-1 victory, their fifth on the trot, against Humble Lion at the Stadium East field yesterday. Cavalier got goals in the seventh minute...

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Jeffrey Dujon believes the squad selected to participate in an upcoming two-Test series against world number one ranked Australia is similar to sending lambs to the slaughter. The Kraigg Brathwaite-captained...

Published:Saturday | January 6, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

MINISTER of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange said on Thursday that the Government was not at fault for the exit of former local Caribbean Premier League franchise Jamaica Tallawahs. Minister Grange stated that the Government...

Published:Thursday | December 14, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

CLARENDON COLLEGE ended their 2023 Schoolboy football season in commanding fashion, retaining their Olivier Shield title with the 4-0 defeat of Manning Cup winners Mona High School at the National Stadium last night. The Chapelton-based institution got goals through player-...

Published:Thursday | December 14, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

NATIONAL BASKETBALL League (NBL) champions will be crowned tonight with the pair of Upper Room Eagles and Urban Knights locking horns in the series deciding Game Three at the National Stadium Courts with tip-off set for 7:00 p.m. In Game One, Urban...

Published:Thursday | December 14, 2023 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF Gymnastics Jamaica, Nicole Grant-Brown, is hailing the exploits of local gymnasts Mariah Gordon following her gold-medal-winning performance at the recently concluded Pan American Hopes Artistic Gymnastics Tournament held on local soil...

Published:Tuesday | December 12, 2023 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

After scoring a record breaking 69 goals during the 2023 ISSA/Burger King under-16 football season, Jamaica College (JC) were crowned champions yesterday following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Wolmer’s Boys in the final at the Stadium East field...

Published:Saturday | December 9, 2023 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Mona High lifted their first ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup title last night after they edged the Ferry-based Hydel High 1-0 inside the National Stadium. Demarion Harris’ fifth of the season was the all-important goal for the Craig Butler-coached...

Published:Saturday | December 9, 2023 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING ISSA/daCosta Cup champions Clarendon College will put their title on the line today when they meet parish rivals Glenmuir High in what is expected to be a hotly contested battle with match time set for 6 p.m. at the National Stadium....

Published:Friday | December 8, 2023 | 3:41 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will open their 2024 Copa America challenge against Concacaf opposition when the competition begins, June 20. The Jamaicans will also have for company in Group B, Ecuador and Venezuela in the competition which ends July 14....

Published:Friday | December 8, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Two schools seeking their first title will contest today’s ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup final at the National Stadium. Kick-off is set for 6 p.m. Mona High, coached by Craig Butler, will be playing in their first final while the Devon Anderson-coached...

Published:Friday | December 8, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THREE-TIME ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup champions Jamaica College (JC) will take aim at title number four when they face St Andrew Technical (STATHS) in the 2023 final at 3 p.m. today at the National Stadium. Heading into today’s final, Davion...

Published:Thursday | December 7, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven is expected to face a tough challenge at next year’s election from his first vice-president, Dr Donovan Bennett. Bennett, speaking with RADIO JAMAICA, said, over the years...

Published:Wednesday | December 6, 2023 | 9:46 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

After taking a 1-0 lead into the second leg of the 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, Suriname-based club SV Robinhood became the toast of Caribbean football, defeating Cavalier SC 2-0 (3-0 aggregate) inside the National Stadium tonight. Robinhood got...

Published:Tuesday | December 5, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WITH less than 50 days to go before the start of the Hockey5s World Cup, set for January 24- 31 in Muscat, Oman, Duvaughn Henlon head coach of the Jamaican men’s team, believes they are behind the eight ball as preparation hasn’t gone as planned....

Published:Saturday | December 2, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE duo of Mary Mahfood and Julian Morrison retained their singles titles at the recently concluded All Jamaica (AJ) Senior and Junior Open Squash Championships held at the Liguanea Club. In the men’s final, Julian Morrison, playing against long-...

Published:Saturday | December 2, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE FIRST title on offer in this year’s schoolboy football season will be decided today as the Andrew Peart-coached Glenmuir High will lock horns against the Lenworth Hyde-coached Clarendon College in the final of the 2023 ISSA Champions Cup set...

Published:Friday | December 1, 2023 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica College (JC) and St Andrew Technical (STATHS) will renew their rivalry as both booked their spots in the final of the 2023 ISSA/Digicel Walker Cup competition following comfortable semi-final wins yesterday at the Stadium East field. In...

Published:Friday | December 1, 2023 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A six-member youth team inclusive of Mariah Gordon, Zuri Matandara-Clarke, Elyssa Alexander, Jesanique Scott, Sukhuri-Shay Smith and Emelia Sharpe are locked in preparation mode under the watching eyes of coaches Nadeen White and Tristan Hall, as...

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