Published:Saturday | October 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Jamaica College, the 2014 ISSA-FLOW Super Cup champions, were booted from this year's competition after they were clipped 1-0 by Clarendon College at Sabina Park yesterday.The result is a big one for Clarendon who came into the contest as one of the...
Published:Wednesday | October 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Two well-struck goals in both halves of Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/FLOW Walker Cup knock-out competition by forward Duhaney Williams led Jamaica College (JC) to a fighting 2-0 win over underdogs Haile Selassie High at the...
Published:Wednesday | October 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby, who in her first Olympics last year copped silver with Jamaica's 4x400m women's relay team, returned to training last week with her sights set on the 400m at next year's IAAF World Championships in London next year.The...
Published:Tuesday | October 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Despite an endearing career which began with gold medals at the World Youth Championships in1999, eight-time Olympic medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown maintains a hunger to keep improving.The veteran athlete, though failing to win an individual...
Published:Sunday | October 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that the Government intends to develop a concept to represent the lasting legacy of Jamaica's sporting heroes. He was speaking while saluting the Rio 2016 Olympians and Paralympians during Saturday night’s symbolic function in...
Published:Friday | October 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Bridgeport High advanced to the semi-finals of the ISSA-FLOW Walker Cup knockout competition with an easy commanding 2-0 win over Denham Town High at the Constant Spring Complex yesterday.Shane Moodie sealed the victory in the 90th minute with a...
Published:Wednesday | October 12, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Though lone scorer Alex Marshall netted a stunner, earning St George's College a come-from-behind 2-2 draw, Excelsior High won the day, earning the automatic FLOW Super Cup and Walker Cup knockout positions from the ISSA-FLOW Manning Cup Group A...
Published:Tuesday | October 11, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Ahead of Jamaica's 55th Independence celebrations next year, Minister of Culture, Gender Affairs, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, has revealed that statues of decorated Olympians Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be...
Published:Monday | October 10, 2016 | 9:00 PMShayne Fairman
Despite a sparkling third minute opener from Tray McKay, Hydel High conceded a bizarre stoppage-time equaliser to former champions Calabar High School, ending their ISSA-FLOW Manning Cup Group G encounter in a 2-2 draw at the Red Hills Road-based...
Published:Sunday | October 9, 2016 | 4:57 PMShayne Fairman
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has joined the local football fraternity and general public in mourning the tragic passing of St George's College schoolboy footballer Dominic James.The Jamaica Football Federation's South Central Confederation...
Published:Sunday | October 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Influential Excelsior High school footballer Thorne Buchanan says he is ready to lead his Mountain View-based outfit to success in this season's ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup competition after another solid outing in his last game.The skillful attacking...
Published:Saturday | October 8, 2016 | 7:39 PMShayne Fairman
St George's College's coach Neville 'Bertis' Bell has described his former Manning Cup captain, the late Dominic James, as very special.Speaking at yesterday's thanksgiving service for James' life at a packed and overflowing Holy Trinity Cathedral...
Published:Friday | October 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Thorne Buchanan's clever 17th-minute penalty pushed former champions Excelsior High to the top of Group A, while condemning many-time ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup champions St George's College to a nervy 1-0 defeat at Winchester Park yesterday.With group...
Published:Friday | October 7, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Wearing his deceased son's number 7 jersey yesterday, father David revealed to The Gleaner that he would like today's thanksgiving service for the life of his only child, Dominic James, to be cheerful.The funeral will take place at the Holy Trinity...
Published:Thursday | October 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Former National Reggae Boyz assistant coach, Miguel Coley, has broken his silence on his recent departure from the coaching staff of the national senior men's team.While disappointed with his axing from the Reggae Boyz coaching staff, the Jamaica...
Published:Wednesday | October 5, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
A well-executed 74th-minute strike by forward Ronaldo Brown yesterday sealed a fighting 3-1 win over Eltham High School, securing passage to the second round of the ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup for reigning Champions Jamaica College.The feisty Group B...
Published:Tuesday | October 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Buoyed by what he described as Harbour View's rich history, newly appointed manager Oneal Johnson intends to hit the track running, and help move the former champions from their recent mid-table status and back on top of the league.The East Kingston...
Published:Monday | October 3, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Local stakeholders have expressed confidence that the island's top sports facilities will stave off, and quickly recover from, the expected onslaught of torrential rains and extreme weather associated with Hurricane Matthew.Speaking with The Gleaner...
Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 3:42 PMShayne Fairman
Neville 'Bertis' Bell, long-time St George's College (STGC) football coach, while surprised by his team's perfect four wins from as many games, says there will be no let up, noting St George's must improve all areas of play, win their zone and...
Published:Sunday | October 2, 2016 | 5:18 PMShayne Fairman
He might not have been team captain in his four years as Denham Town High goalkeeper, but like the lawyer he is aspiring to be, a talkative Brian Bennett stoutly defends his team.In this, his final year of the ISSA-FLOW Manning Cup football...
Published:Friday | September 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Tivoli Gardens FC coach, Omar Edwards, knows all too well that his West Kingston-based team is one of the toughest to lead, but considers himself a disciplined tactician, taking on a job to lead the former champions to a respectable Red Stripe...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2016 | 6:39 PMShayne Fairman
Speaking in yesterday's sitting of Parliament, Minister of Sport Olivia 'Babsy' Grange noted that her office has initiated discussions with colleague ministers of health and education, as well as youth and information, to review protocols and policy...
Published:Friday | September 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
Confident his team has the right balance and is very hungry for silverware this season, Ludlow Bernard has warned his charges, who comfortably top Group C, that anything short of lifting the ISSA/FLOW Manning Cup, FLOW Super Cup or Walker Cup title...
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMShayne Fairman
LOCAL High schools wishing to purchase stretchers as part of their medical equipment for football matches could be called on to fork out as much as $70,000 plus tax.The two types of stretchers used are the wheeled (gurney, trolley, bed or cart) or...
