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Published:Tuesday | May 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Netball Jamaica (NJ) Director Wayne Lewis says they will be exploring all possible avenues to have Sasher-Gaye Henry return as head coach, but warned that the board is not ruling out the possibility of closing the chapter and moving on.Henry...

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

West Indies cricket legend Jeffrey Dujon says that despite Test cricket's fall in prominence and importance, this format has too much history and tradition for it to die.Dujon was commenting on former New Zealand captain Brendon McCallum's comments...

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Cornwall College standout striker Jourdain Fletcher is said to be recovering in hospital after being involved in a car crash in Negril, Westmoreland, yesterday.According to Jamaica senior men's football team manager, Roy Simpson, he spoke...

Published:Sunday | May 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Netball Jamaica Director, Wayne Lewis said the president, Paula Daley-Morris, and the board are hoping for a quick resolution to the resignation of Sunshine Girls coach Sasher-Gaye Henry.Although the next meeting between the president and coach is...

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA) vice-president Dwight Clarke says that the association is still seeking U$40,000 for airfare to travel to the country's first ever Lacrosse World Cup appearance in Netanya, Israel from June 12 to July 21.Clarke...

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

A revamped Under-21 football competition is expected to come on stream early next year.During the recent TVJ Sports Town Hall meeting at the sports lounge at 100, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Mike Ricketts revealed that the...

Published:Monday | May 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control, Stephen 'Bomber' Jones, says the change in format and an improvement in the quality of local boxers are two reasons the Contender series has produced so many one-sided encounters and early knockouts...

Published:Friday | May 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Newly appointed national under-23 head coach Donovan Duckie believes that he has the experience and organisational skills to develop a competitive unit that can challenge for one of the two available CONCACAF spots for the 2020 Olympic Games.Jamaica...

Published:Friday | May 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Red Stripe Premier League champions Portmore United went down 4-3 to Dominica Republic's Atletico Pantoja, in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship semi-final at the Anthony Spaulding Sport Complex yesterday.Luis Jose and Eduardo...

Published:Wednesday | May 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Top racing commentator Bryan 'Spuddy' Rickman and racing analyst and commentator Howard Abrahams believe that promoters Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) face a difficult task to make the industry viable.The two long-standing...

Published:Wednesday | May 9, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica's senior women's team took a big step towards qualifying for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge series final round after blanking Guadeloupe 13-0 in their opening Group B game at the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...

Published:Tuesday | May 8, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Following a recent shake-up at the promoting company, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited's (SVREL), Chairman Michael Bernard is confident that the new team they have put together will move the horse racing industry forward.Main...

Published:Monday | May 7, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) general secretary and Former Manchester FA President Dalton Wint has responded to Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Vice-president Carvel Stewart's criticism of planned changes to how teams qualify...

Published:Wednesday | April 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

At the end of the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) final at the National Stadium on Monday night, Portmore United striker Maalique Foster was a picture of ambivalence.The forward admitted to feeling both delight and a bit of disappointment at the...

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Godfrey Lothian, president of Table Tennis Jamaica (TTJ), said the Milo Preparatory and Primary Schools Tournament continues to play a pivotal role in unearthing and developing junior talent, which has been crucial to the country's performance in...

Published:Wednesday | April 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tevaughn Thomas, Jamaica's bronze medal para-athlete at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast, described his preparation for the Games as a challenging one, but is motivated to keep pushing for success.Thomas finished third...

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Chairman of the national sports committee for the Jamaica Teacher's Association (JTA)/Sagicor National Athletic Championships, Keith Wellington, says the phasing out of All-Age and Junior High schools, will have a significant impact on the 35th...

Published:Tuesday | April 24, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Heading into Monday's Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) final, Waterhouse coach Donovan Duckie was determined to win his first national title and further confirm his reputation as one of the nation's top coaches.He had taken Waterhouse from a...

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Appointing Sasher-Gaye Henry and Marvette Anderson as co-head coaches for the senior netball team raised some question about the capability of the double appointment to work.However, Netball Jamaica President Paula Daley Morris said that in...

Published:Friday | April 20, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) President Billy Heaven says the new Kiddy Cricket Academic Manual is ideal for the sustainability of the sport, both locally and regionally.The recently launched cricket book, titled Chirpy is sponsored by...

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Midfield enforcers Ewan Grandison of Portmore United and Keithy Simpson of Waterhouse have been the driving forces in getting their teams into the Red Stripe Premier League grand final at the National Stadium this evening.Simpson, Waterhouse's...

Published:Tuesday | April 17, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

In an effort to bring more of an international flavour to the prestigious Diamond Mile, the richest race on the local calendar, and to make the race more competitive than it has been in the past, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (...

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

Olga Novokshchenova, coach of Jamaica's synchronised swimming team, is calling for more local support for the sport and wants a swimming pool established in Port Antonio, where she and most of the girls are based.Novokshchenova argues that the...

Published:Monday | April 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Immaculate Conception High school's swim team coach Teddy Hill says star swimmer, Zaneta Alvaranga, is nearing world-class level, after the youngster broke four individual records in four events, at last week's Mayberry Schools Swimming...

Published:Wednesday | April 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The local swimming fraternity received a $500,000 boost on Wednesday from brokerage firm Mayberry Investments Ltd to facilitate the staging of the Annual School Swim Meet.Mayberry Investments Ltd, in partnership with the Amateur Swimming Association...

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