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Published:Wednesday | November 23, 2022 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IN 2018 the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) approved parkour as an official discipline of the sport, and with the arrival of the first-ever pieces of parkour equipment, courtesy of the Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU), Jamaica Amateur...

Published:Tuesday | November 22, 2022 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Amateur Gymnastics Association (JAGA) will host the annual International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) technical committee meetings at Oceans Coral Springs Hotel in Falmouth, November 25-29. President of JAGA, Nicole Grant-Brown, said it...

Published:Sunday | November 20, 2022 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JOINT LEAGUE leaders Arnett Gardens and Montego Bay United highlight this weekend’s round of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) fixtures and Montego Bay United coach Donovan Duckie is hoping to make the most of home advantage. Duckie pointed out that an...

Published:Friday | November 18, 2022 | 6:28 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ST CATHERINE High School continue their hunt for a three-peat of Walker Cup titles when they face off against Haile Selassie in one quarterfinal at the Prison Oval today starting at 3 p.m. The St John’s Road-based school won their first schoolboy...

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2022 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Premier League (JPL) returns this afternoon, after a break over the weekend, with two high-profile rescheduled games at the Stadium East complex. In the opening game at 1 p.m., defending champions Harbour View take on the Theodore...

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE FORMAT of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Walker Cup knockout competition is once again becoming a heated topic of discussion. The Walker Cup started in 1961 as a challenge trophy between the top four Manning Cup teams but...

Published:Wednesday | November 16, 2022 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA AND Miami FC midfielder, Lamar Walker, is being linked with a move to Preston North End (PNE), according to online reports. Deepdaledigest.com and 876 stream reported that Walker is being monitored by the League One club after he was...

Published:Tuesday | November 15, 2022 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Reggae Girlz star striker Khadija Shaw is now well settled in England and is having an outstanding second season for Manchester City in the Women’s Super League (WSL). The big striker has already scored nine goals and provided one assist in eight...

Published:Monday | November 14, 2022 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Reggae Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson is happy the team is creating chances and remains confident that the goals will come after Jamaica went down 2-1 to Paraguay in the second and final friendly international at the National Stadium last night....

Published:Monday | November 14, 2022 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After three rounds of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Montego Bay United are surprisingly the early league leaders. Local football observers have been praising coach Donovan Duckie for the improvements he has made to last season’s last-place...

Published:Saturday | November 12, 2022 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) second vice president Mark Bennett is expected to succeed outgoing president Wayne Shaw when affiliates cast their votes to elect a new leader this afternoon at the office of the Jamaica Football...

Published:Thursday | November 10, 2022 | 3:29 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

KINGSTON COLLEGE (KC) continued their dominance of the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup with a 5-0 win over Charlie Smith yesterday at Stadium East that put them into the competition’s semi-final. Teyshawn Mattis (34th and 56th) scored a brace before the ‘...

Published:Thursday | November 10, 2022 | 3:29 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

REGGAE GIRLZ coach Lorne Donaldson said his team must be prepared to take their chances against Paraguay as he anticipates that they will have their work cut out breaking down the Paraguay defence when the teams meet in their international friendly...

Published:Thursday | November 10, 2022 | 3:28 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FORMER INTER-SECONDARY Schools Sports Association (ISSA) president, Dr Walton Small, said former competitions officer and close ally George Forbes was the person he leaned on during his 12 years in office, and that his influence on the organisation...

Published:Wednesday | November 9, 2022 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will square off in their first-ever meeting at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in the African country today at noon, and Jamaica coach Heimir Hallgrimsson believes it will be a good test for the...

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2022 | 11:12 PMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) competitions officer, George Forbes, passed away early Tuesday evening from a long illness The Gleaner has learned. The highly regarded sports administrator, who served ISSA for 18 years,...

Published:Tuesday | November 8, 2022 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ASTON VILLA forward Leon Bailey has joined the voices of those questioning the way the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system is used in England after Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez escaped punishment for a double elbow on the Jamaican...

Published:Monday | November 7, 2022 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Harbour View destroyed Dundeholden 4-1 in a repeat of last season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) final at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Nicholas Hamilton led the way for the ‘Stars of the East’ with a brace (34th and 86th minutes...

Published:Monday | November 7, 2022 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The scheduling of Jamaica Premier League (JPL) games for Monday night’s televised fixtures has once again come into question, as many football fans were left scratching their heads last week after learning that the Portmore United versus Vere...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2022 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) will lose their automatic spot in the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Tier Two competition if they fail to take up their slot this season. The first season of the National Tier Two...

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2022 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE OUTSTANDING performances of world under-20 triple jump champion Jaydon Hibbert have placed him among the elite of junior athletics and in the running for the 2022 World Athletics Men’s Rising Star award. Hibbert was among five athletes named by...

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2022 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

OUTGOING KINGSTON and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) president Wayne Shaw has described a letter criticising his leadership and the association’s handling of a recent general meeting “disingenuous”. The letter, from SUFC (Shortwood United...

Published:Thursday | November 3, 2022 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

KINGSTON AND St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) was well run over the last five years, said Wayne Shaw, after tendering his resignation as president on Tuesday night. Shaw, who spent five years in the role, did not disclose his reasons for...

Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2022 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN RALLYCROSS driver Fraser McConnell is thanking his team for helping to produce the perfect weekend of racing. McConnell, speaking after his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on Monday night, said on a small track in Los...

Published:Wednesday | October 26, 2022 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

MANNING CUP coach of Pembroke Hall High Marvin Thompson is questioning the integrity of the Keith Wellington-led Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), in response to a Gleaner article published on Wednesday, October 19, regarding...

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