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Published:Saturday | February 10, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s swimmers will bow into action at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha, Qatar tomorrow and United Kingdom-born swimmer Jessica Calderbank will get things going in the 100m butterfly. Four swimmers are representing Jamaica at the...

Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

DESPITE FINISHING 14th in the semi-finals of the three-metre springboard dive at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha, Qatar, yesterday and failing to make the final, Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom secured his third straight qualification to...

Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Football Federation (JFF) and the Pat Garel-led Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) will present their cases to the court tomorrow. The parties are to decide if the BSJ’s claims to have been disenfranchised ahead of a JFF election have merit. In...

Published:Wednesday | February 7, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN DIVER Yona Knight-Wisdom advanced to the semifinals of the men’s three-metre springboard at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha, Qatar, finishing 11th of 70 in the preliminaries yesterday. Jamaica’s other participant in the event,...

Published:Tuesday | February 6, 2024 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s number one seed Blaise Bicknell has taken full responsibility for Jamaica’s defeat to Barbados in their Davis Cup World Group II playoff at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre on the weekend. Coming into Sunday’s final day tied 1-1, after...

Published:Monday | February 5, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat at the hands of regional rivals Barbados in their World Group II ATP Davis Cup tie at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre in Kingston yesterday. The defeat sent Jamaica down to Group III. The teams went into...

Published:Monday | February 5, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After a number of years playing in Germany youth leagues for SC Bonner and Fortuna Koln, then in Belgium for URSL Visé, Phoenix Academy graduate Alexander Bicknell has earned a move to Portuguese second division club Leixoes SC. The 18-year-old...

Published:Saturday | February 3, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Assistant coach of the Reggae Boyz, Merron Gordon, said the coaching staff has been very impressed with how quickly the local-based players are adapting to the new concepts after they engaged Clarendon Premier League teams Vere United and Humble...

Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S HOCKEY5S turned in their best performance at the FIH Hockey5 World Cup in Muscat, Oman, in their final game yesterday but still came up short of victory, losing 4-2 to Fiji in a playoff for 15th place. The result means Jamaica, who lost...

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

INTERIM GENERAL manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) Leslie Harrow said the organisation’s main focus in 2024 is to continue its community facilities’ development project. Harrow, who has been in the post for nearly six months now,...

Published:Wednesday | January 31, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S HOCKEY5S team will close out their maiden World Cup tournament appearance in Muscat, Oman, today when they take on Fiji in their final match of the tournament for 15th place. Yesterday, the Jamaicans lost the 13th- and 14th-place playoff...

Published:Tuesday | January 30, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Hockey5s World Cup coach Duvaughn Henlon is hoping that his players have learnt a lot from their three games so far at their maiden World Cup tournament, currently on in Muscat, Oman, and will use it to end the tournament on a high. The...

Published:Monday | January 29, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Molynes United pulled further away from the bottom two in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) yesterday after a 3-2 win over Humble Lion at the Stadium East field. In a game of two halves, Molynes ripped their opponents apart in the first half and...

Published:Monday | January 29, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The national men’s Hockey5s World Cup team suffered a 10-2 loss against Egypt in their first-ever game at the tournament yesterday in Muscat, Oman. However, the Duvaughn Henlon-coached team had a more respectable showing in their 6-4 loss to...

Published:Saturday | January 27, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Reggae Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says the 22-man domestic squad named recently is not final, and that other players will be given their opportunity during the month-and-a-half camp at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of...

Published:Saturday | January 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF) Fabian Stewart says the team is cautiously optimistic going into their first Pool B game against Egypt in the Hockey5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman tomorrow morning at 1:30 (Jamaica time). He said the...

Published:Friday | January 26, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation (JBF) Nelson ‘Chris’ Stokes believes the physical abilities of Jamaica Youth Winter Olympics representative Adana Johnson helped her to compete well with her more experienced competitors, despite her...

Published:Thursday | January 25, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

NATIONAL SENIOR team coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, who called a 22-man domestic squad for a two-day training camp at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence yesterday, said that if players show they are good enough, they will be...

Published:Wednesday | January 24, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

BUJU BANTON will be one of five stalwarts in the music industry honoured at the 42nd renewal of the Bob Marley One Love Football Festival on Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, February 14, at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Mark Myrie will be...

Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Hockey Federation’s (JHF) recent struggle to garner financial support for their historic trip to the Hockey5s World Cup in Muscat, Oman, nearly ended with the team missing their first-ever appearance at a world tournament. However, JHF...

Published:Monday | January 22, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Harbour View coach Ludlow Bernard was a very disappointed man yesterday after seeing his team squander a number of chances during their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) match against Vere United at the Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. The game ended...

Published:Saturday | January 20, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

On Wednesday, Waterhouse Football Club took the time out to recognise their sponsors during the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) fixture against Tivoli Gardens at the Drewsland Mini-Stadium. Two of the sponsors, National Bakery and, the newest member...

Published:Thursday | January 18, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ODEAN PENNYCOOK’S first-half goal was enough to ensure that Tivoli Gardens completed the double against rivals Waterhouse at Drewsland yesterday. Pennycook rose above the Waterhouse defence 14 minutes into the encounter to nod home from 10 yards...

Published:Thursday | January 18, 2024 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WITH ONLY days to go before Jamaica’s hockey5s team is to depart for the World Cup in Oman, Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF) officials are busy in an effort to ensure that the team is present when the tournament gets under way on January 28. The JHF...

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IT WILL be first versus second when leaders Mount Pleasant square off against Portmore United in today’s round of games in the Wray...

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