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Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

DENNIS CHUNG, general secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), said even though Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) is not an affiliate of the federation, FIFA can take action against head of the organisation, Pat Garel. Garel successfully filed...

Published:Wednesday | January 17, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

AFTER CHELSEA officially announced the signing of 18-year-old Jamaican sensation Dujuan ‘Whisper’ Richards last Friday, his Phoenix Academy coach Craig Butler took a jab at his critics who, he said, were trying to undermine the transfer of the...

Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Michael Ricketts hailed the contribution of Sherwin Williams’ former managing director, Ian Forbes, calling him a pioneer of local women’s football, at a repainting and refurbishing exercise, sponsored by...

Published:Monday | January 15, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

A clash between top-five teams Arnett Gardens and Dunbeholden will headline this evening’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) Monday night double-header at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Both teams are coming off defeats and the coaches will be...

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts is fuming after tomorrow’s presidential election between himself and challenger Raymond Anderson was put on hold. Beach Soccer Jamaica (BSJ) went to the Supreme Court yesterday and...

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

With both coaching staffs mandated to give all players playing time in today’s All-Manning versus All-daCosta showdown, the coach of the All-daCosta outfit, Lenworth Hyde, said they will try to get the job done early. Twenty-one players were named...

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

Jamaica Hockey5s World Cup coach Duvaughn Henlon says there is no limit to what they can accomplish with the squad they have selected for the tournament and he is confident the team can progress beyond the group stage. Jamaica who have been placed...

Published:Thursday | January 11, 2024 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

IF INCUMBENT Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts is successful in Sunday’s presidential election, women’s football will undergo a major reconstruct. Ricketts unveiled his manifesto and slate for the upcoming elections at...

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

JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) presidential candidate Raymond Anderson said that seeking justice through the courts is not in his team’s intention, when he spoke to The Gleaner earlier this week. Anderson, whose team drafted an appeal to the...

Published:Wednesday | January 10, 2024 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE FIRST round of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) closes with the final two rescheduled matches today at Stadium East. In the first game at 3 p.m., Cavalier entertain Humble Lion, while in the feature game at 6 p.m., Harbour View take on...

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica football legend Allan ‘Skill’ Cole, former national player and coach Geoffrey Maxwell and former local football administrators Everton ‘Bob West’ McLeary and Leander Marshall have become the first group of stalwarts to be officially...

Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts will be unveiling his election manifesto and slate tomorrow at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon. Ricketts, who was widely criticised for not presenting a manifesto the last...

Published:Monday | January 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Dwayne Atkinson marked his return to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) with a goal and an assist for Cavalier who continued their upward trek on the JPL table after a comprehensive 3-0 win over 10-man Arnett Gardens at Sabina Park yesterday....

Published:Monday | January 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) presidential candidate Raymond Anderson says he expected more from a meeting both contenders had with the electoral committee last Friday. Anderson pointed out that even before Friday’s sit-down, his team has been...

Published:Wednesday | January 3, 2024 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Premier League (JPL) continues today with the first round of matches in the new year and the final set of games in the first round, the highlight of which will be the traditional fixture between Harbour View and Waterhouse at the...

Published:Tuesday | January 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former national assistant coach Miguel Coley is impressed with the work of Reggae Boyz head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson but he believes the midfield needs additional quality if the team is to fulfil its immense promise. The Reggae Boyz had a very...

Published:Monday | January 1, 2024 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens (TG) closed out 2023 in second place in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), after a 3-1 New Year’s Eve victory over bottom-of-the-table Lime Hall at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Kimarley Smith gave Tivoli the lead...

Published:Saturday | December 30, 2023 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Hockey Federation (JHF), Fabian Stewart, says his association is still far short of the required amount needed to compete at next month’s Hockey5s World Cup in Oman. A Jamaican team is set to compete in a hockey World Cup...

Published:Thursday | December 28, 2023 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

WHEN MIGUEL Coley left Jamaica in 2017, he dreamt that he would be coaching an established European club in five years. Although things have not worked out that way for the former Jamaica College coach, he continues to make significant strides,...

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2023 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Although a planned camp in Madrid during the European Christmas break fell through because of a spike in flu and other reasons, national under-20 coach John Wall says they were successful in scouting overseas talent and revealed he is close to...

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2023 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

New Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) president, Lance Rochester, wants to spread swimming to a wider cross-section of Jamaicans and one of his planned methods to achieve this is to develop a concept known as a ‘sea pool’. Rochester...

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2023 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens FC players brought some Christmas cheer for children in and around the west Kingston community on Wednesday. Tivoli Gardens are having their best start to a campaign in more than five seasons, and with the feel-good factor spreading...

Published:Thursday | December 21, 2023 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

KINGSTON FOOTBALL Academy (KFA) director and coach Eric Rademakers says Matthew Bell, who was drafted as the 16th overall pick in the recent 2024 Major League Soccer (MLS) Draft, is an amazing talent and hopes he can make his mark in the MLS. Bell...

Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2023 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

NATIONAL UNDER-20 coach John Wall said it is difficult for him to relate to schoolboy football as being the vehicle for player development, saying it is contradictory to the developmental pathway the rest of the world uses. Speaking at a recent...

Published:Tuesday | December 19, 2023 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Harbour View celebrated their first win of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season after a comfortable 3-0 win over lowly Lime Hall at the Stadium East field yesterday. David Reid led the Stars of the East with a brace, while Shaquile Bradford got...

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