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Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

VETERAN regional cricket analyst Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira says the upcoming CG United Super50 Cup, set to bowl off on October 17 in Trinidad and Tobago, could possibly be the best regional 50-over tournament in a while. With the bulk of the top...

Published:Saturday | September 30, 2023 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A four-member team is set to represent Jamaica at the 2023 International Cup in Sacramento, with action set to tip off tomorrow. Rick Turner, head coach of Jamaica’s senior men’s basketball team, believes preparation has been good and the four...

Published:Saturday | September 30, 2023 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda has called for greater support of the national women’s football team following their loss to Canada in the two-way Olympic Games play-off. The Reggae Girlz lost 4-1 on...

Published:Friday | September 29, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

BORN in Bronx, New York, to Jamaican parents, Marcus Patterson says he fell in love with basketball while growing up and watching his older brothers on the court. Patterson, who attended the Mount Saint Michael Academy and Russell Sage College,...

Published:Thursday | September 28, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE VASSELL Reynolds-coached Kingston College (KC) are atop Group A in the ongoing ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup with a 1-0 victory over Charlie Smith at Calabar High School yesterday. Armani Broomfield’s 76th-minute strike proved the all-important...

Published:Tuesday | September 26, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica Tallawahs CEO Jeff Miller wants the cricket franchise to return to Sabina Park or the Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium for its home games. Miller revealed yesterday that the Tallawahs will not return to the Central Broward Regional Park and...

Published:Saturday | September 23, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DESPITE playing in rainy conditions and a lengthy stoppage in play due to lightning, the Linval Dixon-coached Haile Selassie High team kept their composure, took their chances and surged atop the standings in Manning Cup Group C following their...

Published:Thursday | September 21, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ON THE eve of yet another important assignment for the Reggae Girlz, skipper Khadija Shaw has painted a picture of a squad buzzing with excitement. The Reggae Girlz are preparing to lock horns with Canada in a two-way tie for a place at the 2024...

Published:Tuesday | September 19, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will pump $25 million into the Reggae Girlz’s 2024 Olympic Games qualification campaign. The Reggae Girlz will face Canada in a two-way tie on September 22 and 26 with the winners set to qualify for next year...

Published:Monday | September 18, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

‘HEAVY is the head that wears the crown’ would be an appropriate statement to describe the pressure placed on newly appointed head coach of Kingston College Vassell Reynolds. The experienced coach, while speaking with The Gleaner following his...

Published:Saturday | September 16, 2023 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING Thursday’s election, Karen Anderson is set to serve another one-year term as president of the Jamaica Squash Association. Speaking after her re-election, Anderson, who took over the reins last year, stated that her first year in...

Published:Friday | September 15, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE Linval Dixon-coached Haile Selassie High picked up their second win of the 2023 ISSA Manning Cup competition with a 2-0 victory over Group C rivals Dunoon Technical at Payne Avenue yesterday. Haile Selassie, who started like a house on fire...

Published:Thursday | September 14, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

IN A bid to continue helping to shape Jamaica’s football growth through the development of youngsters playing the game, the 2023 Youth Football League’s Junior Cup competition goes into its sophomore staging this month. The age-group tournament...

Published:Tuesday | September 12, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

ELTHAM High were rewarded with a 3-0 victory and three points without kicking a ball in their opening Group C Manning Cup fixture against home team Denham Town High at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday after the hosts failed to produce an...

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REIGNING ISSA daCosta Cup champions Clarendon College will begin their title defence today when they go up against parish rivals Lennon High in the curtain-raiser for the 2023 schoolboy football season. Match time is set for 3 p.m. at the National...

Published:Friday | September 8, 2023 | 12:02 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaican International Demarai Gray has inked a four-year deal with Saudi Arabia club Al-Ettifaq. The deal, which is said to be worth €10 million, sees the winger departing English Premier League outfit Everton having scored nine goals in 67...

Published:Friday | September 8, 2023 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AHEAD of Jamaica’s opening assignment against Honduras in the 2023 Concacaf Nations League tournament, Heimir Hallgrimsson, head coach of the senior Reggae Boyz team, believes his players are prepared for their rivals as they have spent a lot of...

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2023 | 3:37 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica and Manchester City Striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw has been shortlisted for the 2023 women’s Ballon d’Or award. The 26-year-old Shaw finished second in last season’s Women's Premier League golden boot race, tallying 20 goals. England and...

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

The Oniel Brown-coached Urban Knights are the 2023 National Basketball League (NBL) mid-season champions. On Sunday night at the National Stadium court, Urban Knights took top honours following a close 69-66 victory over Upper Room Eagles. The...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Five-time national football champions Harbour View Football Club will start the new Jamaica Premier League season without the services of their dynamic duo, Colorado Murray and Timar Lewis, following overseas transfers. Murray will now be plying...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE Rudolph Speid-coached Cavalier SC got their first victory of the 2023 Scotiabank Concacaf Club Championships following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago’s Athletic Club Port-of-Spain at Sabina Park last night in matchday two of...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AHEAD of the second staging of the Mayberry-sponsored Jamaica Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA) Senior Championships set for tomorrow at the AC Hotel in New Kingston, Kirk Frankson, vice-president of the JABBFA, says the event...

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER JAMAICA Premier League champion and Reggae Boy Richard Edwards is basking in the excitement of launching his football academy, Touch of Class Academy in Canada. Edwards, who retired from football in 2012, is expanding on the idea behind...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

UPPER ROOM Eagles and Urban Knights will lock horns in the National Basketball League’s (NBL) mid-season final after ending the first half of the season in first and second place, respectively. The Eagles, who have won seven of their nine games,...

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2023 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has announced a special monetary award to Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls, bronze medal winners at the recent Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. In a release yesterday, the JOA said each player from the...

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