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Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AM

BALAGOLLA, Sri Lanka (CMC): EVIN LEWIS blasted his fifth One-Day International century and Sherfane Rutherford scored his third successive half-century as the West Indies ended their tour of Sri Lanka on a winning note, dominating the third and...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’s MCKAY Security combined martial arts have, so far, netted four of five possible gold medals after day one of the International Sports Kickboxing Association’s Amateur Members Association (AMA) World Championships in Vienna, Austria. ISKA...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AMAinsley Walters - Gleaner Writer

SEAN MORRIS was true to form on Sunday at his old stomping ground of Negril Hills Golf Club, pairing with Romario Anglin to score 65, defending his Negril Charity Golf Tournament title won in 2022 playing alongside John Hayletts. Already invested...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham - Gleaner Writer

LAST YEAR’S Beaten finalists, Gaynstead, remained perfect in the Urban ISSA Schoolgirls Netball competition after their latest game on Tuesday. Playing at home, the Dalton Hinds-coached team picked up their third win in a row and stayed on top in...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): EVEN IF Erling Haaland is expected to miss out on the Ballon d’Or next week, his campaign to win it in 2025 is well under way. Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior is the favourite to take football’s most prestigious...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:07 AM

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP): ENGLAND CAPTAIN Ben Stokes had no complaints about losing the Test series to Pakistan 2-1 on two engineered spin wickets. “Absolutely not,” Stokes said after Pakistan thumped England by nine wickets inside three days of...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:06 AM

PUNE, India (AP): MITCHELL SANTNER’S career-best haul of 13 wickets spearheaded New Zealand to its first Test series triumph in India yesterday. India were set an unlikely 359 to win the second Test and were bowled out for 245 after tea to lose by...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:06 AM

PARIS (AP): THE FRENCH league appeals commission has upheld the decision ordering Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé 55 million euros (US$60 million) in unpaid wages. The LFP legal commission ruled in favour of Mbappé last month but PSG...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING ISSA Manning Cup champions Mona High produced a classy performance to whip Group 1 opponents St Jago High 6-0, as the second round of the competition kicked off at the Stadium East field yesterday. In the opening match of the double-...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:10 AM

Following their 3-0 defeat by France yesterday at the Stade Auguste-Bonal, Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby and defender Vyan Sampson said the team will need time to build cohesion as they welcome new faces to the national set-up. Liverpool...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AM

LOWLANDS, Tobago (CMC): Team Jamaica returned triumphant from the Caribbean Golf Association’s 4-Ball Championship in Trinidad and Tobago, securing their fifth consecutive win of the prestigious Ambrose Gouthro Cup last weekend. Hosted at the...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RICHARD Stone, the first fighter to win back-to-back Night of Champions International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) World Championship titles at the International Sports Karate Association (ISKA) United States Open, has issued a warning to teammate...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The round of 16 of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup kicks off today with eight matches. Frome Technical High, who have been cruising through the rounds undefeated, will face defending champions Clarendon College at the Llandilo Sports Complex in...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

In what was a rematch of their group stage fixture during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, France got the better of the Reggae Girlz yesterday as they emerged 3-0 winners in their international friendly at the Stade Auguste-Bonal. The last time the...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:08 AMLeroy Brown/Gleaner Writer

Canada-based Jamaican heavyweight boxer, Ricardo ‘Big 12’ Brown, registered victory number 12 in his promising ring career when he scored a unanimous decision over Adam Kolarik from the Czech Republic in an eight-round bout at the Great Canadian...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

New champions will be crowned today in the Business House senior netball competition. Scotia ‘A’ will go up against Ministry of Education (MOE) ‘A’ in the feature game at 7:30 p.m. Five finals are scheduled for today at the National Indoor Sports...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTON: The Pocket Rocket Foundation will host the start of its ninth annual Six-A-Side ‘Peace Through Sports’ football competition tomorrow at the Red Stripe Sports Complex on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The event will begin with an...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:08 AM

BALAGOLLA, Sri Lanka (CMC): The West Indies will look to avoid a series whitewash when they square off with hosts Sri Lanka in the third and final One Day International at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium today. Sri Lanka’s well-rounded...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:08 AM

MOCA, Dominican Republic (CMC): Moca FC and Cavalier FC battled to a scoreless stalemate in the first leg of their Concacaf Caribbean Cup semifinal clash on Thursday at the Estadio Moca 85. Both sides had promising opportunities to take the lead,...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER suffering back-to-back defeats ,Molynes United collected their first point in three Jamaica Premier League (JPL) games following a 0-0 draw against Tivoli Gardens at the Stadium East field yesterday. The first half of the game was played...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:13 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Mount Pleasant Academy’s coach, Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore, has expressed his disappointment after yesterday’s 0-0 draw against Waterhouse FC in the Jamaica Premier League. It was the third consecutive draw for Mount Pleasant, and Whitmore was...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:12 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Jonathan Grant head coach Kemeel Wolfe has demanded more from his players ahead of the second round, after they defeated Gaynstead High 3-1 yesterday to advance as the second automatic qualifiers from Zone B in the ISSA Manning Cup competition....

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:12 AM

IN the aftermath of yesterday’s reinstatement of TEKAPUNT as the winner of Monday’s second race at Caymanas Park, following a review by the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC), Solomon Sharpe, chairman, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SWIFT action by the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) yesterday resulted in immediate suspension from ‘panel duties’ of the stewards responsible for Monday’s disqualification of TEKAPUNT, a decision which caused racegoers to riot, forcing the...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:11 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

A stacked line-up of mixed martial arts (MMA) and kickboxing fighters are set to be on show at the Rough Fight League (RFL) at Funland in Hope Gardens tomorrow night. The eighth staging of the event will kick off at 8 p.m. and will see 14 fighters...

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