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Published:Saturday | October 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A number of eastern Caribbean players have been displaying their talents in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) and, overall, they have been doing very well. Jalmaro Calvin of Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago’s Kaile Auvray are key...

Published:Saturday | October 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Glenmuir High School scored two wins against Old Harbour High School in Zone F of the ISSA rural schoolgirls netball competition on Thursday. The Glenmuir junior team picked up their second win of the season after defeating their opponents 23-9...

Published:Saturday | October 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Reggae Boyz head coach Stephen McClaren has hailed Jamaica’s 2-0 win in a difficult environment in Nicaragua on Thursday night. Jamaica remained atop Group B of League A with seven points through an own goal from defender Josué Quijano and a...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:12 AM

MANCHESTER, England (CMC): JAMAICAN FORWARD Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw delivered a crucial second-half goal to help Manchester City secure a 2-0 victory over defending champions Barcelona in their opening Women’s Champions League clash in Manchester,...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:11 AM

OLYMPIAN AND Under-20 World 100-metre champion, Alana Reid, is now a Burger King brand ambassador. Reid inked a one-year deal with the fast-food giant, with the possibility of an extension into 2028. “Hey everyone! I’m beyond excited to announce...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF Tennis Jamaica, John Azar, explained that Jamaica’s team for their 2025 Davis Cup tie against New Zealand will be revealed in a few weeks’ time. Jamaica will play hosts from February 1-2 next year at the Eric Bell National Tennis...

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

WEST INDIES players can now be selected to play in any format, even if they do not play in the corresponding domestic format. Previously, it was not so, as players who would want to play Test cricket would have to play in the regional four-day,...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:11 AM

LONDON (AP): WIMBLEDON IS replacing line judges with electronic line calling, the latest step into the modern age by the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament. The All England Club announced Wednesday that technology will be used to give the “out”...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): FORMER LIVERPOOL coach Jürgen Klopp is returning to football after a shorter-than-expected break. Energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull announced on Wednesday that the German mentor is to become its head of global football from January,...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:10 AM

MIAMI (AP): THE SEMI-FINALS and final of the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The site was announced Wednesday by Concacaf, the governing body of North and Central American and Caribbean...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:10 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): THE GUYANA Body Building...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:10 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): KARISHMA RAMHARACK spun circles around Bangladesh Women’s batters and Hayley Matthews finally found her groove as West Indies Women jumped to the top of Group B in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with a...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY’S schoolboy football action across the Corporate Area in the ISSA Manning Cup, there are four automatic qualifying spots left up for grabs as first-round action nears a dramatic end. Ten of the 14 automatic spots have already...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 11:34 PM

In a performance which could be described as patient and deliberate, the Reggae Boyz edged Central American opponents Nicaragua 2-0 in CONCACAF Nations League A, Group B, action at the Nicaragua National Football Stadium on Thursday. An own goal...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 10:05 AM

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced in a video message Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal...

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

REGGAE BOYZ coach Steve McClaren said there will be no excuses despite the fact their Concacaf Nations League, League A, Group B match against Nicaragua at the Nicaragua National Football Stadium, tonight at 9 pm, will be played on an artificial...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IT WILL be Millionaires’ Row all Saturday - the sixth anniversary of the Reggae 6, marked by a mandatory payout expected to exceed $26 million – plus Race 2, Series 3, of the BGLC-TOBA Millionaires Series, which has a $2 million bonus on the seven-...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMAshley Anuin/Gleaner Writer

IN 180 MINUTES of football, Frome Technical High School, and Rusea’s still have not found a way to separate themselves from each other, and furthermore, the two ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football Zone B rivals have not found a way to score. This time...

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

JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) kept their unbeaten run intact, solidifying their lead atop Group F in the ISSA Manning Cup, following a 3-1 victory over Excelsior at the Courtney Walsh Oval yesterday. JC opened the scoring through Anwan Gordon in the 39th...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

WORLD’S SECOND fastest man alive, Yohan Blake, was honoured with the Key to the Region during the grand opening of his new restaurant, Butcher’s Barrel, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida yesterday. The 34-year old marked this double achievement as a...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WOLMER’S GIRLS’ School stayed perfect in the ISSA Urban schoolgirl netball competition, their latest junior and senior matches in Zone E resulting in wins. Playing away to Papine on Tuesday, the Tracy Ann Griffiths-coached junior team, last year’s...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:05 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

EVEN WITH 17 students from the University of the West Indies (UWI) to be awarded scholarships from the proceeds of this year’s staging of the CB Group UWI 5K, longstanding patron the Honourable Douglas Orane is still urging the public to show their...

Published:Wednesday | October 9, 2024 | 12:14 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): GUYANA WILL host another major T20 tournament beginning next month with the inaugural Global Cricket League (GCL) set to bowl off. Five T20 teams from five different countries, including the home side Guyana Amazon...

Published:Wednesday | October 9, 2024 | 12:14 AM

A DOMINANT performance from Australia saw them outclass New Zealand and take control of Group A at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The six-time champions bested their antipodean neighbours in all facets of the game, winning by 60 runs to cement...

Published:Wednesday | October 9, 2024 | 12:14 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

FROME TECHNICAL need just three points to cement a place in the second round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup and they will be seeking to secure them when they face Zone B rivals Rusea’s in a mega clash at the Collin Miller Sports Complex in Lucea...

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