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Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:14 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

ST CATHERINE High School and Jamaica College (JC) fans were left disappointed and angered yesterday at the Spanish Town Prison Oval as the two teams played out a listless 1-1 draw in their final match of the ISSA Manning Cup second round yesterday...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:13 AM

THE JAMAICA Scorpions got off the mark in their second game of the CG United Super50, beating the West Indies Academy by 80 runs in a result impacted by Duckworth-Lewis-Stern at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Grounds in Trinidad and Tobago...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham - Gleaner Writer

IN A recent move by the David Riley-led Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA), in partnership with the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association(JAAA), track and field coaches will soon have to be licensed. Effective January 1,...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:13 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC): WEST INDIES skipper Hayley Matthews produced a fine all-around showing to help her Melbourne Renegades to their first win of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) on Friday. Led by a player-of-the-match performance by...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:13 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago are a matter of weeks away from creating history next month when they play home to the first-ever Special Olympics Regional Beach Games. The Games will run from November 8 to 10 and is being...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:13 AM

HAVING HELD its annual general meeting (AGM) last week, the St Thomas Football Association will soon hear the news that it has been re-instated to the ranks of member associations of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). In a press release sent in...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): ENGLAND CRICKET captain Ben Stokes said masked burglars stole jewellery and “irreplaceable” personal items in a break-in at his home while his family was in the house and he was away with the national team in Pakistan. Stokes announced...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): MANCHESTER CITY’S 32-game unbeaten streak in the Premier League ended in a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth on Saturday as Liverpool wrested back the lead in the title race. Pep Guardiola had warned this week that his Manchester City team could...

Published:Sunday | November 3, 2024 | 12:12 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

THE WRAY and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) returns today for match week eight action with a doubleheader at Stadium East as Harbour View FC welcomes Racing United at 3 p.m. while Tivoli Gardens takes on defending champions Cavalier...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:09 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola eased concerns about the seriousness of an ankle problem sustained by Brazil winger Savinho amid an injury crisis for the Premier League champions. “It was a knock,” Guardiola said. “A...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Gleaner Writer

Mona High continued their unbeaten march in the 2024 ISSA Manning Cup when they blanked St George’s College (STGC) 3-0 yesterday at the Ashenheim Stadium to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition. Mona left nothing to chance in the final...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:09 AM

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP): Bayer Leverkusen did everything except score against Stuttgart in a lively 0-0 draw in the Bundesliga yesterday, ahead of Champions League games for both next week. Leverkusen hit the woodwork twice, forced repeated saves...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:09 AM

NYON, Switzerland (AP): UEFA fined the Serbian football federation 52,000 euros (US$56,500) yesterday for misconduct by fans who jeered Switzerland’s national anthem and displayed an anti-Kosovo banner. UEFA said its disciplinary panel also charged...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Jamaica’s Cavalier SC will face Dominican Republic’s Cibao FC in a two-way final in the Concacaf Caribbean Championships. The games will be played on November 28 and December 3. Rudolph Speid, head coach of Cavalier, speaking with reporters...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

Four schools are set to book quarter-final spots in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup today after the playing of eight round-of-16 games across the island. An interesting matchup looms at Drax Hall in St Ann with Ocho Rios High, Group 2 runners-up face...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AM

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has announced the appointment of former player Dwight Yorke as head coach of the country’s national men’s team. In a release yesterday the TTFA said “this exciting development marks a new...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Neymar is back in action after more than a year out due to a torn ACL but he won’t be playing in Brazil’s last two World Cup qualifiers this year. Brazil coach Dorival Júnior did not include the star striker in his squad named...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): A stellar all-round bowling performance and a rapid 94 off 69 balls from Evin Lewis led the West Indies to a commanding eight-wicket victory under the DLS method over England in their rain-hit first ODI in Antigua. Pacers...

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTON: Grace Mighty Malt has announced its sponsorship of the ISSA Under-14 (U14) and Under-16 (U16) football competitions. The competitions were officially launched on Monday, October 28 at The Mico University College football field....

Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:08 AM

The recently elected St Thomas Football Association president Lascelles Logan said the addition of new personnel to its executive body presents an opportunity to welcome a fresh new perspective following their parish elections held last week. Logan...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 10:17 AM

Manchester United hired Ruben Amorim on Friday, gambling on a young manager unproven in Europe's top leagues to turn around the fortunes of the fading English power. At age 39, Amorim, who has joined from Portuguese champion Sporting Lisbon,...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:12 AM

GENOA (AP): Mario Balotelli is looking for a fairy-tale swan song to a nomadic – and often controversial – career. He will have the spotlight on Monday in Parma, where the mercurial forward could make his debut for his latest Serie A club Genoa....

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DENBIGH HIGH School’s netballers hit top form on home court yesterday to score wins over Glenmuir High’s junior and senior teams in Zone F of the ISSA rural netball competition. The Winston Nevers-coached school defeated Glenmuir 28-12 in the...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:11 AM

LISBON, Portugal (AP): Manchester United target Rúben Amorim has promised to clarify his future coaching plans after his Sporting Lisbon team plays a Portuguese league game this evening. Amorim spoke yesterday at a news conference ahead of league-...

Published:Friday | November 1, 2024 | 12:10 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Guyana Harpy Eagles’ opening batsman Matthew Nandu scored an impressive century, but heavy showers forced the abandonment of their CG United Super50 match against the Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners at the...

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