SIX WESTERN Jamaica high schools will be seeking to pocket the top prize of $1 million in Montego Bay United (MBU) FC’s inaugural Invitational High School Football Competition at the Montego Bay Sports Complex today. Kick-off time is 11 a.m. Just...
National Basketball Association (NBA) star Tari Eason, of the Houston Rockets, has expressed his excitement about the future after the second JamRockerz Basketball Classic. Held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the tournament doubled its participation...
Western Bureau: While navigating peak hour traffic would be a challenge to most people, for veteran newspaper vendor, 59-year-old Henry Wright, sprinting at top speed along Dr Marco Brown Road, Arthur Gilchrist Boulevard and West Green Road, in...
With 80 per cent of the players from last season’s ISSA daCosta Cup football squad back in school Munro College are confident that they will have a good 2025 season. Second year coach Kemar Ricketts told The Gleaner that they learned a lot from...
LAST YEAR’S ISSA Ben Francis KO champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) are heading into the 2025 daCosta Cup football competition not dwelling on players lost but focusing on the new season’s potential. Coach Omar ‘Rambo’ Wedderburn has set...
WHILE NETBALL isn’t the first sport you’d associate with the parish of Hanover, it was there that 32 coaches from western Jamaica listened keenly to Sunshine Girls coach, Sasher-Gaye Henry-Wright, talk about the vagaries of coaching. The three-day...
OCHO RIOS High School head coach, Veron Peterkin, says after their historic run in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition last season, the team is focused on continuing from where they left off. Peterkin, who guided the team to historic heights...
Western Bureau: The 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations was a bittersweet experience for 12-year-old Briyah Brissett, a student of the Greater Destiny Preparatory and Kindergarten (GDPK) in St James, as, while she got the high school of...
NATIONAL BASKETBALL Association (NBA) player, Devin Vassell, says he is more than willing to represent Jamaica on an international level and is ready to bring others to join. Vassell, who plays small forward or shooting guard for the San Antonio...
THIRTY STUDENT athletes from western Jamaica were privileged to have a first-class experience from National Basketball Association (NBA) player Devin Vassell’s basketball clinic. Vassell, who plays for San Antonio Spurs, hosted the basketball...
WESTERN BUREAU: FACING A dual struggle with mental health and bullying, Wayne Lawrence is not only determined to overcome these challenges, but urging other men who are facing similar concerns to not give in by isolating themselves, but to seek...
PRESIDENT OF Montego Bay United (MBU) Dr Germain Spencer is defending the recent appointment of new head coach Xavier Gilbert to begin the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) 2025-26 season, despite criticism from the fans of the club. Gilbert, former...
Montego Bay United chairman, Yoni Epstein, said the decision to hire Arnett Gardens head coach over the last two Jamaica Premier League (JPL) seasons, Xavier Gilbert, came down to the need for long-term stability. According to Epstein, whose...
A ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR cash prize is up for grabs this summer for the six top high school football teams in western Jamaica. Montego Bay United FC (MBU) is staging its inaugural Invitational High School Football Competition at the Catherine Hall...
WESTERN BUREAU: Embedded in their bloodline, brothers Stephen and Luke Josephs are the latest torchbearers of a family deeply rooted in service to the vulnerable. Through the newly established Crisis Support Charity and Burn Foundation, the...
RENEWED ENERGY is expected for the 13th staging of the Western Primary Schools Athletic Championship (WPSAC), which, organisers say, will bring spirited competition among young athletes across western Jamaica. After a brief hiatus in 2024, owing...
LaToya Calvin-Williams, co-ordinator of the QEC33 (Quality Education Circle) Netball League expressed pride at putting together a competition that contributed to the sport’s development. Anchovy Primary School emerged as the first champions, edging...
DESPITE ENDING the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season without a trophy, Montego Bay United (MBU) chairman Yoni Epstein is happy with the progress since his team took charge of the club two years ago. MBU (75 points) ended the season fourth,...
IT IS refreshing when a youngster knows what he has to do to make it at the highest level. It usually augers well for a professional future, and this is the case for Jamaican swimmer Benjamin Davis. The 17-year-old Mount Kelly student is already...
THE GUARDIAN GROUP SHINE 5K Night Run/Walk lit up the streets of Montego Bay on Saturday night for the second leg of its much-anticipated return after a five-year hiatus. In humid conditions, the more than 3,600 participants were energised from...
SPANISH TOWN Police FC were crowned champions of the Jamaica Football Championships (Tier II) when they defeated Treasure Beach FC 2-0 at Drax Hall Sports Complex on Saturday. In a thrilling encounter, Spanish Town’s leading goal scorer Jordan...
A LATE strike from leading scorer Warner Brown earned Arnett Gardens a 1-1 draw with defending champions Cavalier in the first leg of their Jamaica Premier League semi-final tie at the Montego Bay Sports Complex last night. Cavalier’s Jerome...
HIGH-INTENSITY competition is expected for the third staging of the Western Prep School Championship, organised by Western Athletics and Sports Development. Lloyd’s Department Store are the new title sponsors of the competition this year. During...
In a bid to facilitate students moving from deep rural St James to participate in tournaments in downtown Montego Bay, La Toya Calvin-Williams has created the QEC33 (Quality Education Circle) Netball League for young netballers. The league began...
