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Published:Friday | December 16, 2022 | 2:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

For Kingston College, a programme that has set for itself a standard of excellence and silverware, a trophy-less schoolboy season could be seen as a failure. However, for head coach Raymond Watson, in his first season on the job, he believes that...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2022 | 2:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With gratitude for a career that has made him legendary, eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will be honoured by the BBC with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The announcement was made...

Published:Friday | December 16, 2022 | 1:28 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Former national women’s coach Charles Edwards says, while in support of increasing the Women’s World Cup rosters to 26, that Jamaica will have to make do and be mindful of their squad selections ahead of next year’s tournament. His comments come...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:19 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is at the closing stages and what an extraordinary tournament is has been so far. Beaten finalists in 2018, Croatia, made a wonder run, but...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2022 | 8:07 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

The Atlas Lions have nothing to be ashamed of. They've won the hearts of many. They came, they saw but didn't conquer, and that's ok. The entire country should be proud, from the city of Tangier in the north...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2022 | 1:56 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WHAT MOROCCO have already achieved at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and what they will attempt to do this afternoon in the quest for more history cannot be understated in the minds of Jamaica College head coach Davion Ferguson and former national...

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2022 | 12:56 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WITH A rematch three years in the making, Jamaica College (JC) and Clarendon College (CC) will close the 2022 schoolboy football season to decide all-island supremacy, in the ISSA Olivier Shield final this afternoon at 5 p.m. at Stadium East Field...

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2022 | 10:14 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Penalty aside, Argentina put the screws to Croatia and never eased up. No extra-time needed. What was billed as a battle of atrition ended up being a display that showed this version of...

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2022 | 1:03 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Glenmuir High School’s first schoolboy football title in 13 years cannot only be attributed to the success on the field but for the emphasis that the programme has placed on the mental health of its athletes, something that head coach Andrew Peart...

Published:Tuesday | December 13, 2022 | 1:36 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Ballaz International Group Founder and Director Andre Virtue says that the rare opportunity to send their younger age group teams to compete internationally will benefit them in their development as players both on and off the field, and they are...

Published:Monday | December 12, 2022 | 7:23 PMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

This World Cup has been one of upsets, and the team that has created the most thus far is Morocco. Since the start of the tournament, the north Aficans have been beating...

Published:Sunday | December 11, 2022 | 9:02 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

Argentina and Croatia's last world cup meeting four years ago would shape the destinies of both countries in that tournament. Croatia’s commanding 3-0 group stage win would fuel their run to...

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2022 | 11:41 PMPaul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

When things go wrong, they really go wrong. Cristiano Ronaldo through on goal, his team down 1-0, no dice. Harry Kane, a sure shot from 12 yards away, his team down 2-1, no...

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2022 | 12:39 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

One coach hopes to claim a title that has eluded him while the other is hoping to not end the season trophyless. The latest chapter of the Jamaica College-Kingston College (KC) rivalry will unfold this afternoon as they will face each other in the...

Published:Saturday | December 10, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The aftermath of the FIFA corruption scandal, as well as the part that Caribbean administrators played in it could spell doom for any other aspiring person from the region vying for the Concacaf presidency in the future according to ESPN football...

Published:Friday | December 9, 2022 | 7:20 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

In one word, Wow. When commenting on how Croatia have gone about their business, I often refer to them as battle-tested warriors. They entered the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar without the...

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2022 | 6:28 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

And then there were eight. The Oranje have looked solid throughout the tournament. Ball possession … check, pace in all areas of the field … check, winning mentality … pending. Having lost three World...

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2022 | 12:12 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The goal of Tivoli Gardens High head coach Christopher Nicholas is to bring the school back to its former glory. There, they were perennial schoolboy football contenders. After Friday’s Walker Cup title victory, Nicholas believes they are on the...

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

ALTHOUGH MISSING out on World Athletic Female of the Year award honours, five-time 100-metre World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and World 200m champion Shericka Jackson will go head to head for Jamaica’s highest individual sporting prize as...

Published:Wednesday | December 7, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

FOR ALL the pressure and criticism that England head coach Gareth Southgate has been under before and during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Deputy British High Commissioner in Jamaica, Daniel Shepherd, says that he has, so far, answered them with...

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2022 | 10:19 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Daniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

BACK in 1994, late great R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass made these lyrics popular, "If you don’t know me by now … "

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2022 | 12:07 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In the most competitive field of nominees in years, the World Athletics 2022 Women’s Athlete of the Year went to the one who has redefined the 400 metres hurdles event, World and Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The announcement was made...

Published:Monday | December 5, 2022 | 6:01 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

Croatia are quietly going about their business to give captain and stalwart Luka Modric one last hurrah at the World Cup. They were made to work for it against Japan and Croatia goalkeeper Dominik...

Published:Monday | December 5, 2022 | 12:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Just as his father, Kevin “Pele” Wilson, did decades before, Jamaica College’s (JC) Kevaughn Wilson continued the family tradition of Manning Cup success on Friday night, honoured and privileged to write his own name in history. Jamaica College’s...

Published:Sunday | December 4, 2022 | 5:34 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter, Orane Buchanan/Staff Reporter, Paul-Andre Walker/Sports Editor

Alas Senegal just couldn't find a way past England. Not having Sadio Mane finally showed. But for Alou Cisse and company this year should be seen as a success. African champions and a World Cup round of 16 place are achievements to be proud of.

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