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Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 12:51 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

DESPITE LOSING all three games against the Young Genius Cricket Academy out of Florida, coach Raymond Hart says there was a lot to take away from the Jamaica U15 select team’s performance in the series. Nineteen youngsters ranging from ages 11-14...

Published:Tuesday | January 17, 2023 | 1:22 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Openers Leroy Lugg and Kirk McKenzie, along with wicketkeeper-batsman Aldane Thomas, all hit centuries during the latest Jamaica Scorpions four-day practice match which ended at the weekend at Kensington Park. Thomas was the first to get to three...

Published:Tuesday | January 17, 2023 | 12:34 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The Makka Beach in New Haven, St Thomas, was the location for the first event of 2023 for the Jamaica Surfing Association (JSA) following the opening League qualifiers last Saturday Elishama Beckford was in top form, as he turned on the style to...

Published:Monday | January 16, 2023 | 1:26 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The parish of St Elizabeth is known as a cricket-loving community and the fans of the sport turned out in their numbers to witness two West Indian legends of the sport, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle, showcase their talent once again at the Treasure...

Published:Saturday | January 14, 2023 | 1:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

William Knibbs was a relieved man after finding out late that he was one of the top 54 players who will contest the remaining rounds following day two action at the Latin America Amateur Championships under way in Puerto Rico yesterday. After...

Published:Friday | January 13, 2023 | 1:02 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

On an opening day where 27 golfers chalked up red numbers, the Jamaican pair of William Knibbs and Justin Burrowes had mixed results following the first round of the par 72 Latin America Amateur Golf Championship (LAAC) being played in Puerto Rico...

Published:Friday | January 13, 2023 | 12:54 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

The first round of matches in this season’s West Indies Cricket Championship comes up in a couple of weeks and head coach of the Jamaica Scorpions Andrew Richardson and his assistant Nikita Miller are plotting a course to see whether the limited...

Published:Thursday | January 12, 2023 | 1:00 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

WITH NINE rounds of matches contested in this season’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL), clubs in the lower half of the table are eagerly anticipating moves in January’s transfer window to bolster their chances of advancing up the league table. Bottom...

Published:Wednesday | January 11, 2023 | 1:15 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE 2022 winner of the Latin America Amateur golf Championship (LAAC) came from the tiny island of Cayman, and Jamaicans Justin Burrowes and William Knibbs are feeling confident they can pull off a similar feat when the tournament gets under way...

Published:Wednesday | January 11, 2023 | 1:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IT HAS just been two years since Jamaica College student Nathaniel Bailey decided he wanted to test the waters with regard to the sport of surfing and the youngster is already creating waves internationally. Bailey was among 28 surfers who received...

Published:Tuesday | January 10, 2023 | 1:25 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Devonti Hodges was just four months old when his father, Devon Hodges, set the record for the most goals in a Premier League game in Jamaica. Devon Hodges scored 10 times for Rivoli United in a 15-0 hammering of Invaders back in the 2004-2005...

Published:Tuesday | January 10, 2023 | 1:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Opener Leroy Lugg and spinners Patrick Harty and Jamie Merchant all showed good form following the rain-curtailed Jamaica Scorpions’ four-day practice match which ended at Chedwin Park on Sunday. The burly right-hander Lugg hit an impressive 159...

Published:Monday | January 9, 2023 | 1:05 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It is no secret that Vere United are having a goal-scoring problem in this year’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL). On Sunday, the Clarendon-based Vere chalked up their sixth draw of the campaign in a 0-0 stalemate with newcomers and neighbours...

Published:Thursday | January 5, 2023 | 1:16 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN DRIVERS Fraser McConnell and Sara Misir are still trying to come to grips with the death of American rally driver Ken Block. The two have expressed sadness at Block’s passing. The motorsports aficionado died following a snowmobile accident...

Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 12:31 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

As cricket got back into full swing in 2022 following the COVID-19 pandemic, not much changed during the last calendar year for the senior West Indies men’s team, which continued to find the going tough on the international stage. Nothing was more...

Published:Thursday | December 29, 2022 | 1:34 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IT WAS clear from the opening whistle that the Humble Lion and Tivoli players had yet to recover from the holiday break, with a scrappy affair bereft of very good football highlighting their seventh-round Jamaica Premier League encounter at...

Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2022 | 6:20 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Humble Lion continued where they left off in the Jamaica Premier League after chalking up back-to-back victories following a 1-0 win over Tivoli Gardens in game week seven of the Jamaica Premier League. After seeing off Arnett Gardens 1-0 in game...

Published:Tuesday | December 27, 2022 | 1:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former West Indies and Jamaica batsman Brenton Parchment left Jamaica recently to officially take up his role as the head coach for the Ricardo Powell Cricket Academy (RPCA) based in Roswell Georgia, United States. Parchment, who was recruited by...

Published:Friday | December 23, 2022 | 1:46 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Head coach Courtney Walsh said before the fifth and final T20 that his team will be looking to salvage some pride and avoid the dreaded whitewash, however, that did not materialise as the regional women went down by eight wickets to England at the...

Published:Friday | December 23, 2022 | 1:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

When the boys of Jamaica’s only all-boys boarding school, Munro College, return for the next academic term in January, they will see a vast difference with regard to the school’s aesthetics, as Munro old boy Robert Hale and his wife, Monica, are...

Published:Tuesday | December 6, 2022 | 12:07 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Aunties Hot Spot on the Old Harbour Bay main road was abuzz with excitement yesterday as throngs of Brazilian supporters came out to witness their team book a place in the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The ardent fans...

Published:Monday | December 5, 2022 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

It has been three years since some of the island’s top female footballers got to lace up their boots, and the lengthy layoff may have prompted the Vere United women to come out firing as they hammered Real Mobay AFC 11-0 in their opening fixture of...

Published:Saturday | December 3, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former national tennis player Brandon Burke continues to see his stock rise at the administrative level, as the six-time Davis Cup representative was recently re-elected to the board of directors of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for a second...

Published:Friday | December 2, 2022 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Twenty-eight of the island’s top coaches are expected to benefit tremendously from the new World Association of Basketball Coaches Certification (WABC) course, which will be held from December 5-17 in Kingston. Jamaica will be the first English-...

Published:Friday | December 2, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Former Jamaica and West Indies batsman Brenton Parchment says he is liking what he is seeing so far from new West Indies opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul in the opening Test against Australia currently under way in Perth. The Guyanese has so far...

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