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Published:Tuesday | July 4, 2017 | 6:38 PMLivingston Scott

Arnett Gardens Football Club's president, Patrick Roberts, says Mark Golding is not the club's chairman and has no authority at this time to make changes to its administrative structure.In a report in The Gleaner yesterday Golding, the chairman of...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

New Arnett Gardens football club chairman, Mark Golding, says increasing the professionalism throughout the club and emphasising youth development will be his mandate in the role. Golding, assumed office last Wednesday, the day, former chairman Omar...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

The Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) head of competitions and facilities overseer, Ian Kemble, insisted that no investigation will be launched into the Cavalier/Sandals Premier League play-off match amidst suggestions that the integrity of Sunday...

Published:Sunday | July 2, 2017 | 7:00 PMLivingston Scott

New Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) interim president Bruce Gaynor wants to make a big impact in his two months in the role. The former St James Football Association president says he intend to use his time in office to build on what former...

Published:Friday | June 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Jamaican businessman Chris Dehring said his comments in a recent radio interview was taken out on context, and although he is willing to support the development of Jamaica's football in any way possible, he is not interested in running for the...

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Newly elected Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president, Christopher Samuda, has promised changes when he fully assumes office.Samuda, who defeated Vishu Tolan 20-16 for the JOA leadership at the association's annual general meeting at the JOA...

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2017 | 7:05 PMLivingston Scott

Attorney Christopher Samuda was on Tuesday voted in as the new president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). Samuda, who served as Secretary General under the immediate past president Mike Fennell, who did not seek re-election after 40 years...

Published:Monday | June 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Outgoing Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Mike Fennell promises a smooth transition of power for the incoming leadership and gives both presidential candidates, Vishu Tolan and Christopher Samuda, the vote of confidence to build on the...

Published:Saturday | June 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will meet Curacao in the Caribbean Cup final this evening at 6:30 (Jamaica time) at the Stade Pierre Aliker in Fort de France, Martinique.The Jamaican coaches expect a tough match. In an interview last Friday, Reggae Boyz...

Published:Friday | June 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Former Netball Jamaica president, Marva Bernard, said when the call came from, aspiring Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president, Vishu Tolan, to run on his team as general secretary, she couldn't ignore it because sports administration is what...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2017 | 11:18 AMLivingston Scott

The poor weather which affected the island last weekend put a damper on the inaugural BMW Jamaica Golf Classic at Cinnamon Hill in Montego Bay, but president of the Jamaica Golf Association, Peter Chin, believes the tournament still has immense...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Sports surfaces in Jamaica could be in for a dramatic upgrade, if the turf management seminar being hosted at Half Moon hotel in Montego Bay today, has the desired effect organisers are hoping for.David Mais who is one of the organisers, said they...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Table Tennis Jamaica (TTJ) President Godfrey Lothian has described the recent multimillion-dollar, four-year sponsorship deal with India-based international sports goods exporter Stag as "one of the best deals Table Tennis Jamaica ever got in its...

Published:Friday | June 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Former director of Jamaica's football, Vin Blaine, said the passing of Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president captain Horace Burrell did not influence his recent decision to resign from the post and take up his new role as Technical Director of...

Published:Friday | June 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Veteran national senior football, Jermaine 'Teddy' Johnson, believes the egos of young, upcoming players is the biggest obstacle in their careers.Speaking on Hitz 92FM's Girls' Sports Club recently, Johnson said young players lose sight of the big...

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Kaleise Spencer's lawyer, Paul Greene, said the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) case against the hurdles star should not have been brought to the Independent Anti-Doping panel, and he was always confident she would be vindicated.Yesterday, at...

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2017 | 9:58 PMLivingston Scott

Livingston Scott, Gleaner Writer Peru scored a comfortable 3-1 win over the Reggae Boyz at the Estadio Monumental de la UNSA in Arequipa, Peru, in Tuesday night's friendly international. The South Americans dominated the entire contest, making...

Published:Tuesday | June 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Jamaican 400m hurdler Kaliese Spencer was on Tuesday cleared by the Independent Anti-doping Disciplinary Panel, of charges she had refused to provide a sample for testing, meaning she will be able to...

Published:Monday | June 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Rivoli coach Anthony Thompson could not confirm if midfield general, Jeremy Nelson, will miss the next three games, for the red card he received against Cavalier, in their opening JFF Charley's JB Magnum Premier League play-off at the Spanish Town...

Published:Sunday | June 11, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Defending champion Brandon Reid staved off a tough challenge from Nicholai Clarke to capture his third successive NCB Capital Market National Junior Skeet Championship at the Portmore range yesterday. The US-based Reid also topped the extended...

Published:Saturday | June 10, 2017 | 4:33 PMLivingston Scott

Jamaica Skeet Club president Evan Thwaites is expecting a competitive and exciting National Junior Championships at the Portmore Range today starting at 11 a.m.Thwaites said the island's top young shooters have prepared relentlessly over the last...

Published:Tuesday | June 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Local trainers will have extra motivation when they saddle up for the 97th running of the Boom/Jamaica Derby on June 24 at Caymanas Park.A purse of $7 million was already set aside prior to the start of the press launch at Caymanas Park on Tuesday....

Published:Tuesday | June 6, 2017 | 8:07 PMLivingston Scott

Former Reggae Boyz coach, Carl Brown, doubts that local football will ever again see a larger-than-life personality and character like Captain Horace Burrell, after the former army man past away yesterday in hospital in the United States yesterday...

Published:Tuesday | June 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Jamaica Olympic Association President Mike Fennell yesterday said that the country has lost a strong leader in sports.Speaking after the death of Jamaica Football Federation President Captain Horace Burrell, Fennell said: "We are desperately in...

Published:Friday | June 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMLivingston Scott

Portmore United are into their second Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) final in two years, and although coach Linval Dixon does not see much difference in this team from the one that lost 2-1 to Montego Bay United in last season's finale, he insists...

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