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Published:Monday | November 4, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER national champions Portmore United moved to top spot in the Jamaica Premier League with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Molynes United yesterday. Portmore lead the standings with 16 points from eight games, two ahead of Montego Bay United and...

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:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

CAVALIER SC are through to the final of the Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship after a destructive second-leg performance against Moca FC out of the Dominican Republic at the National Stadium yesterday. The 7-0 win, inspired by a Shaquille Stein...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Basketball Association, Paulton Gordon, explained that the recently concluded referees coaching clinic held at the National Stadium was conducted in a bid to bring local referees up to speed with changes at the FIBA level...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A 1-1 DRAW between Chapelton Maroons in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex included a stunning goal, a controversial equaliser, and a bottle-throwing incident to mar it all. Chapelton took the lead in the...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DUNBEHOLDEN registered their first victory of the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League season yesterday after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Harbour View at the Dunbeholden Sports Complex. Dunbeholden got the winner in the 14th minute courtesy of a...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING ISSA Manning Cup champions Mona High produced a classy performance to whip Group 1 opponents St Jago High 6-0, as the second round of the competition kicked off at the Stadium East field yesterday. In the opening match of the double-...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER suffering back-to-back defeats ,Molynes United collected their first point in three Jamaica Premier League (JPL) games following a 0-0 draw against Tivoli Gardens at the Stadium East field yesterday. The first half of the game was played...

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

CHAIRMAN OF the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC), Clovis Metcalfe, explained that he was left bitterly disappointed by the fact that only two scheduled races were run at Caymanas Park on Monday due to rioting by spectators. Metcalfe added that...

Published:Tuesday | October 22, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE JEROME Waite-coached Tivoli Gardens registered their first victory of the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League season, courtesy of a Horatio Morgan strike in the 80th minute against the newly promoted Racing United on a rainy Monday evening at the...

Published:Saturday | October 19, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE Anthony Patrick-coached St Catherine ended the first round of the ISSA Manning Cup competition undefeated as they clipped Zone G rivals St George’s College 1-0, courtesy of a Romaine Walters strike yesterday at Winchester Park. Both teams...

Published:Friday | October 18, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Chairman of Jamaica’s Football Federation Technical Committee, Rudolph Speid, has confirmed that the local federation is seeking to add highly rated Newcastle United defensive midfielder Isaac Hayden to the Reggae Boyz squad. “We are pursuing...

Published:Thursday | October 17, 2024 | 12:15 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AFTER REGISTERING back-to-back Jamaica Premier League (JPL) defeats, newcomers Chapelton Maroons turned things around with a 2-0 victory over parish rivals Humble Lion at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Chapelton got their goals...

Published:Tuesday | October 15, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WITH SEVEN debutantes in the 10-member squad, Jamaica will be banking on the talent of their youth to secure the country’s first medal at the FAST5 netball tournament set for November 9 in New Zealand. Simone Forbes, vice-president at Netball...

Published:Saturday | October 12, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A number of eastern Caribbean players have been displaying their talents in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) and, overall, they have been doing very well. Jalmaro Calvin of Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago’s Kaile Auvray are key...

Published:Friday | October 11, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF Tennis Jamaica, John Azar, explained that Jamaica’s team for their 2025 Davis Cup tie against New Zealand will be revealed in a few weeks’ time. Jamaica will play hosts from February 1-2 next year at the Eric Bell National Tennis...

Published:Thursday | October 10, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) kept their unbeaten run intact, solidifying their lead atop Group F in the ISSA Manning Cup, following a 3-1 victory over Excelsior at the Courtney Walsh Oval yesterday. JC opened the scoring through Anwan Gordon in the 39th...

Published:Tuesday | October 8, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING JAMAICA Premier League champions Cavalier showed their championship mettle yesterday, registering a come-from-behind 4-1 victory over Dunbeholden at Sabina Park. Dunbeholden opened their account in the fifth minute of play, courtesy of a...

Published:Saturday | October 5, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER champion jockey Winston ‘Fanna’ Griffiths, says Tevin Foster and Raddesh Roman are two of a handful of top-level riders in action at Caymanas Park. Griffiths who became the first jockey to surpass 1,000 winners at Caymanas Park back in 1993...

Published:Saturday | October 5, 2024 | 12:06 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Coach of Molynes United, Jermaine Thomas, believes that his team has been unfortunate in their opening two matches of the 2024-25 Jamaica Premier League season and has called for patience from supporters. Molynes were beaten 3-1 by Vere Phoenix on...

Published:Thursday | October 3, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

WITH JUST a few months to go in the horse racing calendar, fans at Caymanas Park can’t seem to take their eyes off the jockeys’ title race between the pair of Raddesh Roman and Tevin Foster, who are locked at 99 winners. Former jockey, now turned...

Published:Tuesday | October 1, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A 90TH-MINUTE strike from Montego Bay United (MBU) substitute Deonjay Brown proved decisive in his side’s 1-0 win over promoted Chapelton Maroons at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. In a game that saw chances few and far between, MBU...

Published:Monday | September 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) under-19 rural area netball champions Holmwood Technical have set their sights on retaining their crown and head coach, Carline Graham-Powell, says her squad is fully fit and ready to take...

Published:Monday | September 30, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DUNBEHOLDEN’s search for a head coach has ended following the appointment of Bijon Thomas. General manager of the club, Roger Simmonds, told The Gleaner that Thomas was the best selection among the coaches interviewed. “Having interviewed a number...

Published:Saturday | September 28, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT of Jamaica Basketball Association, Paulton Gordon, says the passing of veteran administrator Elfraito ‘Alf’ Remikie will leave a huge gap in the country’s basketball programme. “It’s a major loss to the basketball community as he had a...

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