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Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham - Gleaner Writer

AT THEIR recent council meeting in Monaco, World Athletics’ governing body announced several rule changes that will impact future competitions. One of those changes comes in finals of the 400 metres at indoor championships, while another has to do...

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): WEST INDIES Test captain Roston Chase has lauded his troops for their outstanding performance which helped them earn a draw in the opening Test against New Zealand (NZ) on Friday. Justin Greaves stroked an unbeaten...

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): LED BY herculean efforts from Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach, the West Indies produced one of the best-ever batting performances in Test history to defy the odds and secure a hard-fought draw against New Zealand in...

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce - Staff Reporter

STEPHEN ‘BOMBER’ Jones, president of the Jamaica Boxing Board (JBB), said the upcoming Wray...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The race for this year’s daCosta Cup title intensifies today when the quarterfinals kick off at 3 p.m. at four venues. Football lovers will have their eyes locked in on a tough matchup with Group One’s 12-time champions Cornwall College hosting...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:11 AM

KINGSTON: A clash of grit and pride is set to unfold next Saturday, December 13, as two rising light heavyweight talents step into the ring for the next instalment of the Wray...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), Solomon Sharpe, says he is feeling both “nervous and excited” as Caymanas Park prepares to stage today’s fourth running of the ultra-rich Mouttet Mile, which offers a record...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Coach of Mount Pleasant Football Academy and national football icon Theodore Whitmore was the recipient of the Kingston and St Andrew Business House Football Association’s Abe Alexander award for excellence for 2025 at the competition’s awards...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CAMPERDOWN HIGH, Campion College and Ardenne High all went over the century mark as they scored big wins over their rivals on Thursday in the ISSA urban senior schoolboys under-19 basketball competition. The eastern Kingston-based Camperdown came...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:10 AM

DENBIGH HIGH School’s junior and senior netball teams are through to the quarterfinals of the ISSA rural schoolgirls netball competition after victories on Thursday at G.C. Foster College in their set of second-round matches. In what was the...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Head coach of St Andrew Technical High School’s (STATHS) football programme, Philip Williams, is hoping that his team can finally go all the way this time around in the ISSA Manning Cup after going close several times in recent years. Since taking...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

All eight teams left in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition will be inaction today as the first round of fixtures in the quarterfinal groups are set to get under way. The day’s fixtures will be headlined by a double-header at Stadium East where...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): A fighting, unbeaten century from Shai Hope, coupled with Justin Greaves’ stellar half-century, has put West Indies in position to push for an unlikely but possible victory against New Zealand heading into Friday’s...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Dr Kishore Shallow will not relinquish his role as president of Cricket West Indies (CWI), despite being named as St Vincent and the Grenadines’ minister of tourism and maritime affairs. There was widespread speculation...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:12 AM

WASHINGTON DC (AP): The United States (US) could hardly have asked for a better draw at the 2026 World Cup. The co-hosts should expect to stick around at their own party until at least the round of 32 after being grouped with Paraguay, Australia...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:12 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP): FIFA has invited more teams than ever for a World Cup priced largely for fans in the one per cent. The process of figuring out which teams in the expanded 48-nation field will play where begins with today’s draw at the...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:12 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester United blew the chance to move up to fifth in the English Premier League (EPL) yesterday when West Ham salvaged a late 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. Soungoutou Magassa’s 83rd-minute equaliser cancelled out Diogo...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:11 AM

Former Newcastle goal-keeper Shaka Hislop said yesterday that he has prostate cancer. The 56-year-old Hislop, who also played in the Premier League for West Ham and Portsmouth, said he had been diagnosed with a “fairly aggressive” form of the...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Forgoing its usual tagline of ‘Run for the Fun’, the 2026 Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run has adopted a new tagline of ‘Run for the West’ as they look to raise a target of $150 million to help the relief efforts in western Jamaica. The 2026 Sagicor...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Following his team’s elimination from the Manning Cup competition Kingston College (KC) head coach Vassell Reynolds says they are now fully focused on salvaging some pride by going all out for the Walker Cup KO title. KC, the defending Manning...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JOSE Marti High were the only double winners on the day as second-round action in the ISSA urban schoolgirls netball competition got under way on Wednesday at the Leila Robinson Court. The Philip Pinnock–coached juniors and seniors scored...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

SOME OF the island’s top tennis players are scheduled to suit up for this weekend’s start of the Real Equity Open Tennis Championships, which is set to serve off on Saturday at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston. Among those down to compete in the...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Newly appointed Harbour View FC head coach Vassell Reynolds says tightening the team’s defensive structure will be the top priority when the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) resumes on Sunday. Harbour View have struggled at the back this season,...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

It has been 17 years since Excelsior High last lifted any schoolboy football title, and 21 years since they last lifted the coveted Manning Cup trophy, a fact head coach Keon Broderick and his charges are keenly aware of. Excelsior have built a...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:08 AM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dr Kishore Shallow, will make a decision by this weekend on whether he will step down from the position. Dr Shallow, 41, secured a landmark victory in the North Leeward constituency...

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