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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...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:07 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): Rachin Ravindra and skipper Tom Latham hit contrasting centuries as New Zealand tightened their grip on the opening Test against West Indies with a dominant performance by their batters on Thursday’s third day....

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:13 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

ANTHONY NUNES’ chances of dethroning Jason DaCosta as champion trainer depends on two horses with Guyanese connections, NAUTICAL STAR in the $45.15-million Mouttet Mile and OF A REVOLUTION in the $15m Bruceontheloose Sprint. Runner-up to DaCosta in...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:13 AM

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Kingston College (KC) were knocked out of this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition after they were held to a 2-2 draw by rivals Calabar in Group 2 at Stadium East yesterday. Shareef Ricketts, in the seventh minute, and...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

ELTHAM HIGH are through to the quarter-finals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup after a hard-fought 3-2 win over Spanish Town rivals St Jago in Group 4 of the round of 16 at the Drewsland Stadium yesterday. The St Catherine school topped the group with...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

RACING UNITED head coach Anthony Patrick says he is confident the new playing style he is introducing to his team will have a positive impact when the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) resumes this weekend. Patrick told The Gleaner that the system is...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AM

LONDON (AP): ROBIN SMITH, the batter who shone for England in a period when it was beaten regularly in Test cricket, has died. He was 62. Smith’s family said in a statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board that he died unexpectedly at his...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): PACERS JACOB Duffy and Matt Henry ran through the West Indies’ batting to leave New Zealand firmly in control of the opening Test at the end of Tuesday’s second day of play. Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Shai...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AM

CAMPION COLLEGE’S under-19 team scored the biggest win in Tuesday’s round of the Urban ISSA Basketball Competition after dismantling Yallahs High 118-29. Campion dominated all four quarters with scores of 14-10, 34-8, 36-4, and 34-7. Ryeem Martell...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

MAY DAY junior netball team got off to a rocket start in the second round of the ISSA Rural Netball Competition at the Manchester High School netball court on Tuesday, as the Janet Hunter-coached team scored two impressive wins. The team, which had...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

MOUNT PLEASANT Football Academy laid claim to their first-ever regional title, defeating Dominican Republic outfit Universidad O...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S BASKETBALL team defeated Puerto Rico 97-92 in their FIBA Americas World Cup qualifiers in Puerto Rico on Monday to complete the double over their opponents, ranked 79 places above them in the FIBA ranking. Jamaica, who had to surrender...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 8:29 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

IF STAR power could propel RIDEALLDAY to the winners’ enclosure, the recent Port Royal Sprint winner would be a shoo-in for Saturday’s US$300,000 Mouttet Mile at Caymanas Park. Shortly after landing the November 16 Port Royal Sprint, it was...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): A DEFIANT 52-run partnership between Michael Bracewell and Nathan Smith rescued New Zealand from a mid-innings collapse, steering the hosts to 231 for 9 on a rain-ravaged and dramatic first day of the first Test...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THERE IS a saying that lightning does not strike twice in the same place, but that was not the case yesterday at the Glenmuir playfield. Defending champions Garvey Maceo were knocked out in the round of 16 of the ISSA daCosta Cup football...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

GAYNSTEAD HIGH School netballers will be aiming to continue their perfect record in both the junior and senior categories when second-round action in the ISSA Urban Netball Competition gets under way today at the Leila Robinson Courts. The Dalton...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

BUOYED BY their home fans, Excelsior High School got the better of Tivoli Gardens High 3-2 in a fiercely contested affair yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition. Terrence Williams opened the scoring for...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:08 AM

MADRID (AP): CLÀUDIA PINA scored twice, and Germany crumbled as Spain won the Women’s Nations League final with a 3-0 victory in the second leg yesterday. Vicky López also scored after Pina finally broke the deadlock after an hour played, with...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

AP: SERENA WILLIAMS threw cold water on the idea that she might be preparing to return to tennis, writing on social media yesterday that she is “NOT coming back,” after a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said the 23-...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): AZTECA STADIUM will reopen in March when Mexico host Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly match ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the Mexican football federation confirmed yesterday. The iconic stadium, closed since May of last...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:06 AM

PARIS (AP): A SHOCKED French sporting world has unanimously condemned “unacceptable” acts of fan violence targeting Nice players and staff after another defeat by the Riviera side over the weekend. After a sixth consecutive loss across all...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:11 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): HEAD COACH of the Barbados Pride, Vasbert Drakes, has lauded his team’s work ethic after they captured the CG United Super50 Cup title in Trinidad on Saturday. The Pride captured the US$100,000 first prize with a...

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