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Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

It was a sea of green and yellow that swallowed the National Stadium yesterday in cheers of jubilation as Excelsior High defeated Jamaica College (JC) 2-0 in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup final to lift the title for the first time in 21 years....

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:11 AM

MUNICH, Germany (AP): To see how dominant Bayern Munich have been this Bundesliga season, just look at the goal difference. With 51 goals scored – more than 3.6 per game – and only 11 conceded, Bayern’s goal difference is a whopping plus 40. Best...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca said yesterday he had “no time” for reports linking him to the Manchester City job. A report by The Athletic this week said Maresca was high on the list of candidates to take over at City when Pep Guardiola...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

It took penalty kicks to decide this year’s champions of the ISSA/Walker Cup competition with St Catherine High School prevailing 4-3 over defending champions Mona High in the final at the National Stadium yesterday. It was St Catherine’s third...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DENBIGH High and Holmwood Technical were crowned queens of high school netball yesterday at the GC Foster College Indoor Court. In the junior final, Denbigh claimed their sixth all-island title after edging defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ 31-29...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING champions GC Foster College were in a no-nonsense mood on Wednesday as they retained the intercollegiate senior netball title with a commanding 40-31 victory over The Mico University College in the final at St Andrew High School. Both...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

LEADERS of the occupational groups at Caymanas Park have expressed their appreciation for a recent meeting with Ryan Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission. Reid replaced Clovis Metcalfe,...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

In a match dubbed the ‘Battle of the CCs’ Cornwall College out of Montego Bay will face Clarendon College in the Ben Francis Knockout final at the National Stadium today. Match time is 3 p.m. Cornwall will march into the final battle-hardened and...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

The stage is set for a thrilling climax to the rural schoolboys football season as two former champions, Glenmuir High and St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS), prepare to square off in the ISSA daCosta Cup final at the National Stadium. Rural...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

The Blue Mahoe Capital-sponsored Reinas Shield Under-17 girls football competition will return for its fourth staging today at Merl Grove High School, boasting an all-new format due to complications caused by Hurricane Melissa. Neo Oxford, founder...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:08 AM

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC): The West Indies’ batters have started strongly chasing New Zealand’s mammoth first innings total, to leave the game in the balance at the end of play on the second day here on Friday. With veteran pacer and...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:10 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

MISSION Impossible quickly escalated into ‘race over’ for INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD at the start of the Bruceontheloose Sprint on Mouttet Mile Day, not having a ghost of a chance against Florida invader OF A REVOLUTION, compounded by bumping at the start...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

SEVEN-TIME champions Cornwall College marched into the ISSA Ben Francis KO Cup final with a 2-0 victory over former champions McGrath High in the semi-finals at Drax Hall Sports Complex yesterday. Their opponents in the final will be Clarendon...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RYAN Reid, new chair of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), has hit the ground running at Caymanas Park, recently meeting with representatives from the agents, grooms and trainers associations....

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

MONA HIGH will be seeking back-to-back Walker Cup titles when they battle St Catherine High in today’s final of the ISSA/WATA knockout football competition at the National Stadium. Kick-off time is 3 p.m. Today’s game is expected to be closely...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:07 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

Perennial title contenders Jamaica College (JC) will face off against a proven Excelsior High unit in a fight for urban schoolboys football supremacy today in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup final at the National Stadium. Their clash will be the feature...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:07 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Mohamed Salah has gone for up to a month, costing Liverpool their all-time leading goal-scorer in the English Premier League (EPL). Manchester United have lost their most potent attacking force in Bryan Mbeumo, along with...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The 2025 champions of high school netball will be crowned today when the all-island finals take place at G. C. Foster College. Urban champions Wolmer’s Girls, the defending junior title holders, will go up against rural champions Denbigh High at 1...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:06 AM

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC): A green-tinged Bay Oval strip at Mount Maunganui promised a bowler’s paradise. Still, by stumps on Day One, it was the site of a West Indian nightmare, expertly orchestrated by New Zealand’s record-breaking...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer -

Jamaican super welterweight boxer Joshua 'Hellrazor' Frazer puts his 13-0 record on the line tonight when he squares off against Mponda Kalunga in the main event on a fight card at the Queen's Manor Event Centre in Brampton, Ontario, Canada,...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

A winner in open overnight-allowance winners a month ago, PRINCE AMAAN has tumbled two levels lower to face $1.5-million claimers in Saturday’s fourth event at five and a half furlongs. Claimed at the level in May by Jason Dacosta from rival...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Glenmuir High School and St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) secured their places in the 2025 ISSA daCosta Cup final, after wins over Dinthill and Kemps Hill, respectively, in the semi-finals at Sabina Park yesterday. Glenmuir went a step...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ and Gaynstead High ruled supreme yesterday in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl junior and senior netball finals at St Andrew High School, scoring exciting wins over their opponents. In the junior final, Wolmer’s edged...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AM

Caribbean Champions Mount Pleasant Football Academy had their momentum in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) slowed by Racing United, who delivered a smash and grab at the Ferdi Neita Park in the absence of coach Anthony Patrick yesterday. Patrick,...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Technical Director of defending champions Mona High School, Donovan Duckie, says the institution is determined to retain their ISSA/Walker Cup knockout title this year for ailing head coach Craig Butler. Mona marched into the final of the...

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