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Oblique Seville
Published 16 hours ago by Karen Madden/Gleaner Writer

Weekend ‘double treat’ at Stadium

Sports fans are being promised a double treat at the National Stadium this weekend with two massive events planned for the Independence Park facility today and tomorrow. This after the organisers of Velocity Fest announced that its 19th staging, which had been previously scheduled for today, has been shifted to tomorrow making way for the Reggae Girlz clash against Guyana in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers.

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Members of the Camperdown High football team celebrate with the championship trophy after defeating defending champions Excelsior High in the ISSA high school girls’ football final at Wolmer’s Girl’s yesterday.
Published 16 hours ago by Livingston Scott

Camperdown top Excelsior to claim schoolgirls’ football title

Camperdown High broke Excelsior High’s monopoly on the ISSA schoolgirls’ football competition after beating the nine-time defending champions 3-0 on penalties in the final at Wolmer’s Girls yesterday.…
Jaydon Lawrence (right) of Esher Primary, the Hanover primary schools football MVP, will be one of the many players on show in the Hanover Primary Allstars versus Trelawny Primary Allstars match at the Colin Miller Sports Complex, Hanover, today at 2:30 p.
Updated 11 hours ago by Livingston Scott

Primary Allstars clash: Hanover vs Trelawny at Colin Miller Complex

The Colin Miller Sports Complex, home of Rusea’s High School, comes alive this afternoon when Hanover Primary Allstars team take on their counterparts from Trelawny in an allstars game today at 2 30…
Dino Rochester, track and field head coach at Meadowbrook High School.
Updated 11 hours ago by Raymond Graham

Meadowbrook back at Penns after 26-year wait

Following four years of steady work, Meadowbrook High School’s track and field team is set to make a long-awaited return to the Penn Relays for the first time since 2000. The revival has been led by…
Published 16 hours ago by Ainsley Walters

Mighty Gully to outrun Ricoricorico in Sunday’s feature

AFTER punching above her head in back-to-back races, MIGHTY GULLY returned to overnight allowance on April 6 but fell into the jaws of DESERT OF MALIBU, a grade-one horse competing two classes lower,…
Manchester City’s head coach Pep Guardiola
Published 16 hours ago

Guardiola: EPL title race will be ‘over’ if City lose to Arsenal

MANCHESTER, England (AP): For Pep Guardiola, it’s cut and dried. “Obviously if we lose, yes it’s over,” the Manchester City manager said about Sunday’s English Premier League (EPL) title showdown with…
Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz celebrate after scoring their fourth goal against Antigua and Barbuda at the National Stadium on Friday, April 10. Jamaica defeated Antigua and Barbuda 4-0.
Published 16 hours ago by Gregory Bryce

Girlz ready to get job done

Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr said the team is well rested and ready to close out action in Group B of the Concacaf W Qualifiers today when they take on Guyana at the National Stadium at 7…
Deneisha Blackwood speaks to the media during the Reggae Girlz press conference at the National Stadium yesterday.
Published 16 hours ago by Gregory Bryce

A blessing in disguise

For many players, an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury can spell the end of their careers. But for Jamaican international Deneisha Blackwood, her ACL injury proved a blessing in disguise as it…
Wayne Pinnock
April 17, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

JAAA stands by want-away stars

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) said the four Jamaican athletes who applied for a transfer of allegiance are still considered valued members of Jamaica’s track and field…
Jamaica Scorpions coach Robert Haynes (right) chats with captain John Campbell during the West Indies Championship cricket match against Barbados Pride at Chedwin Park on Wednesday.
April 17, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Haynes praises Scorpions’ resilience against plucky Pride

Head coach Robert Haynes hailed a “great team effort” after the Jamaica Scorpions pulled off a remarkable come-from-behind seven-wicket victory over the Barbados Pride at Chedwin Park on Wednesday,…