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Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:39 AM

LONDON (CMC): WEST INDIES will hand novice opener Mikyle Louis his debut as part of an inexperienced XI for the opening Test against England at Lord’s starting today, as they begin the arduous task of retaining the Botham-Richards Trophy. At the...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

SEVERAL ST Catherine-based football clubs have said they are yet to receive a response to their requests for an extraordinary meeting with the St Catherine Football Association (SCFA) despite being told of the date for the parish’s elections. On...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:39 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN ATHLETES at yesterday’s 14th Gyulai István Memorial World Continental Gold meet in Hungary had mixed fortunes. Kishane Thompson was an impressive winner in the men’s 100 metres while Shericka Jackson pulled up in the women’s 200....

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:39 AM

MONTEGO BAY United FC (MBU) will have Argentinian Rodolfo Zapata serving as head coach for the 2024-2025 Jamaica Premier League. MBU were brought under new ownership in the Fall of 2023 and have been undergoing a transformation with renewed...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:39 AM

LONDON (AP): IT DOESN’T matter if James Anderson takes a bunch of West Indies wickets for England in the first Test at Lord’s from today. The series opener will be Anderson’s 188th and last Test and he will transition into England’s fast-bowling...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:39 AM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP): URUGUAY ARE two wins away from a record-setting 16th Copa America title. Colombia are red hot, having gone 27 consecutive matches without a loss. Something has to give tonight when the two South American powers clash in the...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:38 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): TWO-TIME WORLD Cup winner Gautam Gambhir has been appointed head coach of India men’s cricket team in all formats, starting later this month with the limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka. “India is my identity and serving my country has...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:38 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

CHESS GRANDMASTER Fabiano Caruana is set to visit Jamaica from July 24 to 25 to meet with the local chess community as well as take part in workshops. Caruana is the reigning Grand Chess Tour champion as well as the third-highest player in chess...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:38 AM

LONDON (AP): TOP-SEEDED JANNIK Sinner was treated by a trainer and left the court during the third set, seemingly surged in the fourth and then faltered again in the fifth, eventually losing to Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3 in the...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:38 AM

DORTMUND, Germany (AP): ENGLAND CAN reach back-to-back European Championship finals when they meet the Netherlands in Dortmund in the second semi-final. The winner plays Spain in Sunday’s final. Both teams conceded the opening goal in their...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 2:34 PM

Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) president Mark Bennett has confirmed that the U-17 Reggae Boyz have pulled out of the exhibition match against KSAFA All-Stars. The match was set for 4 p.m. today at the Constant Spring Sports...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 1:48 PM

Shericka Jackson pulled up just metres from the line at the Gyulai István Memorial in Hungary earlier today. Jackson, the double sprint national champion, who holds the hopes of Jamaica in both sprints, walked over the line in 36.29 seconds after...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:12 AM

NEW YORK (AP): LIONEL MESSI won’t be stopped by a leg injury and will play in Argentina’s Copa America semifinal against Canada tonight. Messi has been dealing with a right leg problem since the group stage win over Chile on June 25. He missed the...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

RADDESH ROMAN yesterday responded to Tevin Foster’s St Leger Day blitz with a four-timer of his own, reminding the leading rider that it’s not over until the fat lady sings. After going winless on Sunday’s 10-race card, dominated by Foster’s four...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Chess Federation has confirmed their participation in the 2024 Pan-American Chess Championships in Orlando, Florida, later this month as well as the 2024 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Youth Chess Festival in San Salvador, El...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LED BY national double sprint champion Shericka Jackson and men’s 100-metre champion, Kishane Thompson, 16 Jamaicans will be in action at today’s 14th Gyulai István Memorial World Continental Gold meet in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. Jackson, who says...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A SPRIGHTLY training session yesterday seemed to have energised the touring West Indies side who will bow into action against England tomorrow in the first Test at Lord’s. After watching the regional side perform admirably against Australia earlier...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:10 AM

OLYMPIC-BOUND BRYAN Levell’s preparations for his Paris debut has received a significant boost, so says the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). The national 200-metre champion was given a cash investment of $1 million. Levell was also fourth in the...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:10 AM

MUNICH (AP): SPAIN AND France meet in the semifinals of the European Championship today. The match pits one of the highest-scoring teams against one of the lowest as France captain Kylian Mbappé has struggled to come to grips with his mask. The...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:09 AM

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC): SOUTH AFRICA have rested beanpole left-arm all-rounder Marco Jansen, but they have named uncapped batsman Matthew Breetzke as the only completely new face in their 16-member squad for a two-Test series on the Tour...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

ASHTON BLANKSON, head coach of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) U-17 All-Stars, says his players are ready to take on the U-17 Reggae Boyz despite a lack of training sessions ahead of today’s exhibition fixture. Ashton said...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:09 AM

JAMAICA’S 60 TRACK and field athletes headed to the XXXII Olympiad in Paris boast a mix of experience and youth that says much about the future of the sport in the island. Unlike in Olympic entrances in recent times, there aren’t many in the team...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:09 AMAinsley Walker/Gleaner Writer

INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD POUNCED on 2000 Guineas-winning stablemate, CALIFORNIA CROWN, three furlongs out as a team with 1000 Guineas heroine, RUN JULIE RUN, engaged in a stirring battle of the sexes, before pulling away inside the final furlong of...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:09 AM

MORRISVILLE, North Caroline (CMC): NICHOLAS POORAN extended his healthy form in the newly minted Major League Cricket campaign, but his MI New York were left cursing the weather after going down by four runs to Washington Freedom on Saturday....

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:09 AM

DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany (AP): SPAIN MIDFIELDER Pedri has forgiven Toni Kroos for ending his European Championship. Pedri was ruled out of the rest of Euro 2024 on Saturday with a left knee injury that he sustained in a hefty challenge from Kroos in...

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