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Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): IGA SWIATEK is trying to do something no woman has done since Serena Williams in 2012: win the US Open and Wimbledon in the same season. Jannik Sinner is trying to do something no man has done since Roger Federer in 2008: repeat as...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:08 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

THE FIRST week of action in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) brought its fair share of drama as Racing United delivered the biggest shock of the season so far when they thumped Arnett Gardens 5-1 to get their campaign...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:08 AM

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP): BAYER LEVERKUSEN have signed former Real Madrid right back Lucas Vázquez on a free transfer. The Bundesliga club said yesterday that the 34-year-old Vázquez had signed a two-year deal through June 2027 and would wear the...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:08 AM

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP): LEWIS HAMILTON was wistful and cryptic in a social media post on Monday as he prepares to resume his tough debut season with Ferrari. The seven-time Formula 1 champion seems ready to race Sunday when the series returns...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:08 AM

AP: WEST HAM captain Jarrod Bowen needed to be pulled away by teammates after attempting to approach fans following a 3-2 loss to Wolverhampton in the English League Cup yesterday that continued the team’s miserable start to the season. In other...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 10:15 AM

Chief Executive Officer of Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL), Owen Hill, tendered his resignation this morning, just two days after the start of the 2025/2026 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season. In a letter addressed to the chairman...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FOR THE first time since Chapleton Maroons were promoted to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) in the 2023-24 season, they have the advantage of playing at home when they took on and defeated Tivoli Gardens 2-1 at Turners Oval, in the community, on...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

TWELVE JAMAICANS, led by sprinter Tia Clayton, will be in action at the two-day Zurich Weltklasse Diamond League finale tomorrow and Thursday – the last chance for athletes to secure wild card entries to next month’s World Championships in Tokyo....

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:11 AM

FORMER NATIONAL under-20 midfielder Alexander Bicknell says he is determined to use his debut season in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) to help Waterhouse win this year’s title, and also as a platform to return to professional football overseas....

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:11 AM

ASUNCION, Paraguay (CMC): JAMAICA ENDED the 2025 Junior Pan American Games with 15 medals when the competition climaxed in Asuncion, Paraguay, over the weekend. On Friday’s final day, Jamaica collected five medals, led by a sterling performance by...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:11 AM

JAMAICA’S NATIONAL senior men’s and women’s volleyball teams secured bronze medals at the recently concluded CAZOVA Senior Men and Women Volleyball Championships, hosted at the Sir Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau, Bahamas. The championships...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:10 AM

CHIEF EXECUTIVE officer of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, Owen Hill, has issued a strong call for discipline among players as the country’s top-flight football competition kicked off on Sunday. Hill emphasised that discipline is an...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): DANIIL MEDVEDEV’S match was delayed more than six minutes between points on Sunday night, after a photographer entered the court on match point and the 2021 US Open champion became enraged by the chair umpire’s decision to award his...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:10 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): THE WINDWARD Islands have taken an early lead in the CWI Rising Stars Under-17 Men’s 50-over Championship, which bowled off on Sunday. While rain led to a no-result in the match between Barbados and the Leeward...

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2025 | 12:09 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

WITH THE Reggae Boyz squad for the final round of the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers to be revealed this Friday, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has released a preliminary watch list of players to be selected for its roster. The JFF released...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:11 AM

NEW YORK (AP): It’s a given that much of the coverage and attention devoted to Venus Williams’ return to the US Open, where play began yesterday, has focused — and will focus — on how old she is. The American is, after all, 45, an age at which no...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Waterhouse kick-started their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season with a solid performance to brush aside Molynes United 2-0 at the Stadium East field yesterday. Goals in each half from Mario Simms (12th) and Colorado Murray (56th) saw the...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW DELHI (AP): India star batter Cheteshwar Pujara retired from all forms of cricket yesterday after representing his country in 103 Test matches. “Wearing the Indian jersey, singing the anthem, and trying my best each time I stepped on the field...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NORTH SOUND, Antigua (CMC): In a nail-biting finish that went down to the wire, the Antigua...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

St Catherine High School were crowned back-to-back champions of the second staging of the First Half Only 45 Football Extravaganza on the weekend. They defeated Manchester High School 3-1. The preseason tournament, which was held at the Trelawny...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Former student of St Jago Hugh, Carl Page, will officially take up duties on September 1 as the new head coach of the boys’ programme at the Monk Street-based school in Spanish Town. Page takes over from Jermaine Phipps, who is a lecturer at the...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LONDON, England (AP): Max Dowman closed his eyes and looked up to the sky. Then he leaned over, swiped the grass with his hands, and trotted onto the field. At the tender age of 15 years and 235 days, Dowman was officially a Premier League player...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LONDON, England (AP): Manchester United are still searching for their first win of the season in the English Premier League (EPL) after squandering the lead in a 1-1 draw at Fulham yesterday. Everton did get off the mark, though, beginning life in...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AM

GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC): The Trinbago Knight Riders secured a crucial 18-run victory over the Saint Lucia Kings in a hard-fought Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League encounter here at the Daren Sammy Cricket Grounds Saturday night, a result...

Published:Monday | August 25, 2025 | 12:09 AM

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): The thunderous cheers of a passionate home crowd were not enough to derail a determined Curaçao squad, as they swept the hosts to claim the men’s title on a thrilling final night here on Saturday at the 2025 Caribbean...

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