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Nichwayne Patrick (right) from Excelsior High School and Jerome McCarthy (centre) from Kingston Technical High compete for the ball during their Ali Cup football match played at Excelsior High School last Thursday.
Updated 1 hour ago by Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Four titles and a Super Saturday

Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Competitions Officer Ewan Scott believes changes to the format and structure of the 2026 schoolboy football season will make the various competitions more competitive and credible. The new season was launched on Thursday at CVM TV, and Scott said the revamped structure, including seeded teams receiving a bye to the second round and the restoration of the Walker Cup and Ben Francis Cup to their original knockout formats, should result in more competitive contests throughout the season.

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From left: Sandra Samuels, president, Jamaica Reach to Recovery; Dr Tamu Davidson, director of non-communicable diseases and injuries prevention at the Ministry of Health; Alfred “Frano’ Francis, Running Events Jamaica; Ashli-Raye Recas, brand manager,
Updated 17 hours ago by Robert Bailey

‘We have to break the back of this disease’

Sandra Samuels, president of Jamaica Reach to Recovery (JR2R), organisers of the annual Pink Run, says the organisation is aiming to raise $30 million from this year’s staging of the event as it seeks…
Blaise Bicknell prepares a forearm return during a Kingston Open tennis match on August 18 at Liguanea Club in New Kingston.
Published 17 hours ago by Livingston Scott

Personal trainer asks for patience with Bicknell

Chris Paul, personal trainer of Jamaica’s number one tennis player, Blaise Bicknell, believes the Jamaican got caught up in trying to please the home crowd and lost his focus during his 2-1…
Action from a previous Roper Cup.
Updated 1 hour ago by Gregory Bryce

Roper Cup’s 62nd year expected to thrill

The long-standing North Street rivalry between Kingston College (KC) and St George’s College (STGC) will once again take centre stage on Saturday when the two footballing giants meet in the 62nd…
Antigua and Barbuda Falcons captain Moeen Ali (second left) pumps a fist in celebration of beating the Barbados Tridents at the end of a Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Tuesday.
Updated 17 hours ago

Moeen, bowlers help Falcons topple Tridents

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons returned to winning ways in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, defeating the Barbados Tridents by 30 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Tuesday night. The…
Members of a Carifta oversight committee performs a walkthrough of the Leonora facility with members of a local organising committee recently.
Updated 17 hours ago

Guyana prepares to host first CARIFTA Games

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): A new chapter in Caribbean athletics is being written as Guyana officially begins preparations to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking the first time the country will welcome…
Then-Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling during an English Premier League football match against Manchester City at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, on February 17, 2024.
Updated 17 hours ago

Out-of-work Sterling charged with dangerous driving

EASTLEIGH, England (AP): Former England forward Raheem Sterling has been charged with three offences, including dangerous driving, following a collision on a highway, the police said yesterday. The…
COMMANDER Z (right), ridden by veteran jockey Ian Spence, and running at odds of 11-1, wins the fourth running of KAZ HOSHAY Trophy ahead of I DREAM AGAIN (Robert Halledeen) over five and a half furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday, August 8.
Published 17 hours ago by Ainsley Walters

I Dream Again to wake up over middle distance

I DREAM AGAIN, last year’s Jamaica Derby and St Leger winner, appears to have finally exhausted his options in restricted overnight-allowance company and faces a manageable field in Saturday’s O &…
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August 26, 2026 by Robert Bailey

UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Principal of Cumberland High School Carlon Pitt says he remains uncertain whether veteran track and field coach Corey Bennett will become part of the institution’s sporting programme when the school’s…
Fans of the Jamaica Kingsmen at Sabina Park.
August 26, 2026 by Karen Madden

CPL momentum expected to jumpstart Sabina cricket

Stakeholders are projecting that the economic and cultural momentum generated by the return of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will help drive higher attendance and commercial success for next…