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Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR IN A tense display of calculated surfing, national surfer Akeam Phillips safely advanced through his opening repechage heat here at the ISA World Games yesterday, booking his spot in the next round alongside teammates Javaun...

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR: JAMAICA’S SURFING campaign at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Games gained crucial momentum on day three, as both competitors in action successfully manoeuvred the consolation repechage round to advance to...

Published:Monday | September 8, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LA BOCANA, El Salvador: Jamaica’s quest for glory at the International Surfing Association’s World Surfing Games enters a critical phase today as all three representatives face the consolation repechage round, their last chance to keep their...

Published:Saturday | September 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LA LIBERTAD, EL SALVADOR: The world’s surfing elite have descended upon the pristine right-hand point break of La Bocana, as the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) World Surfing Games (WSG) kicks off in Surf City, El Salvador today. Among...

Published:Saturday | August 30, 2025 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A seasoned three-man team is ready to carry the Jamaican flag at the upcoming International Surfing Association World Surfing Games in El Salvador, as they aim to boost the nation’s international standing on the road to future Olympic qualification...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2025 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE SECOND edition of the Junior Pan American Games brought together nearly 4,000 of the continent’s most promising athletes across 42 disciplines, and for the first time, golf got to shine on the programme. Representing Jamaica with distinction...

Published:Tuesday | August 12, 2025 | 12:16 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AFTER MONTHS of taking a fair amount of battering on the international cricket scene, the Cricket West Indies hierarchy decided that something needed to happen fast, and as such, called on some of the best minds in the game to brainstorm and come...

Published:Friday | August 8, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Caribbean cricket fans are wondering when their beloved West Indies team will get back to winning ways in a Test, T20 International or One-Day International (ODI) series, following a string of defeats against Australia and now Pakistan. White ball...

Published:Wednesday | August 6, 2025 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

LAUDERHILL, Florida: IT IS no secret that West Indies cricket is in the doldrums at present, with defeat after defeat plaguing the regional side in all formats of the game. As the West Indies cricket team struggled against Pakistan in their T20...

Published:Monday | August 4, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: Despite not having a full complement of players to compete for the Hank James team title, Jamaica’s coach Jonathan Newnham was proud of his charges fighting effort at the just-concluded Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf...

Published:Friday | August 1, 2025 | 9:33 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico After playing bridesmaid for several years, Jamaica’s Mattea Issa left it until her final year as a junior to secure her first 18 and under title, at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship (CAJGC), which came to an...

Published:Friday | August 1, 2025 | 9:37 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico: MATTEA ISSA put in the best shift forJamaica, as day two action at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship (CAJGC) culminated on Wednesday at the Grand Reserve Golf Club here in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Following her...

Published:Saturday | July 26, 2025 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

In one of the most devastating hitting from an opposition batsman in the Caribbean, Tim David blitzed his way to a magnificent unbeaten maiden century to lead Australia to a commanding six-wicket series sealing victory over the West Indies in the...

Published:Friday | July 25, 2025 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA HAS not been a happy hunting ground for the West Indies team in the past couple of weeks, following the humiliating 3rd Test defeat and two disappointing T20 outings against the visiting Australian side. West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase...

Published:Tuesday | July 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

IN ONE of the most astonishing displays of fast bowling in Test history, Australia’s Mitchell Starc ripped through the West Indies batting line-up, skittling them out for a humiliating 27 runs, their lowest-ever Test total and the second-lowest in...

Published:Monday | July 14, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

AUSTRALIA SURGED to a commanding 181-run lead over the West Indies by stumps on day two of the third Test at Sabina Park, finishing on 99-6 in their second innings after bowling out the hosts for 143 earlier in the day. Despite a spirited...

Published:Saturday | July 12, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

Despite the deadline jitters regarding the readiness of the venue, the Jamaica Cricket Association and Cricket West Indies have confirmed that the stage is set and everything is in place for the first-ever day-night Test match at Sabina Park, with...

Published:Thursday | July 10, 2025 | 12:15 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THEY SAY home is where the heart is, and for West Indies batsman Brandon King, that saying cannot be truer as the Jamaican is relishing the opportunity of playing in the third Test against Australia on home soil, as the historic day-night clash...

Published:Wednesday | July 2, 2025 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE CARIBBEAN Amateur Golf Championship (CAGC) tees off today at the Barbados Golf Club in Durants, Barbados, and Jamaica’s talented young squad is ready to compete for top honours. While it was all smiles as the team jetted off on Monday, it will...

Published:Tuesday | June 10, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

KENSINGTON CRICKET Club broke a 21-year drought by winning the 2025 Jamaica Cricket Association Michael Holding Senior Cup title following their drawn final against St Catherine CC at the Ultimate Sports Ground in St Ann on Sunday. As was the case...

Published:Tuesday | June 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

A MAGNIFICENT spell of left-arm spin bowling from Kensington CC’s Ryan Francis helped to secure first-innings honours over Clarendon Cricket Association and a place in this weekend’s final against St Catherine CC in the Jamaica Cricket Association...

Published:Thursday | May 15, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA TITANS head coach Nikita Miller has called for significant improvement after his team finished at the bottom of the recently concluded West Indies Breakout League table with just one win and four losses, accumulating only eight points....

Published:Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

THE STAGE is set for exciting showdowns in the 2025 Stewart’s Auto-sponsored Jamaica Cricket Association Michael Holding Senior Cup quarter-finals following the final set of group games on Sunday. The knockout stage, scheduled for May 10–11,...

Published:Tuesday | April 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EXCELSIOR HIGH School showed that they are the premier institution when it comes to cricket in the urban area, defending their Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) T20 cricket title following a 76-run win over last year’s beaten...

Published:Tuesday | April 8, 2025 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

ST CATHERINE Cricket Club and Trelawny Cricket Association secured the biggest margin of victories, while Boys’ Town also chalked up their second win, as fourth-round action in the Jamaica Cricket Association Michael Holding Senior Cup culminated...

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