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Published:Saturday | December 7, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A double strike from Kshaine Gordon ensured Mona High ended the 2024 ISSA/WATA schoolboy football season with trophy success as they came from behind to defeat Excelsior High 4-1 in the final of the Walker Cup at the National Stadium yesterday....

Published:Friday | December 6, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE new Concacaf Caribbean Cup champions, Cavalier SC, returned home yesterday following their historic triumph in the competition which saw them defeating the Dominican Republic’s Cibao FC 3-2 based on the away goals rule. According to Rudolph...

Published:Friday | December 6, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THE only sport apart from track and field to receive a nomination for the 2024 RJRGLEANER National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards was cycling. Top female cyclist Llori Sharpe was announced on Wednesday as one of the five female...

Published:Tuesday | December 3, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

HARBOUR VIEW Football Club started life after the sacking of coach Jason ‘Buju’ Henry with a draw against fellow Wray...

Published:Saturday | November 30, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT of Jamaica Cricket Association, Dr Donovan Bennett, has revealed that Jamaica Scorpions’ captain John Campbell has written an apology to governing body Cricket West Indies (CWI). This, for the actions of his team in the recently concluded...

Published:Friday | November 29, 2024 | 12:12 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Mount Pleasant, the highest-scoring team in the Jamaica Premier League, continued their impressive start to the season as they hammered Vere-Phoenix 6-0 at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium last night. Mount Pleasant started their goal scoring fest as...

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS of the ISSA Champions Cup, Glenmuir, produced a magnificent come-from-behind victory over Ocho Rios, reeling off five unanswered goals, at the National Stadium, en route to a 5-1 victory yesterday. Glenmuir waited for a little...

Published:Tuesday | November 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

BUOYED BY a vociferous crowd inside the National Indoor Sports Centre, Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls levelled their four-match series against England’s Vitality Roses 1-1 with a wire-to-wire 50-49 victory. Stand-in captain Shamera Sterling-Humphrey...

Published:Monday | November 25, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE Girls have added three players from its Fast5 World Series to the team that will go into the third game of their Horizon Netball Series against the England Vitality Roses this evening. The game, set for the National Indoor Sports...

Published:Monday | November 25, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA) Paulton Gordon is hailing the selection of local referee Ricardo Hayles to be part of the officiating crew for the upcoming CentroBasket Under-15 Championship in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, from...

Published:Saturday | November 23, 2024 | 12:06 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

CONCACAF’S DISCIPLINARY committee has taken action against two players from the Dominican Republic’s Moca FC following ugly brawls at the National Stadium in Kingston during the second leg of their Concacaf Caribbean Cup semifinal fixture against...

Published:Friday | November 22, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DWIGHT MERRICK’S injury-time winner against a struggling Tivoli Gardens helped Dunbeholden Football Club climb to seventh place in the tightly contested Jamaica Premier League yesterday. The 2-1 victory at the Dunbeholden Sports Complex came on the...

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2024 | 12:14 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

EXCELSIOR BRAVED the dread of penalties to secure their spot in the semi-final of the 2024 ISSA Walker Cup knockout competition, earning a 7-6 victory over Eltham at the Stadium East field yesterday. The game ended 0-0 in regulation time. Later,...

Published:Tuesday | November 19, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FRESH OFF her dominant showing at the Elite Caribbean Championships in Guyana, earlier this month, where she became the first Jamaican woman to win the Elite road race, LLori Sharpe has set ambitions on participating at more top competitions....

Published:Saturday | November 16, 2024 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

THIRTY-ONE-TIME MANNING Cup champions Jamaica College (JC) punched their ticket to the semifinal stage of the competition with a 4-0 win over Tivoli at the Ashenheim Stadium yesterday, courtesy of a brace from Jamoy Dennis and strikes from Nashardo...

Published:Saturday | November 16, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

REGGAE BOYZ defender Damion Lowe believes that Jamaica’s 1-0 defeat in their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal first leg against the United States on Thursday night wasn’t a true reflection of how well the team played. “I think we gave it our...

Published:Friday | November 15, 2024 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz suffered a 1-0 defeat in their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal first-leg fixture against the United States at the National Stadium last night. The teams were separated by Ricardo Pepi’s fifth-minute strike as the...

Published:Thursday | November 14, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER SUNSHINE Girls head coach Connie Francis is English club Birmingham Panthers’ new director of netball. Francis, who is preparing for the Super League season in England, still feels her appointment a little ‘surreal’. “It’s so surreal. The...

Published:Tuesday | November 12, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

A BRACE from Waterhouse striker Andre Fletcher extended his team’s unbeaten run to six games in the Jamaica Premier League as they defeated bottom-of-the-table Molynes United 3-1 at the Anthony Spaulding last night. Waterhouse, who started the...

Published:Monday | November 11, 2024 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

NEWCOMERS Racing United registered their second victory of the 2024/25 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season following their hard fought 1-0 victory over fellow débutantes Chapelton Maroons at Sabina Park yesterday. Tyrone Mullings scored the winner...

Published:Saturday | November 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

Harbour View’s central defender and vocal leader on and off the field, Romaine Brackenridge, has revealed that he will be taking his talents to the Guyanese senior men’s national team. The now 30-year-old, who qualifies to represent the ‘Golden...

Published:Thursday | November 7, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

DRAWN IN Group 1 of the quarterfinal round of the ISSA Manning Cup against the likes of defending champions Mona, 31-time champions Jamaica College, and 16-time winners Kingston College, the Christopher Nicholas-coached Tivoli say they remain...

Published:Thursday | November 7, 2024 | 12:07 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

AT AGE 14, Matthew Campbell has been creating waves on American soil, which recently saw him joining the US national under-15 programme. Campbell, who is eligible to represent the Reggae Boyz, through his father, Broslloyd Campell, plays for BTW...

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:11 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

LLORI SHARPE created history over the weekend, becoming the first Jamaican woman to win the elite women’s road race at the Elite Caribbean Cycling Championships in Georgetown, Guyana. Carlton Simmonds, head coach of the team, said Sharpe’s...

Published:Tuesday | November 5, 2024 | 12:10 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR of Vere United, Craig Butler, explained that getting his players to stay mentally sharp for their rescheduled game against Mount Pleasant will not be difficult to achieve as the team is focused on the long haul. Matches in the...

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