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Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING URBAN ISSA senior schoolgirl netball champions, St Catherine High School, got off to a winning start at home yesterday getting by Vauxhall 45-17 in their Zone B encounter. Led by goal shooter Kellian Hunter with 25 goals, and Kayla...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

COACHES OF Kingston College and Hydel High have called on the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) to look at starting schoolboy football matches much earlier after lightning forced their top-of-the-table Group A game at Stadium East...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

CORNWALL COLLEGE and Irwin High School, meeting for the second time in this season’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup, are yet to find a way to separate themselves, playing to another 1-1 draw at the Irwin High Sports Complex in St James yesterday. Irwin had...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

FORMER REGGAE Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson says the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is yet to deliver bonus payments for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand over the summer. Donaldson insists that while he has...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

WILLIAM KNIBB High School’s chances to advance to the second round in this season’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup competition took a nosedive when the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association docked them three points for using an ineligible player in a...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:10 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley boldly predicted that if West Indies fails to “get its act together”, teams such as the United States will easily beat them on the international stage. Rowley is the...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:10 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s captain Hayley Matthews reinforced her place at number one in the latest ICC Women’s Twenty20 International all-rounder rankings after producing back-to-back exceptional performances against...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:10 AM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AP): TOURNAMENT HOSTS India saw another Cricket World Cup warmup game washed out without a ball being bowled against the Netherlands yesterday, while Australia beat Pakistan by 14 runs in a thriller. There wasn’t even a...

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2023 | 12:10 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): MAURO ICARDI struck in the 81st minute as Galatasaray beat 10-man Manchester United 3-2 in the Champions League yesterday and increased the pressure on manager Erik ten Hag. The striker had already missed a chance from the...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

McGrath High moved closer to a place in the second round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup following their 1-0 win over Charlemont High in a rescheduled Zone J encounter yesterday. The win lifts McGrath to nine points from five games, making them joint...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:10 AM

SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews slammed an incredible 132 and led her side in the highest successful run chase of all time in women’s Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) against hosts and world champions Australia...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Former Reggae Girlz coach Lorne Donaldson is very disappointed with how his contract renewal talks with the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) were handled last Friday. Donaldson insisted that although he and members of the hierarchy had their...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

An 11-member team will leave today to participate at the COPA International Gymnastics Academy (IGA) 2023 tournament, set to run from October 5-8 in Panama. President of the Jamaica Gymnastics Association, Nicole Grant, expects to have a good...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

VETERAN regional cricket analyst Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira says the upcoming CG United Super50 Cup, set to bowl off on October 17 in Trinidad and Tobago, could possibly be the best regional 50-over tournament in a while. With the bulk of the top...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:09 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

In a parallel universe, Lorne Donaldson would have come home to Jamaica to a fat pay package, public speaking engagements, and the acclaim of his countrymen after helping the Reggae Girlz to make history at the recent Women’s World Cup. He is,...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:06 AM

LONDON, England (AP): Chelsea’s long wait for another English Premier League win came to an end yesterday with a 2-0 victory at Fulham. Two goals in the space of a minute in the first half from Mykhailo Mudryk and Armando Broja secured the points...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:06 AM

SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews says the responsibility that comes with the role, and her exposure to franchise cricket over the past two years, were key factors in the improvements to her batting. The 25-year-...

Published:Tuesday | October 3, 2023 | 12:06 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

The World Road Running Championships got off to a memorable start with two world records and a stunning upset on Sunday. With the Latvian town of Riga as host, the records came in the one-mile races. However, expected women’s mile champion Faith...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:10 AM

LONDON, England (AP): Struggling Chelsea play at Fulham today in the English Premier League and are looking for only their second win in the league this season. Despite hiring a new manager in Mauricio Pochettino and signing a host of players in...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

New Arnett Gardens coach Xavier Gilbert is under no illusions as he takes the ‘Junglists’ into the 2023-24 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season. Gilbert, who was assistant to Lorne Donaldson as the Reggae Girlz qualified for a second successive...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:10 AM

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP): Nicolas Dominguez scored his first goal for 10-man Nottingham Forest as the hosts held on for a 1-1 draw against Brentford yesterday in the English Premier League. Things looked bleak for Forest when they went down to 10...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): New York and Las Vegas have been on a WNBA Finals collision course all season long as the top two teams in the league. Now they’ll meet for the league title. The best-of-five series begins next Sunday. The Aces have been there before...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:10 AM

LONDON, England (CMC): Reggae Boy Jamal Lowe scored for the second straight week, while Grenada international Kairo Mitchell banged in his fifth of the season, as Swansea City and Rochdale suffered contrasting results on Saturday. In a championship...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:09 AM

SYDNEY, Australia (CMC): Captain Hayley Matthews agonisingly missed out on a hundred as West Indies Women were swept aside by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 International against Australia Women here yesterday. The right-hander was left...

Published:Monday | October 2, 2023 | 12:09 AM

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP): The best collection of players at Marco Simone had flags from their eight countries draped around their shoulders as they took turns clutching and thrusting the gold Ryder Cup, the very trophy that turns them into...

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