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Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:10 AM

PAARL, South Africa (CMC): Nicholas Pooran’s struggles with the bat continued as MI Cape Town suffered a heartbreaking one-run loss to the Paarl Royals when the SA20 continued yesterday. Led by half-centuries from Player of the Match Lhuan-dre...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Keon Broderick, the head coach of reigning Manning Cup champions Excelsior High School, has admitted that his team’s preparations for the January 7 Olivier Shield showdown with St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) have been somewhat...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Chapelton Maroons started the 2025-26 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season on fire, with three wins from their first three matches. However, since then, the wheels have fallen off and they have recorded just one win in their last 10 games. That win...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Demish Gaye, the 2019 national 400 metres champion, has called time on his track and field career after competing at the senior level for more than 10 years. The 32-year-old Gaye, who made his first senior team in 2016 as a member of the men’s...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): Calum McFarlane said he’s had a “whirlwind” 24 hours at Chelsea since being elevated from Under-21s coach to interim manager and then tasked with facing Pep Guardiola and Manchester City tomorrow. The Englishman was put in charge while...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP): Crystal Palace signed forward Brennan Johnson from Tottenham yesterday after the Wales international struggled for playing time under Spurs manager Thomas Frank. Palace said it paid an undisclosed club-record transfer fee but it was...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:09 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): West Indies fast bowler Jason Holder ended 2025 in record-breaking fashion by setting a new record for the most T20 wickets in a single calendar year. The 34-year-old Barbadian finished the year with 97 wickets,...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:08 AM

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (CMC): The Kieron Pollard-led MI Emirates romped into the final of the International League T20 (ILT) with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Jason Holder’s Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in Qualifier 2 yesterday....

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:12 AM

Chapelton Maroons scored their first win in the Jamaica Premier League since September when they clipped Treasure Beach 1-0 yesterday. The Maroons’ last win before yesterday was a thrilling 3-2 victory over Portmore United on September 7 last...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:12 AM

SUNDERLAND, England (AP): Erling Haaland and Manchester City were frustrated in a 0-0 draw at Sunderland yesterday, leaving Arsenal with a four-point lead at the halfway stage of the English Premier League (EPL) season. Liverpool couldn’t manage a...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

OF A REVOLUTION, winner of the Bruceontheloose Sprint when debuting locally on Mouttet Mile Day, was beaten yesterday by fellow American GIRVANO, victim of a baffling ride from returning champion jockey Raddesh Roman. Sent off as the 2-5 favourite...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:11 AMFloyd Wright/Contributor

After more than a decade of talk and planning, Jamaica’s racing and gaming industries are finally on the brink of a historic transformation. Ryan Reid, chairman of the merger committee, confirmed on ‘Power Play ’, Power 106, that the long-discussed...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Head coach of Holmwood Technical High School’s female track and field team Dave Anderson says he is encouraged by the preparations so far despite the major setback caused by the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28. The powerful...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:10 AM

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Chelsea were back on the coaching carousel under their American ownership yesterday after Enzo Maresca left his position as manager following a reported deterioration in his relationship with the Premier League club’s...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:10 AM

NEWLANDS, South Africa (CMC): Sherfane Rutherford delivered a breathtaking all-round masterclass to ignite the Pretoria Capitals’ season, powering them to a crushing 85-run victory over a shell-shocked MI Cape Town (MICT) at Newlands here on...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:10 AM

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (CMC): A St Lucia squad infused with West Indies talent but seeking competitive sharpness will open their 2026 Windward Islands Women’s T20 campaign this weekend, aiming to erase the memory of a last-place finish in the 2025...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:09 AM

Jan 1, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $1,000,000 MCKAY SECURITY SPRINT TROPHY 5-Y-O...

Published:Friday | January 2, 2026 | 12:07 AM

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman (CMC): Cayman Islands junior squash team announced its arrival on the international scene with a series of standout performances at two of the world’s most prestigious tournaments: the Canadian and US Junior Opens. The campaign...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:13 AM

Barely a year after receiving his grooming licence at Caymanas Park, Coby Anthony is calling being crowned the 2025 champion groom a dream come true. Anthony, who works in the father-and-son barn of Ian Parsard and Peter-John Parsard, topped the...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

For much of the first round of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Molynes United were a top candidate for relegation this season. The Jermaine Thomas-coached team went 10 matches without a win to start the season; however, since the league returned...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Having won their first and only Olivier Shield title in 1999, Omar ‘Rambo’ Wedderburn, head coach of reigning daCosta Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says his team is taking this year’s final against Excelsior very...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:12 AM

BRISBANE, Australia (AP): Former cricketer Damien Martyn, who played 67 Test matches for Australia, is in serious condition in a Gold Coast hospital south of Brisbane, Australian media reported yesterday. The 54-year-old former right-hand batter...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:12 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): West Indies Women wicketkeeper-batsman Shemaine Campbelle has been appointed captain of Guyana Women’s team which will compete in next year’s Regional Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze tournaments. However, while they will have...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:12 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC): Having played a major role in helping England secure their first Test match win in Australia in 11 years, Barbadian Jacob Bethell has his eyes set on securing the all-important number-three spot in the batting line-up....

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:12 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Former West Indies cricketer Deryck Murray has called on Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr Kishore Shallow and the entire board to step down. Speaking on the Mason and Guest radio programme on Tuesday, the 82-...

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