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Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:08 AM

TOP SPOT in Group A of the Concacaf Women’s Championship is up for grabs this evening but for Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz, this may be a bridge too far. The Reggae Girlz will go up against the world’s number-one team in the United States at the BBVA...

Published:Thursday | July 7, 2022 | 12:06 AM

Name: Fedrick Dacres Age: 28 Discipline: Discus Throw Previous World Championships experience: 2015, 2017, 2019 Personal Best: 70.78m (Rabat, Morocco, June 16, 2019, National Record) Season’s Best: 65.98 (National Stadium, Kingston, April 23...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:13 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

FORMER JAMAICAN International and Harbour View FC captain Richard ‘Shortman’ Edwards says Harbour View winning the 2022 Jamaica Premier League title couldn’t have come at a better time. The good timing Edwards speaks about has much to do with the...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:13 AM

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CMC): TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S (T...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

AT THE Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Jamaica’s women enjoyed their first sweep of medals at the global level, where Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led a Jamaican 1-2-2 in the 100 metres. The photo finish camera could not separate her teammates, Sherone...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:12 AM

WIMBLEDON, England (AP): IT SAYS a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best likely left no one thinking the ultimate outcome was a foregone conclusion. A lot about his pre-eminence at the...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:12 AM

REGGAE GIRLZ captain, Khadija Shaw, is pleased with the attitude of her teammates after the team eked out an opening victory against Mexico in the Concacaf Women’s Championship on Tuesday. Shaw scored the only goal of the game and said it was very...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:12 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA’S UNDER-19 women were no match for a well-oiled United States, who came away with a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the opening match of the 2022 Cricket West Indies Rising Stars T20 tournament at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:11 AM

ATHENS, Greece (CMC): REGGAE BOY Andre Gray has joined Greek Super League club Aris Thessaloniki FC on a four-year contract. It is the first time in his club career that Wolverhampton-born Gray has moved abroad. The 31-year-old striker, who enjoyed...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:09 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

TRACK AND field official and Special Olympics sports coordinator Hugh McDonald was seven years old when he lost his right hand, but that hasn’t stopped him from lending a helping hand in sports. McDonald has been volunteering in athletics for more...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:09 AM

PARIS (AP): CHRISTOPHE GALTIER became Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) seventh coach in 11 years of Qatari-backed ownership after Mauricio Pochettino was fired on Tuesday. PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi presented Galtier to the media at a news...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:09 AMLONDON (AP):

TOTTENHAM FORWARD Richarlison was banned yesterday from his new club’s English Premier League opening game after throwing a smoke canister when playing for Everton last season. Richarlison admitted to a charge of improper conduct and was banned for...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:09 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

IN A landmark first for track and field, World Athletics announced the awarding of instant medals for athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon starting July 15. The announcement was made yesterday as the World Athletics Local...

Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2022 | 12:08 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter

JOURNALIST ‘DOWN Under’ are fuming at track and field legend Usain Bolt after the multiple Olympic and World Championships gold medallist and 100- and 200-metre world record holder made disparaging comments about the Australian A League. During a...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 2:35 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With 10 days to go before the start of the 2022 World Athletic Championship in Eugene, Oregon the local organising committee unveiled the medals for the event today, emphasising the unique nature of the host city. According to a release by World...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:13 AM

LONDON (CMC): Reggae Boy Ravel Morrison is looking for a new club after leaving English club Derby County as a free agent at the end of his one-year contract. The 29-year-old attacking midfielder joined Derby last August and went on to appear 38...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:12 AM

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Barcelona boosted their midfield and defence by signing Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen yesterday. The 25-year-old Kessie, who had been playing for AC Milan since 2017, arrives as a free agent on a contract until June...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:12 AM

LONDON (AP): Arsenal signed Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus on a long-term contract yesterday. The Brazil international makes the move in a reported £45 million (US$54 million) deal. He scored 95 goals in 236 games over nearly six seasons at...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:12 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Six regional franchises will be joined by USA Cricket Women for the inaugural Cricket West Indies Women Under-19s Rising Stars T20 Championships which bowls off here today. Hosts Trinidad and Tobago along with...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

History was created at the 34th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships in Puerto Rico last weekend as Jamaica secured its first-ever individual female title. It wasn’t just one title that Jamaica secured after the three-day event, but two, as...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The curtain came down on the 2022 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season with the playing of the final between new champions Harbour View and Dunbeholden at Sabina Park on Sunday, and chairman of the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL),...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:10 AM

Harbour View claimed their fifth national football title on Sunday at Sabina Park after defeating Dunbeholden 6-5 on penalties. The teams had played to a 1-1 draw after full and extra time.

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:10 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday praised the iconic Sir Vivian Richards for helping the region “establish new levels of greatness” after the former West Indies captain was presented with the Order of the Caribbean...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:09 AM

LONDON (CMC): Aston Villa’s Jamaican international Leon Bailey has sent a defiant message to his doubters ahead of the new English Premier League season, after being dogged by injury following his arrival from German club Bayer Leverkusen last...

Published:Tuesday | July 5, 2022 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Track and field fans all over the world are eagerly awaiting the start of next week’s World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, as the 10-day spectacle is expected to produce several exhilarating clashes. After excellent results at the...

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