Clarendon Cricket Association maintained a slight lead over St Mary Cricket Association by net run rate in Pool Two as round five action in the Jamaica Cricket Association All-Island 50-over competition culminated on the weekend. Clarendon secured...
Elaine Thompson Herah continued to stump those wondering when her challenges will begin to show themselves on the track after setting a meet record over 100m at the Rabat Diamond League on Sunday. Thompson Herah, who last complained about a painful...
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has found itself in the middle of a controversy, yet again. The latest issue stems from improperly managed travel arrangements at the end of the Reggae Boyz 1-1 draw with Suriname in the opening game for the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Barbados Pride retained their Regional First Class title on a humdrum final day on Saturday, after two straight days of rain zapped all interest out of the final round of matches. With play finally possible at Diego...
ROME (AP): ENGLAND SLUMPED to their first loss to Hungary in six decades by 1-0 in the Nations League (NL) on Saturday. Dominik Szoboszlai converted a second-half penalty after being fouled by Reece James. The last time Hungary beat England came at...
ATOMICA blew away the opposition in an eye-popping 1:37.0, making a 20-length mockery of the 1000 Guineas yesterday. Hopping to the front in her usual swashbuckling style, the chestnut speedster extended her unbeaten run to five consecutive...
NETBALL JAMAICA (NJ) received a massive boost for its Centre Pass programme after Australian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Bruce Lendon, handed over a cheque of AUD20,000 (or J$1.9 million) to assist with covering the expenses of high-performance...
LIKE MANY of the island’s sports, surfing had its fair share of setbacks over the past couple of years due to the pandemic. With some amount of normality slowly returning, the Jamaica Surfing Association (JSA) has also begun its resurgence with...
ON THE one hand, Jamaica have started their Concacaf Nations League campaign without losing, but on the other, the Reggae Boyz missed an opportunity to make a statement after they drew 1-1 with Suriname in their opening League A match at the Dr Ir...
TIVOLI GARDENS coach Glendon ‘Admiral’ Bailey said his team will be giving it their all to get the win when they face perennial rivals, Arnett Gardens, in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Tony Spaulding Complex at 5:15 p.m. In the opening...
AMSTELVEEN, Holland, (CMC): KYLE MAYERS and Shamarh Brooks carved out contrasting maiden One-Day International hundreds but West Indies were forced to withstand a bold counter-offensive from the Netherlands before pulling off a 20-run victory and a...
JAMAICA ATHLETICS Administrative Association (JAAA) president Garth Gayle says that they have no intention of deviating from the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) for drug testing for the upcoming National Senior and Junior Trials. His...
THE FACULTY of Sport at The University of the West Indies (UWI) is pleased to partner with The Sunday Gleaner in two fortnightly columns which will highlight advances in sport nationally, regionally and internationally. We have been publishing a...
PARIS (AP): RAFAEL NADAL truly has nothing more to do to make clear his greatness on a tennis court. The 21 Grand Slam titles. The 13 championships on the red clay of the French Open alone. That’s not to say he doesn’t want to achieve more, of...
PARIS (AP): IGA SWIATEK is so efficient, so smooth, with a racket in her hand, seemingly never flustered a bit and, for months now, never beaten. The only time she looked even the slightest bit shaken Saturday at Court Philippe Chatrier was after...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): IN GAME One, Boston showed its resilience. In Game Two, Golden State gets a chance to answer. Over the last two months, no teams in the NBA have shown more of a bounce-back ability than the Celtics and the Warriors. The latest...
DOUBLE OLYMPIC sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah is exercising patience in a bid to achieve a number of first this season. Thompson Herah, since clocking 10.54 seconds last season, has been eyeing a world record that has stood since 1988, and...
DEFINING HER journey as special, former Jamaican gymnast and Olympian Danusia Francis says that she leaves the sport with no regrets and optimism about her future and that of the sport for Jamaica. Francis, 28, called time on her career last Sunday...
Olympic relay gold medalist Briana Williams clocked a season’s best, 10.98 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the JAAA/SDF Jubilee Series at the Richard Ashenheim Stadium today. Williams won the event comfortably ahead of Shockoria Wallace, 11.09...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Special Olympics has dropped a coronavirus vaccine mandate for its games in Orlando after Florida moved to fine the organisation $27.5 million for violating a state law against such rules. Republican Governor Ron...
PARIS (AP): Even Coco Gauff looked ahead to her French Open final against Iga Swiatek and concluded: “She’s definitely the favourite going into the match, on paper.” In an interview last weekend, Swiatek’s sports psychologist, Daria Abramowicz, saw...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): There was major frustration for Leeward Islands Hurricanes as they watched their West Indies Cricket Championship title challenge continue to disappear, after the penultimate day of their fifth-round clash against...
Dunbeholden FC fans are calling for the return of coach Harold Thomas. They strongly believe that if their team is to upstage the traditional big clubs and win the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) for a first time this season, then they need Thomas on...
BRUSSELS (AP): Denmark stunned titleholders France 2-1 in their opening Nations League match at the Stade de France yesterday, ending the world champions’ seven-match winning streak. After Karim Benzema put the hosts in front, substitute Andreas...
The Reggae Boyz head into their Concacaf Nations League match this evening at 6 p.m. at the Franklin Essed Stadion in Suriname on the back of a 6-0 drubbing from Catalonia in an unofficial international friendly last week. Despite the result, which...
