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Published:Sunday | May 22, 2022 | 12:12 AM

AP: LUKA DONCIC didn’t have another “believe” in him with the Mavericks facing a 2-0 deficit for a second consecutive series. Not that the Dallas superstar doesn’t believe. There’s just a difference after losing a 19-point lead against title-tested...

Published:Sunday | May 22, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler - Staff Reporter

Despite setting a world-leading time in the 110m hurdles for the second time this season, Tokyo Olympic champion Hansle Parchment said he is not going to get complacent about his progress with fierce competition expected at the National Trials next...

Published:Sunday | May 22, 2022 | 12:08 AM

(AP): THE USUAL trophies and prize money will be on the line for Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and other top players at Wimbledon, but there is a significant change there this year: No one will earn ranking points, a valuable currency in tennis, when...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 10:45 AMDaniel Wheeler /Staff Reporter

For the second time this season, Tokyo Olympic Champion Hansle Parchment has set the fastest time in the world this year in the men's 110m hurdles. Parchment clocked 13.09 second en route to victory in the event at the Birmingham Diamond League...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

REPORTING off a four-month lay-up and unplaced in three races since finishing second to SHE’S A WONDER in last season’s Jamaica Oaks last August, AMY THE BUTCHER emerged a market-springer, even-money favourite, to dismiss non-winners-of-three at...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:10 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In a preview of the upcoming national trials, top sprint hurdlers Hansle Parchment and Omar McLeod will face off against each other, headlining a strong Jamaican field at today’s Diamond League meet at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. The...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago: Jamaica Scorpions all-rounder Derval Green says a total team effort was the main contributing factor to the team’s impressive innings and 14 runs win over the Windward Islands Volcanoes on the third day of their West...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s top tennis player, Blaise Bicknell, will contest the semi-finals of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) M-15 Championships today when he faces the tournament’s number one seed Michail Pervolarakis of Greece in Cancun, Mexico. The...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AM

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): Police opened an investigation yesterday after Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira was involved in an altercation with a fan during the latest in a series of pitch invasions that have marred the end of the English...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AM

LONDON, England (CMC): Former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has joined English county Surrey for the T20 Blast bowling off next week. The 35-year-old will link up with sidelined West Indies off-spinner and fellow Trinidadian Sunil Narine...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Former Jamaica Sunshine Girls technical director Jill McIntosh is scheduled to arrive here later this year to conduct a two-day coaching workshop ahead of the start of the Americas Regional Netball World Cup (NWC) qualifiers. McIntosh, along with...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:09 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

Many children who compete in sports internationally often have difficulties balancing sports and having a normal childhood. This is something 14-year-old race kart driver Alex Powell can relate to. “It’s not easy to balance my sport along with...

Published:Saturday | May 21, 2022 | 12:08 AM

LAUNCESTON, Tasmania (CMC): Shimona Nelson’s excellent effort went in vain as Collingwood Magpies suffered their sixth defeat of the Australian Super Netball Championship, with a 69-60 loss to Giants on Wednesday night. Playing at the Silverdome in...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 1:50 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer -

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago Off Spinner Jamie Merchant and medium pacer Derval Green took five wickets each to lead the Jamaica Scorpions to an innings and 14 runs win over the Windward Islands Volcanoes before tea on the third day of their...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 11:59 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer -

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago Off-spinner Jamie Merchant picked up two quick wickets just before lunch to leave the Windward Islands Volcanoes in a spot of bother at 165 for six, still trailing the Jamaica Scorpions by 44 runs in their second...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:12 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

May is recognised as Mental Health Awareness Month and the Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine (JASM) is promoting mental health awareness among Jamaican athletes. Elite sports psychologist and JASM member Dr Jason Hamilton says an athlete’s...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Scorpions batsman Brandon King showed just how much he loves the pitch at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy as the right-hander scored his second first-class hundred at the venue to lead the Jamaica Scorpions’...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SIMILAR to a compass, the handicap needle for Sunday’s Seeking My Dream automatically points north, FURTHER AND BEYOND, suggesting the reigning Horse of the Year should repeat his April 2 Saint Cecelia Trophy clobbering of EXCESSIVE FORCE and I’VE...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

The final edition of the Concacaf Caribbean Club Championship will not end in title glory for Waterhouse Football Club. Waterhouse were defeated 3-1 by Haitian club Violette AC in their semi-final game yesterday at the Estadio Cibao in the...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

This year’s staging of the Americas Regional Netball World Cup (NWC) qualifiers has received a $12 million sponsorship from the Government. Minister of Sport, Olivia Grange, the patron of the tournament, made the announcement during yesterday’s...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:10 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

After recently clocking the fifth-fastest 800 metres time by a Jamaican, Navasky Anderson hopes to become the first Jamaican male to compete in the event at the World Athletics Championships since Marvin Watts in 2001. Anderson, who ran a personal...

Published:Friday | May 20, 2022 | 12:07 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

In the 65 years since the respected United States (US) journal Track And Field News began to publish its annual world rankings, no Jamaican has ever been numbered in the top ten in the women’s high jump. That’s about to change, thanks to Lamara...

Published:Thursday | May 19, 2022 | 8:13 PM

Netball Jamaica will be getting support worth $12 million from the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport to host the Americas Netball World Cup Qualifier for the 2023 Netball World Cup. “The ministry and its agencies are...

Published:Thursday | May 19, 2022 | 5:33 PM- Lennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer -

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago: Seamer Derval Green removed openers Kimani Melius for 17 and Devon Smith for 34 to leave the Windward Islands Volcanoes on 101 for three, still trailing the Jamaica Scorpions by 108 with seven wickets in hand at...

Published:Thursday | May 19, 2022 | 4:06 PMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer -

TAROUBA, Trinidad and Tobago Brandon King scored his third first class century while Jamie Merchant got a half century to help the Jamaica Scorpions to healthy score of 346 all out, a lead of 209 runs against the Windward Islands Volcanoes at...

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