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Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:08 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): WEST INDIES head coach Daren Sammy has earmarked Shai Hope as the best person to elevate the One-Day International and T20 teams to the next level. The 31-year-old Hope was announced as T20 captain on Monday by Cricket...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): THE LEEWARD Islands Hurricanes will look to inflict a first defeat on leaders Guyana Harpy Eagles when the West Indies Championship resumes today, following a two-week break. The defending champions have won four of their...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AM

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): LIVERPOOL’S BID to clinch a record-tying Premier League title hasn’t been affected by persistent reports linking Trent Alexander-Arnold with a move to Real Madrid at the end of the season, manager Arne Slot said yesterday....

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AM

AP: BUKAYO SAKA stood with his arms outstretched and a wide, cheeky grin on his face as he took in the acclaim of the Arsenal fans. It was like he’d never been away. On his first appearance after more than three months out injured, the England...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): NICHOLAS KIRTON, the captain of Canada’s cricket team, is in police custody as he assists police in relation to a drug charge. The 26-year-old Barbadian was taken into police custody on Sunday after arriving at the...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Montalegre, Portugal: FRASER MCCONNELL began his 2025 RallyX Euro Series campaign at Montalegre, Portugal, this past weekend. The 13-round series, taking place across seven venues in Europe from March to August, saw McConnell make a strong debut in...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

DWAYNE ATKINSON scored twice as Cavalier came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Arnett Gardens in the feature Monday night Jamaica Premier League (JPL) game at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. Fabian Reid fired Arnett in front after eight...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:06 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN ACE discus thrower Fedrick Dacres said he is trialing a new approach to his training programme this season in a bid to remain healthy and in top shape following several injury concerns last year. “This year is just to stay healthy. That...

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 12:06 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

AFTER EARNING a point against Waterhouse on Monday in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Chapelton Maroons head coach Vassell Reynolds is targeting survival for the club entrenched in a fierce relegation battle. With just...

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12:11 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

KINGSTON COLLEGE’S (KC) principal Dave Myrie said this year’s hold on the Mortimer Geddes Trophy was perhaps the most important in the school’s history, even as he promises more successes for the years to come. KC won their fourth straight title at...

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

PRINCIPAL OF Hydel High School Dr Walton Small hailed the school’s track and field head coach, Corey Bennett, as one of the greatest local coaches of all time because of what he has been able to achieve with very limited resources. Hydel celebrated...

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12:11 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

DESPITE THE glaring absence of a chevron track to practice on, schools from western Jamaican still gave as good as they got at the recently completed ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium. Four schools...

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12:10 AM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): THE WEST Indies will have a new Test captain when they take on Australia in the summer following the resignation of Kraigg Brathwaite yesterday. According to a press release from Cricket West Indies (CWI), the 32-year-old...

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2025 | 12:09 AM

PRESIDENT OF World Boxing Boris van der Vorst has high praises for Jamaica’s ‘Gloves over Guns’ initiative and has outlined a road map for success as he partners with the Jamaica Boxing Association (JBA) and the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) to...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Many pundits predicted a close finish between Kingston College (KC), Calabar High, and Jamaica College (JC) for the boys’ title on the eve of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, but in the end it turned out to be a one-...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Humble Lion continued their battle to avoid relegation by bagging a point against fellow strugglers Molynes United, with just 10 men, at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium yesterday. Ricardo Ramsey gave Humble Lion a second-minute lead, but Peter McGregor...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

There is a saying that lightning never strikes in one place twice, but the opposite was true for the defending and 10-time girls’ champions Edwin Allen High at last week’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. Two years ago,...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Hubert Busby Jr, head coach of the Reggae Girlz, says the team is always a better line-up with striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, but in her absence others have stepped up in the last set of friendlies. The Reggae Girlz face Mexico in two friendlies...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Boris van der Vorst, president of World Boxing, arrived at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Saturday night for a five-day visit. “For me, it’s a great pleasure to be here in Jamaica. Thank you first of all for the warm welcome....

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AM

LONDON, England (AP): With his career reignited by leaving Manchester United, Marcus Rashford said he was “enjoying my football” again after scoring his first goals for Aston Villa in the team’s victory in the FA Cup quarter-finals yesterday....

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:08 AM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) has taken another bold step in championing diversity and progressive governance by reappointing three accomplished women to its board of directors. Debra Coryat-Patton (Trinidad...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:07 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced a 13-man squad for the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ final two rounds of the 2025 West Indies Championship, with key changes following the absence of star spinner Gudakesh Motie, who has...

Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 12:07 AM

GUWAHATI, India (CMC): West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer managed to only contribute 19 runs from 16 balls, but that helped his Rajasthan Royals side secure their first win in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) following a six-run win over...

Published:Sunday | March 30, 2025 | 1:47 PM

Manchester City could still end its disappointing season with a trophy after rallying to beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Sunday, with Erling Haaland inspiring the comeback before being forced off injured. Haaland, who had a...

Published:Sunday | March 30, 2025 | 12:15 AM

LONDON, England (CMC): THE WORLD Cricketers’ Association (WCA), the global players body in cricket, has recommended several major changes to the way the sport is structured, including a more equitable distribution of the International Cricket...

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