Sports

by Robert Bailey/Gleaner Writer on March 25, 2019 at 5:19 am

Newly elected president of Cricket West Indies, Ricky Skerritt, said that his first order of business in his new role is to revamp the association’s High Performance Centre (HPC). The 62-year-old defeated incumbent Dave Cameron of Jamaica, 8-4... […]

by Livingston Scott/Gleaner Writer on March 25, 2019 at 5:19 am

UWI FC head coach Andrew Peart said his team went above and beyond to grab a 2-2 draw with Mount Pleasant in their Red Stripe Premier League quarter-final first-leg game at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday. Ramoun Reid (21) and Ryan... […]

on March 25, 2019 at 5:18 am

Veteran coach and football analyst Bradley Stewart believes poor preparation and a lack of goalscoring throughout the tournament were the reasons for Jamaica’s disappointing finish in the qualifying round of the CONCACAF Nations League. The... […]

by Nadine Wilson-Harris/Staff Reporter on March 25, 2019 at 5:14 am

Members of the Jamaica College (JC) track and field team and their coaches have sought prayer to boost their chances of taking home the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Championships (Champs) title, after failing in their bid to do so since 2011.... […]

on March 25, 2019 at 5:11 am

There is much more than meets the eyes and ears in this saga involving the head of the physics department at Calabar High School, Mr Sanjaye Shaw, and two of the school’s top track athletes, team captain Christopher Taylor, and sprint hurdler... […]

by Ainsley Walters - Sunday Gleaner Writer on March 24, 2019 at 5:35 am

RUN THATCHER RUN did just enough to get by on his return to the races yesterday, three weeks ahead of the 2000 Guineas, chasing and collaring nine-year-old speedster, CRUCIAL APPEAL, early in the stretch run, to score a workman-like victory at six... […]

by Nodley Wright - Sunday Gleaner Writer on March 24, 2019 at 5:34 am

The Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex will be a hive of activity this evening as the intensity of the Red Stripe Premier League gets to another level for the first-leg quarterfinals. In the 5 p.m. opener, Mount Pleasant FC of St Ann will go up... […]

on March 24, 2019 at 5:34 am

Track: Good Weather: Fine Race 1 1700 M (Purse $900,000) NB3YO(NW2)/IMP3YO... […]

by Akino Ming - Staff Reporter on March 24, 2019 at 5:34 am

Calabar High School’s board chairman, Reverend Karl Johnson, said yesterday that the school will make a formal response soon to Sanjaye Shaw’s press conference, in which the physics teacher chastised its administrators for not being stern enough... […]

by Akino Ming - Staff Reporter on March 24, 2019 at 5:33 am

Today Dave Cameron will learn if he will continue as president of Cricket West Indies (CWI) for a fourth term at the CWI board’s annual general meeting taking place at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew at 9 a.m. And although he is confident of... […]

by Orville Higgins - Sunday Gleaner Writer on March 24, 2019 at 5:32 am

In the early afternoon today, the world should know who is given the mantles of president and vice-president, to carry West Indies cricket forward for the next two years. Richard ‘Ricky’ Skerritt, of St Kitts and Nevis, and his running mate, Dr... […]

by Hubert Lawrence - Sunday Gleaner Writer on March 24, 2019 at 5:32 am

Hydel High School head coach Corey Bennett hopes his team can hold its top-three position when the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships begins on Tuesday at the National Stadium. Speaking earlier this month, Bennett said holding that... […]

by Hubert Lawrence - Sunday Gleaner Writer on March 24, 2019 at 5:29 am

Elaine Thompson will win the women’s 100 metres title at the 2019 IAAF World Championships. That’s the golden centrepiece of a possible eight-medal haul predicted this week by the respected US publication Track and Field News. Thompson, reigning... […]

by Kavarly Arnold/Gleaner Writer on March 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

Manchester High School ended St Elizabeth Technical High School’s (STETHS) five-year hold on the ISSA/GraceKennedy Headley Cup title at the STETHS Sports Complex yesterday with a five-wicket win. Manchester, who were required to chase 162 for... […]

by Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer on March 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

CHAMPION trainer Wayne DaCosta’s champion two-year-old from last season, RUN THATCHER RUN, has a race against time in this afternoon’s third race whereas his half-sister, the illustrious SHE’S A MANEATER, will also be racing time – the clock – in... […]

by Robert Bailey/Gleaner Writer on March 23, 2019 at 5:15 am

Dave Myrie, principal of Kingston College (KC), said distance star Ari Rodgers remains a major doubt for next week’s staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships at the National Stadium. The Uganda-born Rodgers, who has... […]

by Rachid Parchment/Sports News Coordinator on March 23, 2019 at 5:14 am

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz continue their quest for CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification when they meet hosts El Salvador in the CONCACAF Nations League at Estadio Cuscatlan in San Salvador this evening at 9 o’clock, Jamaica time. Theodore Whitmore’s side is... […]

by Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer on March 23, 2019 at 5:12 am

GIRLS CLASS FOUR 100M Jounaee Armstrong (Imm) Kacian Thompson (St C) Cameo Whyte (Hol) 200M Taiefa Gowie (Hyd) Krystal Hoolong (STJ) Camio Whyte (Hol) 70MH Habibah Harris (Ste) Moya Edwards (STJ) Jada Nembhard (STJ) Long Jump Jounee... […]

on March 23, 2019 at 5:11 am

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Test icon Shivnarine Chanderpaul says the success of the domestic franchise system has left him with no choice but to support incumbent Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, in his re-election bid. The 44-year-old,... […]

on March 23, 2019 at 5:10 am

The 2019 Budget Debate was interesting and will be discussed for a while. While the decisions are still being fleshed out, I want to focus on the sectoral debates, especially the presentation to be made by Minister of Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange.... […]