Paulton Gordon, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA), says his administration stands to benefit significantly from hosting this year's second staging of the Jamaica Basketball Classic, which involves eight collegiate teams from the...
Jamaica Scorpions head coach Robert Samuels said is he is confident that the country can win this year's Regional Super50 tournament, which will be held in Barbados.The Scorpions performed very poorly in last year's tournament, where they failed to...
As they set off to embark on their career in the horse-racing industry, female apprentice jockeys Abigail Able, Samantha Fletcher and Tamicka Lawrence are all looking forward to the challenges of competing in the male-dominated sport.Able and...
President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Dave Cameron, said his organisation will be seeking the best individual to replace Stuart Law as head coach of the regional team, pointing out that at temporary solution will be examined with the aim of...
President of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Dave Cameron said he is very disappointed with Stuart Law's decision to resign as head coach of the regional senior men's team.Cameron told The Gleaner yesterday that Law's decision to quit to post comes as...
It was a carnival like atmosphere inside the Drax Hall Stadium as hundreds of spectators turned out to cheer on big spenders and newcomers Mount Pleasant Academy in their first home game of the season against Waterhouse FC in the Red Stripe Premier...
Richard Longmore, general manager of the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC), said he is expecting great things from this year's graduating of class of apprentices.Nineteen apprentices graduated from the Jockeys Training School on Thursday, during a...
Sunshine Girls goalshooter Thristina Harwood has set her sights on winning her second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at next month's World Fast5 Netball Championships in Australia.The 24-year-old Harwood, who won the MVP award in 2013, said she...
Having recovered from a groin injury, Montego Bay United striker Dino Williams says he has been working hard in training to improve his fitness ahead of the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), which begins tomorrow.The 28-year-old Williams, who...
Christopher Bender, head coach of Camperdown High, expects a tough encounter when his team travels to Maxfield Park today to face Norman Manley in Group C of their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup.Camperdown, who last won the competition in 1982, will be...
President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Michael Ricketts, says the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) competition forms a very critical part of the development of the sport in the country.Speaking to The Gleaner following yesterday's launch...
National defender Michael Hector says that the national programme is heading in what he considers the right direction, and he is confident that the country can qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.Hector told The Gleaner that the Reggae Boyz...
Kingston College's (KC) head coach Ludlow Bernard said the team has dedicated the school's 8-0 victory over Dunoon Technical in the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup to student Malek Grannell, who died from sickle-cell disease on Sunday.KC, who were semi-...
Following the acquisition of the number of players in the off season, Tivoli Gardens FC's coach, Omar Edwards, says that they have positioned themselves to make a very serious push for the Red Stripe Premier League title this season.The west...
National senior netball player Kadie-Ann Dehaney said she was shocked after being named Rookie of the Year for the Melbourne Vixens in the Australian Suncorp Super Netball competition.Dehaney, who turns 22-year-old today, said that winning the award...
Wayne Shaw, president of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), says that there were massive improvements in the play during this year's Under-13 and Under-15 competitions.Shaw said that he was very impressed by the technical...
Discarded national striker Newton Sterling says the need for more playing time is what prompted his move from Arnett Gardens to rivals Tivoli Gardens ahead of this season's Red Stripe Premier League competition.The 33-year-old Sterling, who spent...
President of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA) Paulton Gordon says that there are plans to start the National Basketball League (NBL) early next year.The NBL, which is the country's top basketball competition, made a return earlier this...
Kingston College (KC) head coach Ludlow Bernard has expressed satisfaction after his side scored late to earn a 1-1 draw against rivals St George's College (StGC) and a share of the Roper Cup trophy at Winchester Park yesterday.Chantomoi Taylor gave...
First vice-president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Keith Wellington, said the organisation is currently seeking $30 million to stage this year's Champions Cup knockout competition.The Champions Cup, which has replaced the...
Head of the Sprintec Track Club, Maurice Wilson, expressed his delight yesterday after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the G.C. Foster College.Wilson told The Gleaner following the MOU signing, which was held at the college's campus...
Dr Walton Small, president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) said with the increase in sponsorship, they are hoping to make this year's schoolboy football season one of the biggest in history.He was speaking at yesterday's...
Portmore United head coach Shavar Thomas says his team is very determined to come away with a positive result when they play away to Honduran side FC Motagua in the quarter-final of the Scotiabank CONCACAF League on Thursday.Thomas, a former...
Rudolph Speid, technical director of Cavalier Sports Club, has revealed that the club will bring in seven new players to strengthen his squad ahead of next month's start of the 2018-19 Red Stripe Premier League season.Speid said that he will not be...
Former South Africa and New Zealand goalshooter Irene Van Dyke says Jamaica's Sunshine Girls stand a very good chance of winning the gold medal at the next World Championships in Liverpool, England.Van Dyke told The Gleaner that competition among...
