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Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 8:07 AM

Bryan Levell was the highlight of the men’s 200-metre heats as the speedster was dominant in his heat as all three Jamaicans advanced to the semifinals at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Levell was by far the fastest qualifier in the...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 7:59 AM

Shiann Salmon will be Jamaica’s only competitor in the women’s 400-metre hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships as she successfully navigated the semifinal round. Salmon advanced from heat three as an automatic qualifier when she...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 7:11 AM

It was an easy day in the office for Jamaica’s Jordan Scott at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as he needed just two attempts to advance as an automatic qualifier to the men’s triple jump final. With the qualifying mark for the event set...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 11:01 AM

Family, friends, colleagues, and members of the business community gathered at Webster Memorial United Church in St Andrew on Monday to celebrate the life of Doris ‘May’ Berry, founding director of Mayberry Investments Limited. Mrs Berry,...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:22 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

ELEVEN YEARS, one month and 24 days. That is how long Jamaican sprint hurdler Tyler Mason had to wait between finishing second at the World Junior Championships and his first-ever medal at the World Athletics Championships. “It’s been a long couple...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:21 AMKeith McGhie/Gleaner Writer

SHANIEKA RICKETTS goes into her sixth successive world triple jump final full of confidence after qualifying alongside Jamaican teammate Ackelia Smith for Thursday’s medal decider. Ricketts, twice silver medallist at World Athletics Championships...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:21 AMregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

STILL IN his early days as the reigning men’s 100-metre world champion, Jamaican speedster Oblique Seville says he was confident he would be able to take home the title, as long as he remained healthy throughout the rounds. Seville led a Jamaican...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:20 AM

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (CMC): WEST INDIES men’s under-19 head coach Rohan Nurse said he is satisfied with the team’s overall showing in the just-concluded seven-match Youth One Day International series against Sri Lanka’s under-19s. The regional...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:20 AM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): LEFT-ARM SPINNER Khary Pierre has been rewarded for his impressive performance in this year’s West Indies Championship by being named in a West Indies’ 15-man squad to tour India next month for a two-match Test series. The...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:19 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

“It has been the privilege of my life,” declared outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn on Tuesday as she delivered her final official address at the opening of the Michaelmas Term at the Home Circuit Court. Her remarks...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:19 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): CHAMARI ATHAPATHTHU and Courtney Webb scored impressive half-centuries as the Barbados Royals Women prepared for today’s Women Caribbean Premier League final with a convincing seven-wicket win over the Trinbago Knight...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:18 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday set the agenda for his administration’s next term, emphasising the urgent need for innovative policies to accelerate Jamaica’s slow-growing economy and ensure inclusive, sustainable growth. In a speech...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:18 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

AFTER PICKING up their first win in the women’s 4x100m relay at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with the quartet of Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Merlene Ottey, Jamaica will be aiming for their second success on...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:17 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) can breathe a little easier today after a 4-0 win over Lacovia High marked their first of the ISSA daCosta Cup season. STETHS got their goals from R-Jay Newman in the ninth...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:17 AMSashana Small/Staff Reporter

Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President Metry Seaga has joined Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness in urging the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to engage in meaningful collaboration on the constitutional reform process under...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:17 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

HOLY TRINITY High head coach Delano Kennedy says he remains optimistic about his team’s chances of advancing to the second round of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup, despite a 3-1 defeat to St George’s College (STGC) in Zone A at Winchester Park yesterday...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:17 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

JAMAICAN HAMMER thrower Nayoka Clunis says she is proud of her performance at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, especially in light of the setbacks she had to fight through to get there. Clunis competed in the women’s hammer throw on day two...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:16 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

A car wash worker, who previously claimed to have seen a suspicious red substance seeping from a sofa brought in by Constable Noel Maitland, testified in the Home Circuit Court on Monday that she was never informed by police whether tests confirmed...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:15 AM

Orlando Bennett has been at it for a long time and his perseverance, among the many memories of the World Athletics Championships’ day four, have been immortalised by the lense.

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:15 AM

Evening Session (Thursday September 18) 5:05 am: Women’s 5000 Metres Heats 5:15 am: Women’s High Jump Qualification 5:23 am: Men’s Javelin Throw Final 5:58 am: Women’s 800 Metres Heats 6:55 am: Women’s Triple Jump Final 7:02 am: Men’s 200 Metres...

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