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Published:Monday | January 19, 2026 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Racing United and Dunbeholden played out an exciting 1-1 draw in their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) Portmore derby at the Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. Odane Samuels (fourth minute) gave Dunbeholden an early lead, which they held until 15 minutes...

Published:Saturday | January 17, 2026 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Interim head coach of Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz, Rudolph Speid, said managing the minutes of players will be crucial as he heads into his first game against Grenada at the Kirani James Stadium tomorrow. Kick-off time is 4 p.m. Speid has named a 24-man...

Published:Saturday | January 17, 2026 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After nearly 10 years as the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) director of football, Wendell Downswell has retired. He has been replaced by Andrew Peart who officially took office on January 5. “Peart has been put in place, replacing coach...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:15 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Racing United returned to winning ways in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after four matches without a win, beating 10-man Treasure Beach 4-1 at Ferdi Neita Park to climb back to the top of the standings on goal difference. Goals from Nickyle...

Published:Tuesday | January 13, 2026 | 12:22 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After three matches in charge of Waterhouse Football Club, Argentine coach Javier Ainstein is yet to taste victory in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL). However, in their last game against defending champions Cavalier, the Drewsland-based outfit...

Published:Monday | January 12, 2026 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Treasure Beach ended their four-match losing streak, while ending Molynes’ five-game unbeaten run, after a 2-1 win at Drewsland stadium yesterday. Daniel Hardy fired the St Elizabeth team ahead after six minutes, and although Tyrique Wilson...

Published:Saturday | January 10, 2026 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Despite the general perception that Jamaica’s intercontinental World Cup play-off semifinal against New Caledonia in March will be a walkover for the Reggae Boyz, interim head coach Rudolph Speid is not taking that outlook. Speid, in his first...

Published:Thursday | January 8, 2026 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

With no FIFA window between now and March, Reggae Boyz interim coach Rudolph Speid will get a rare opportunity to assemble and assess a squad of players in match condition, when they take on Grenada in an international friendly at the Kirani James...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Despite taking only a point from previous Jamaica Premier League (JPL) leaders, Racing United, in a 0-0 draw on Sunday, coach of Waterhouse Football Club, Jermaine Miller, says the team left the game with a renewed sense of belief. After the...

Published:Tuesday | January 6, 2026 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Third-place Portmore United missed a great opportunity to close the gap on the front two in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after they gave up a last-minute goal to settle for a 2-2 draw with Tivoli Gardens at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex...

Published:Monday | January 5, 2026 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The Reggae Boyz’s failure to qualify automatically for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada, was without doubt the highlight and biggest disappointment of 2025. Drawn in a final-round group with Caribbean teams Trinidad and Tobago,...

Published:Monday | January 5, 2026 | 12:06 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Racing United lost their place at the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) after playing to their third successive draw, following a 0-0 result against Waterhouse at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. In a game played in heavy underfoot conditions,...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Chapelton Maroons started the 2025-26 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season on fire, with three wins from their first three matches. However, since then, the wheels have fallen off and they have recorded just one win in their last 10 games. That win...

Published:Thursday | January 1, 2026 | 12:13 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

For much of the first round of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Molynes United were a top candidate for relegation this season. The Jermaine Thomas-coached team went 10 matches without a win to start the season; however, since the league returned...

Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

The sudden passing of renowned sports journalists and broadcaster Donald Oliver has sent shockwaves across sporting and media landscapes. Oliver, who had more than 20 years’ experience working with prominent media entities such as the RJR...

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Tivoli Gardens ended a two-match unbeaten run to climb four places up the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) standings to eighth with 15 points, after a 2-0 win over Chapelton Maroons at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday. Rodico Wellington (32nd...

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2025 | 12:08 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Find your passion outside of track and field and work hard at the craft. That is the advice Jamaican female sprinting icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has for young athletes coming up in the sport. Fraser-Pryce, who was honoured by the Waterhouse...

Published:Monday | December 29, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Cavalier ended Harbour View’s four-match unbeaten run in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) under Vassell Reynolds, beating the Stars of the East 1-0 at the Harbour View Mini Stadium on Christopher Ainsworth’s second-half strike yesterday. Cavalier...

Published:Saturday | December 27, 2025 | 12:07 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

President of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA) Paulton Gordon said they are still pushing ahead with plans to host their next two home fixtures in the FIBA America World Cup qualifiers, in February and March, despite no concrete commitment...

Published:Tuesday | December 23, 2025 | 12:09 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaican Super welterweight boxer Joshua ‘HellRazor’ Frazer defeated Mponda Kalunga for the Canadian and WBL International titles at the Queen’s Manor Event Centre in Brampton, Ontario, with Kalunga being forced to end the fight prematurely after...

Published:Monday | December 22, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Racing United climbed to the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) despite playing to a goalless draw with Harbour View at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday. Racing and Montego Bay United, who lost 1-0 to Waterhouse, are tied on 26 points, but Racing...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Glenmuir High School and St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) secured their places in the 2025 ISSA daCosta Cup final, after wins over Dinthill and Kemps Hill, respectively, in the semi-finals at Sabina Park yesterday. Glenmuir went a step...

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

After a third straight defeat and five matches without a win, Waterhouse Football Club will part ways with coach Marcel Gayle, a member of the club hierarchy told The Gleaner after the team’s 2-1 defeat to bottom-of-the-table Spanish Town Police,...

Published:Monday | December 15, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Mount Pleasant Football Academy defeated league leaders Portmore United 2-0 on a brace from striker Warner Brown in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at Ferdi Neita Park yesterday to climb to fourth in the table. The win was significant for Mount...

Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

CHAD JAMES netted a brace, his first goals for the club, as defending champions Cavalier cooled Jamaica Premier League (JPL) leaders Montego Bay United 3-0 in the early game at Stadium East yesterday. Jerome McCleary gave Cavalier a 33rd-minute...

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