TWENTY-EIGHT games across several zones will be played today when the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) daCosta Cup kicks off. In the opening match of a double-header at the Stadium East field, champions Garvey Maceo High will...
PRESIDENT OF Montego Bay United (MBU) Dr Germain Spencer says a sponsorship deal with Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) valued at $12 million will be used to invest in several developmental areas. The Montego Bay brand CPJ did a cheque presentation...
St Catherine High School were crowned back-to-back champions of the second staging of the First Half Only 45 Football Extravaganza on the weekend. They defeated Manchester High School 3-1. The preseason tournament, which was held at the Trelawny...
WITH just a day to go before kick-off of the 2025-26 Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season, returning team Treasure Beach have set their sights on remaining in the league. First year coach Kemar Ricketts told The Gleaner that they will be seeking to...
WITHOUT EVEN kicking a football in their return to the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), Treasure Beach Football Club is already in a desperate struggle as their chairman has stepped down ahead of this weekend’s first round of games. Businessman Jason...
FAILING TO advance to the quarterfinals in last season’s ISSA daCosta Cup season, Cornwall College team’s ambition for the upcoming season is to surpass that achievement and potentially compete for the championship. Cornwall’s coach, Hector Wright...
An overhead kick from Nickane Brown in the dying moments of the game sparked a dramatic end as Cornwall College were crowned the first champions of the first Montego Bay United FC Invitational high school football competition when they clipped...
SIX WESTERN Jamaica high schools will be seeking to pocket the top prize of $1 million in Montego Bay United (MBU) FC’s inaugural Invitational High School Football Competition at the Montego Bay Sports Complex today. Kick-off time is 11 a.m. Just...
National Basketball Association (NBA) star Tari Eason, of the Houston Rockets, has expressed his excitement about the future after the second JamRockerz Basketball Classic. Held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the tournament doubled its participation...
Western Bureau: While navigating peak hour traffic would be a challenge to most people, for veteran newspaper vendor, 59-year-old Henry Wright, sprinting at top speed along Dr Marco Brown Road, Arthur Gilchrist Boulevard and West Green Road, in...
With 80 per cent of the players from last season’s ISSA daCosta Cup football squad back in school Munro College are confident that they will have a good 2025 season. Second year coach Kemar Ricketts told The Gleaner that they learned a lot from...
LAST YEAR’S ISSA Ben Francis KO champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) are heading into the 2025 daCosta Cup football competition not dwelling on players lost but focusing on the new season’s potential. Coach Omar ‘Rambo’ Wedderburn has set...
WHILE NETBALL isn’t the first sport you’d associate with the parish of Hanover, it was there that 32 coaches from western Jamaica listened keenly to Sunshine Girls coach, Sasher-Gaye Henry-Wright, talk about the vagaries of coaching. The three-day...
OCHO RIOS High School head coach, Veron Peterkin, says after their historic run in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition last season, the team is focused on continuing from where they left off. Peterkin, who guided the team to historic heights...
Western Bureau: The 2025 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations was a bittersweet experience for 12-year-old Briyah Brissett, a student of the Greater Destiny Preparatory and Kindergarten (GDPK) in St James, as, while she got the high school of...
NATIONAL BASKETBALL Association (NBA) player, Devin Vassell, says he is more than willing to represent Jamaica on an international level and is ready to bring others to join. Vassell, who plays small forward or shooting guard for the San Antonio...
THIRTY STUDENT athletes from western Jamaica were privileged to have a first-class experience from National Basketball Association (NBA) player Devin Vassell’s basketball clinic. Vassell, who plays for San Antonio Spurs, hosted the basketball...
WESTERN BUREAU: FACING A dual struggle with mental health and bullying, Wayne Lawrence is not only determined to overcome these challenges, but urging other men who are facing similar concerns to not give in by isolating themselves, but to seek...
PRESIDENT OF Montego Bay United (MBU) Dr Germain Spencer is defending the recent appointment of new head coach Xavier Gilbert to begin the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) 2025-26 season, despite criticism from the fans of the club. Gilbert, former...
Montego Bay United chairman, Yoni Epstein, said the decision to hire Arnett Gardens head coach over the last two Jamaica Premier League (JPL) seasons, Xavier Gilbert, came down to the need for long-term stability. According to Epstein, whose...
A ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR cash prize is up for grabs this summer for the six top high school football teams in western Jamaica. Montego Bay United FC (MBU) is staging its inaugural Invitational High School Football Competition at the Catherine Hall...
WESTERN BUREAU: Embedded in their bloodline, brothers Stephen and Luke Josephs are the latest torchbearers of a family deeply rooted in service to the vulnerable. Through the newly established Crisis Support Charity and Burn Foundation, the...
RENEWED ENERGY is expected for the 13th staging of the Western Primary Schools Athletic Championship (WPSAC), which, organisers say, will bring spirited competition among young athletes across western Jamaica. After a brief hiatus in 2024, owing...
LaToya Calvin-Williams, co-ordinator of the QEC33 (Quality Education Circle) Netball League expressed pride at putting together a competition that contributed to the sport’s development. Anchovy Primary School emerged as the first champions, edging...
DESPITE ENDING the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season without a trophy, Montego Bay United (MBU) chairman Yoni Epstein is happy with the progress since his team took charge of the club two years ago. MBU (75 points) ended the season fourth,...
