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Unburdened Tiz Tok dangerous for Thunderbird

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

AFTER KICKING himself for an unwarranted change of equipment in the July 26 She’s A Maneater Trophy, TIZ TOK’s worst performance in six starts, title-chasing trainer Anthony Nunes has flung the blinkers far away from the United States-bred horse...

Jamaican fast men rekindle US rivalry in men’s 4x100m

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THERE SHOULD be fireworks in the men’s 4x100-metre relay in Tokyo as the two most successful nations in the event at the World Championships, the United States and Jamaica, prepare to scorch the track in what promises to be a memorable clash. The...

St James slow Cornwall march

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMAshley Anguin/Gleaner Writer

ZONE A ISSA daCosta Cup rivals Cornwall College and St James High School failed to separate themselves from each other in a 0-0 scoreline at the Cornwall College playing field yesterday. According to Cornwall’s head coach, Hector Wright,...

Tivoli start fast with dominant win over Denham Town

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

TIVOLI GARDENS head coach Christopher Nicholas says he is confident that his team has what it takes to go all the way in this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition. The west Kingston school got their campaign off to a flying start yesterday with...

Tracey excited over third World Champs in Jamaican colours

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMGregory Bryce/Staff Reporter

HAVING MADE the switch from Great Britain to Jamaica in 2022, middle-distance runner Adelle Tracey has vowed to give her absolute best as she makes her final preparations for her third World Athletics Championships appearance in the island’s...

JFF president happy ‘the fans are back’

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMSharla Williams/Gleaner Writer

MORE THAN 25,000 fans gathered at the National Stadium in Kingston on Tuesday night to cheer on the Reggae Boyz in their final round of World Cup Qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago, with the Boyz securing a 2-0 victory. Jamaica Football...

‘We shall never forget’

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA football fraternity is still in mourning following the passing of local football legend Allan ‘Skill’ Cole, who had fallen seriously ill recently. ‘Skill’, as he was affectionately called, was 75 at the time of his passing. Locally, he...

Remarkable job

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA SCORED their second successive win in the Concacaf Group B final round of World Cup qualifiers, turning back archrivals Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 at the National Stadium last night. Goals in either half from Bailey Cadamarteri (36th minute)...

Scott more ready for World Champs than ever before

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN TRIPLE jumper Jordan Scott says he is ready to step onto the world stage with confidence, as he aims to challenge for a medal at this month’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Scott, who has enjoyed an excellent season, enters the...

Sunshine Girls coach optimistic

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s World Under-21 netball team, Annett Daley, is upbeat about the squad’s chances at this year’s World Cup tournament set for Gibraltar from September 19-28. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday on the eve of the team’s...

Van Lange, Racha carry Windies to crucial win over Sri Lanka

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AM

NORTH SOUND, Antigua (CMC): JONATHAN VAN Lange and Aadian Racha shared an unbroken partnership of 28 for the ninth wicket as the West Indies Under-19s held on to earn an important two-wicket win over Sri Lanka Under-19s in the fifth Youth One-Day...

Phillips joins teammates in second repechage round at ISA World Games

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:13 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR IN A tense display of calculated surfing, national surfer Akeam Phillips safely advanced through his opening repechage heat here at the ISA World Games yesterday, booking his spot in the next round alongside teammates Javaun...

Rising Levell could shake World Champs 200m field

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

IT IS expected to be another blockbuster showdown in the men’s 200 metres, with the three medallists from last year’s Olympic Games set to clash once again. Leading the charge is Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the gold medallist, alongside America’s...

Tebogo leads school relay in Tokyo

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:13 AM

BOTSWANA’S OLYMPIC 200-metre champion Letsile Tebogo led a Kids’ Athletics activation at the Minato City Takanawadai Elementary School yesterday, to get children moving and build further excitement ahead of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo...

T20 World Cup to be held between February and March 2026

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:12 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): THE 2026 T20 World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka, will reportedly be held between February 7 and March 8 next year. While the International Cricket Council (ICC) has not made any...

Sandals’ Travel Advisors’ golf gets competitive spin-off

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:12 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

SPORTS TOURISM got a big boost last week with news out of the 11th Sandals Latin American Travel Advisors Golf Tournament of a spin-off set for November 21-26, a Jamaican-inspired Latin American all-female match, set to attract top Argentine...

Gattuso’s attacking Italy still in danger of missing third World Cup

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:12 AM

ROME (AP): OWN GOALS. Uncharacteristic defensive lapses. General disorder. But lots of attacking flair. If the idea in hiring Gennaro Gattuso to replace the fired Luciano Spalletti was to restore order and discipline to Italy’s under-pressure squad...

Football legend Allan 'Skill' Cole has died

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 10:34 PM

Jamaican football legend Allan 'Skill' Cole, has died. In paying tribute to him on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness said his legacy is etched in both Jamaica's sporting and cultural history, and he will forever be remembered as...

Jamaica make progress on day three of World Surfing Champs

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:11 AMLennox Aldred/Gleaner Writer

EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR: JAMAICA’S SURFING campaign at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Games gained crucial momentum on day three, as both competitors in action successfully manoeuvred the consolation repechage round to advance to...

Tivoli register first win of JPL season

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:11 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

TIVOLI GARDENS Football Club registered their first win in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) yesterday, after a hard-fought 2-1 win over 10-man Spanish Town Police, who have lost all their matches to date, at Stadium East. Anthony Nelson (14th...

World Athletics names Bolt sole Ultimate Legend

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:11 AM

JAMAICAN SPRINT superstar Usain Bolt has been announced as the ‘Ultimate Legend’, as excitement continues to build ahead of the first edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. The Ultimate Championship — to be held for the...

Jackson title defence a mountain to climb

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPION Shericka Jackson will be looking to spoil the party for St Lucia’s Julien Alfred and the United States’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden when the women’s 200 metres takes centre stage in Tokyo. Jackson, the second-fastest woman ever...

‘The Caribbean is dangerous’

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

REGGAE BOYZ coach Steve McClaren says they must respect Trinidad and Tobago, who they take on in the final-round Group B Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers this evening at the National Stadium at 7 p.m. McClaren noted that although their Caribbean...

Rizwan, Shah help Patriots steal victory from Warriors in thriller

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:10 AM

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): IN A heart-stopping finish that epitomised the drama of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, the St Kitts...

Yap takes lessons from international debut into Shuttle Showdown

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2025 | 12:10 AM

AT JUST eight years old, Jamaica’s Jillian Yap is already carving out a name for herself in badminton. The reigning All Jamaica Junior Under-11 champion and defending Shuttle Showdown U11 winner is preparing for another big stage, the second...

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