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Jamaica’s Deneisha Blackwood (left) celebrates with teammates after she scored from the penalty spot to complete a 4-0 win for the Reggae Girlz in their Concacaf Women’s qualifier against Antigua and Barbuda at the National Stadium last night.
11 Apr, 2026 0

The ‘Bunny’ Shaw show

Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw scored a hat trick at the National Stadium last night as the Reggae Girlz moved a step closer to Group B honours in the Concacaf W qualifiers, and a place in the Concacaf Women’s…
Reggae Girl Shanae Ashley (left) looks on as Panama’s Analia Arosemena (centre) shoots toward Jamaican goalkeeper, Sajane Anderson, during an Under-17 game earlier this year.
11 Apr, 2026 0

Busby hails JWPL’s improvement after adding Ashley to Girlz squad

Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby said the introduction of Shanae Ashley to his squad for the Concacaf W Qualifiers is a credit to the improvement of the local Jamaica Women’s Premier League…
Garth Smythe,  Shanoya Douglas’ coach.
11 Apr, 2026 0

Greater things to come: Coach Smythe hails Douglas after Carifta masterclass

“SHANOYA is executing what she has been doing in training, and I expect greater things from her,” said coach Garth Smythe, in an exclusive interview with The Gleaner on Thursday following Shanoya…
Scorpions captain John Campbell
11 Apr, 2026 0

WI Championship: Scorpions look to sting Pride

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): The historic Caribbean rivalry between Barbados and Jamaica is set for its latest chapter when the West Indies Championship bowls off in Jamaica on April 12. For Barbados…
Hydel’s Nastassia Fletcher ... a member of three successful 4x400m teams at Penn Relays.
11 Apr, 2026 0

High school stars set sights on Penn Relays

FOLLOWING another table-topping performance at the recent Carifta Games in St George’s, Grenada, local junior athletes will now turn their attention to competing for their respective high-school teams…
Members of the Munro College tennis team with (in front, from left)  manager Kirk Radway, coach Andre Brown and assistant coach Suan Reid.
11 Apr, 2026 0

Munro College creating waves in local tennis

“What we hope to achieve is nothing short of Munro College being the best in the country and that is how we view things. A lot of Munro old boys are extremely competitive and we believe that when we…
11 Apr, 2026 0

STETHS crowned Spaulding Cup champions after dominant display

St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) secured the ISSA/First Global Bank/GK Insurance Spaulding Cup title yesterday prevailing over St Jago on first innings after a rain-hit three-day affair…
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Olivia Grange.
11 Apr, 2026 0

Government, SDF driving self-sufficiency of sporting associations

KINGSTON: National sporting bodies are being implored to become more inventive in generating funding to run their programmes. Calling on associations to “think outside the box”, Minister of Culture,…
Azim Bassarath
11 Apr, 2026 0

Bassarath undecided on whether he will run for CWI top job

PORT-OF-PAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) vice-president Azim Bassarath has revealed that he has not made up his mind on if he will seek to become president when Dr Kishore Shallow’s…