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Jamaica College’s (JC) Jamone Lyle and Excelsior High’s Shamarie Chambers get into an almighty tussle for possession during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup quarterfinal football match at Stadium East yesterday. JC won the encounter 2-1.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘This was like a final today’

IN A game played with the intensity of a final, Jamaica College (JC) edged Excelsior High 2-1 yesterday in the first round of matches in the quarterfinals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup at Stadium East.…
Glenmuir High School players in a celebratory mood.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Glenmuir survive Kemps Hill onslaught, win first quarterfinal game

FAVOURITES GLENMUIR started the quarterfinals of the daCosta Cup football competition on a winning note as, playing at home against neighbouring parish team Kemps Hill, they staved off a strong…
Forensic personnel is seen at a scene where bodies of the victims of a mass shooting where found at a bar near Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, December 6, 2025. (AP Photo)
December 9, 2025

Mass shooting at a South African bar leaves 12 dead, including three children

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims…
Sports
December 9, 2025

Past The Finishing Post

Dec 6, 2025 Race Results Race 1 Purse $1,300,000 HAVAL GO WITH MORE (GWM) TROPHY MAIDEN CONDITION RACE - NB3-Y-O Off At: 10:28:55 AM Distance: 6 Fur. Track Condition: Dirt : Fast Winning Time: 1:15.2…

The consortium of women who own RIDEALLDAY share the spotlight with the Mouttet Mile trophy it won at the first time of the asking at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

EVEN RICHER?

GARY PEART, executive chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), operators of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), says his organisation is not ruling out the possibility of…
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Rushike Kelson of Arnett Gardens FC somersaults as he celebrates scoring a goal.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Arnett, Portmore highlight JPL restart

THE JAMAICA Premier League (JPL) returns this afternoon from a six-week postponement, after the country was ravaged by Hurricane Melissa on October 28. Highlighting this week’s round of games will be…
In this file photo, a group of students  is seen standing at their school gate.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Astonishing turnarounds

There is one state in the US where they calculate the number of prison cells needed in 15 years time by checking the number of male students leaving grade 3 who cannot read. We could do the same.…
File photo.
December 9, 2025

Man dies after being hit while crossing Spanish Town Bypass

A man has died from injuries sustained after being hit by a car while crossing the Spanish Town Bypass in St Catherine on Friday. He has been identified as 35-year-old Odaine Vincent of Windsor…

Arsenal’s Declan Rice (left) reacts after the English Premier League football match against Aston Villa in Birmingham, England, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Aston Villa late strike opens title race

AP: THE PREMIER League title race was blown open after Aston Villa struck in stoppage time to beat Arsenal 2-1 yesterday. Emiliano Buendia scored at the death in a thrilling finish at Villa Park that…