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A lone flag waves to spur on the Reggae Boyz at the National Stadium on Tuesday before a 0-0 draw silenced the crowd and shoved the Jamaican team into an intercontinental play-off for a World Cup spot in March 2026.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Not just the coach who should go – Jureidini

GENERAL MANAGER of Harbour View FC Clyde Jureidini has called for the entire Reggae Boyz technical staff to step down, following the resignation of head coach Steve McClaren after Jamaica’s failure to…
Guyan Harpy Eagles’ Kevloy Anderson bats during a CG United Super50 game against the Jamaica Scorpions at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday. The game ended in a no-result.
December 9, 2025 by Lennox Aldred

Rain plays spoiler in Scorpions Super 50 opener

THE OPENING day of the CG United Super 50 Cup was severely hampered by inclement weather, with two of the opening fixtures ending in no results because of it. The Jamaica Scorpions, however, got some…
West Indies Captain Shai Hope.
December 9, 2025

Hope ton in vain against Conway, Santner brutality

NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): OPENER DEVIN Conway and skipper Mitchell Santner both starred with the bat for New Zealand to upstage Shai Hope’s explosive century and propel their team to a gripping…
Chairman of Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited, Solomon Sharpe.
December 9, 2025

SVREL announces 12-race card for Mouttet Mile day

BUILDING ON the excitement of the recently concluded Jamaica Cup race day, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL), operators of Caymanas Park, is energetically preparing for the…
Jonathan van Lange
December 9, 2025

Van Lange comes good again as Windies edge past England

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): JONATHAN VAN Lange struck his second consecutive half-century to propel West Indies Under-19s to an impressive six-wicket victory over England Under-19s via the…
From left: Don Gittens, CEO, Manpower & Maintenance Services; Deanroy Bromfield, principal of Excelsior; David Riley, competitions director; Dr Audrey Hinchcliffe, chairman, Manpower & Maintenance Services; Desmond Shakespeare, chairman of the Local Organi
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Wesley Powell Memorial to make consideration for Hurricane Melissa-affected athletes

THE 22ND staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Track and Field Meet is set for Saturday, December 13 at Excelsior High School. The launch was held yesterday inside the school’s auditorium, with…
CHAMPION BUBBLER (left), ridden by Omar Walker, wins the seven-and-a-half furlong, four-year-old and upwards restricted allowance stakes seventh race ahead of a fast-finishing TEKAPUNT (Reyan Lewis) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Bulletproofcoffee, Champion Bubbler, too much for Aftercare Trophy fields

UNITED STATES-BRED BULLETPROOFCOFFEE and CHAMPION BUBBLER, both course-specialists and overnight-allowance winners, should prove hard to beat in their respective divisions of Saturday’s Racehorse…
Reggae Boyz midfielder Bobby DeCordova-Reid on his knees after Jamaica were held to a 0-0 draw by Curacao at the National Stadium last night and failed to gain an automatic spot to next year's World Cup finals.
December 9, 2025

World Cup 2026: What to know about the playoffs for next year's tournament

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — The final six places for the 2026 World Cup will be determined by two playoff tournaments in March. Four more teams will qualify from Europe, along with two from the rest…
Fans celebrate Haiti's qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a football match against Nicaragua, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
December 9, 2025

Haiti's troubles fade briefly as it revels in World Cup qualification

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti held its breath for nearly two hours as its troubles seemed to fade with the promise of its first World Cup qualification since 1974. Forgotten ever so briefly was…