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West Indies head coach Daren Sammy.
December 9, 2025

Sammy blasts West Indies’ performance

MIRPUR, Bangladesh (CMC): WEST INDIES head coach Daren Sammy has described his team’s performance in the just-concluded One-Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh as “poor and…
Sports
December 9, 2025

Past The Finishing Post

Oct 25, 2025 Race Results Race 01 Purse $1,100,000 REST. ALL. II - NB3YO(NW2)&IMP3YO&UP(MDN) THE KEVIN BURNSIDE TROPHY Off At: 11:59.21 AM Distance: 7 1/2 Fur Track Condition: Dirt : Fast…
Molynes United head coach Jermaine Thomas.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

McGrath peeking over the hump

AFTER CONCEDING a late goal to Garvey Maceo before falling in a penalty shootout during last year’s ISSA daCosta Cup final, McGrath High’s coach, Jermaine Thomas, is optimistic about his team’s…
Jamaica and Miami Heat player Norman Peart tries to motivate his players during a FIBA Basketball 
pre-qualification competition recently.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Jamaica to select much-changed squad for FIBA Qualifiers

WITH JUST a month left until their first match of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas Qualifiers, Jamaica’s men’s basketball head coach Rick Turner expects a much-changed squad from the one that…
Sunshine Girl Romelda Aiken-George (left) gets into position to grab a rebound during a netball match in the Horizon Netball Series against the England Roses at the National Indoor Sports Centre on November 26, 2024. Looking on at second right is Shanice B
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Sunshine Girls shorthanded ahead of England test

THE SUNSHINE Girls are set to be without a number of their senior players for their upcoming Horizon Vitality Series against rivals England in December. The Sunday Gleaner has been reliably…

Jamaica’s Bobby Reid (third left) celebrates opening the scoring against Bermuda during the Reggae Boyz’s 4-0 Concacaf World Cup Qualification victory at the National Stadium on October 14.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

‘It’s in our hands’

WITH DESTINY in their own hands as they look to qualify for only their second appearance at the FIFA World Cup, one alum from the historic 1998 tournament is backing Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz to advance…
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela on September 15, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Maduro says the US 'fabricating a war' as warship moves closer to Venezuela

(AP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro said the United States government is forging a war against him as the world's biggest warship approached the South American country. The vessel can…

St Andrew Technical High School head coach Phillip Williams.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘It has really affected us’

PHILLIP WILLIAMS, head coach of St Andrew Technical High (STATHS), says the passing of former schoolboy football standout, Andre Salmon, has dealt a heavy blow to the school’s community. Salmon, who…
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December 9, 2025

‘We’ve never experienced this before’

Jamaicans are being urged to brace for the worst as Hurricane Melissa intensifies south of the island and is forecast to make landfall as a Category 4 system early this week. At a media briefing on…