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India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (left) and Pakistan’s captain Salman Ali Agha walk past each other after the coin toss of the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday.
16 Feb, 2026 0

T20 World Cup: India crush Pakistan by 61 runs

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): Arch-rivals India and Pakistan declined to shake hands before and after the most-anticipated game of cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup, with India easily winning by 61 runs…
West Indies’ Jason Holder (second left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Nepal’s Aarif Sheikh (not in photo) during a T20 World Cup cricket match in Mumbai, India on February 15.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Holder leads WI past hapless Nepal and into Super Eights

MUMBAI, India (CMC): Jason Holder led a sterling bowling performance by the West Indies that helped to set up a straightforward nine-wicket victory over Nepal and send them sailing in to the Super…
West Indies skipper Shai Hope.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Hope: We won’t ease up against Italy

MUMBAI, India (CMC): Even with the West Indies having punched their tickets to the next phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, skipper Shai Hope is adamant that there will be no letdown in focus when…
Kamari Kennedy of Calabar High won the Class One shot put.
16 Feb, 2026 0

KC dominate javelin open at King of the Ring

Kingston College swept the top three places in the javelin open at last Saturday’s King of the Ring throwing meet at Excelsior High School, as top teams vying for the title at next month’s…
Elaine Thompson Herah greets fans after placing third in the 60 metres at last Saturday’s Camperdown Classic held at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Douglas dazzles with double delight at Camperdown Classic

WORLD Under-20 200 metres bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas of Holland High School was the star performer at last Saturday’s 21st staging of the Camperdown Classic at the Ashenheim Stadium, after…
From left: Pembroke Hall High School Principal Reverend Claude Ellis; Vice-Principal of Human Resources and Operation Yvette Shields-Green and Stacy-Ann McIntosh-Richard engage in a conversation.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Reading revival

Less than a year after a literacy crisis at Pembroke Hall High School drew national attention, the institution has reported a landmark academic turnaround. Internal assessments have shown that 76 per…
Sonya Binns-Lawrence, Jamaica’s top female blood donor, gives blood during her birthday blood drive, held on the grounds of Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston yesterday.
16 Feb, 2026 0

‘I gave them all away’

If donating a pint of blood can save the lives of three persons, then Sonya Binns-Lawrence, the country’s leading blood donor, is just 10 shy of perhaps saving the lives of 400 of her fellow…
Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (second left), Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States, discusses security cooperation, counterterrorism, cybersecurity and drug abuse preventio
16 Feb, 2026 0

Jamaica-OAS cooperation on security, drug control spotlights high-level dialogue

Security and drug control collaboration between Jamaica and the Organization of American States (OAS) took the spotlight at a high-level dialogue in Washington, DC, hosted at the Permanent Mission of…
The home page of The Gleaner’s new-look website.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Gleaner rolls out new-look website

The Gleaner has unveiled a new-look website aimed at boosting the online experience of both readers and advertisers. With February 16, 2026 marking the 29th anniversary of the newspaper first going…