Sports
December 9, 2025
T&T’s Paul misses out on a medal at Cycling World Championships
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC): The high hopes of a nation were dashed on Sunday as Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) cycling sensation Nicholas Paul suffered a gut-wrenching defeat, finishing just outside the…
December 9, 2025
Mbappé, Bellingham score in tense clasico as Real Madrid clip Barcelona
MADRID (AP): Real Madrid finally ended their recent struggles against Barcelona in a tense clasico which saw players confronting each other after the final whistle. Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham…
December 9, 2025
Brook makes 135 but England struggle in the first ODI against NZ
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP): Harry Brook hit 11 sixes in an extraordinary captain’s knock of 135, outshining other England Ashes stars in a four-wicket loss to New Zealand in the first One-Day…
December 9, 2025
Lapuente, Mexico’s coach at 1998 World Cup, dies at age 81
MEXICO CITY (AP): Manuel Lapuente, one of the most successful coaches in Mexican football history, has died. He was 81. The Mexican Soccer Federation (MSF) made the announcement on its social media…
December 9, 2025
Hearts underline title threat in Scotland by beating Celtic
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP): The 40-year dominance of Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers in Scottish football looks to be in serious danger of ending. Hearts underscored their status as a genuine threat…
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…
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…
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…
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…