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March 11, 2026

ICC calls off Doha meetings amid West Asia conflict, shifts key talks online

DOHA, Qatar (CMC): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been forced to abandon its scheduled board and committee meetings in Doha later this month due to the escalating military conflict in…
Mount Pleasant Academy marksman, Warner Brown.
March 11, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Champions Cup bow overshadowed?

When Mount Pleasant Football Academy takes on LA Galaxy in the Concacaf Champions Cup today, the main narrative will not be on the St Ann-based club making their debut, but rather, the lack of several…
Zachary Wallace (second right), unattached, wins the under-20 400 metres at the Carifta Trials on the weekend with a personal best of 45.77. He finished ahead of Junior Gallimore (second left) of Hydel, who placed the second with a personal best of 45.87.
March 11, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

‘I did not want to be experimented on’

Following a massive new personal best in the 400 metres, Junior Gallimore is assured that he made the right choice in switching from Calabar High to Hydel High to stay under the tutelage of head coach…
Herbert Morrison Technical High’s Michael Johnson (left) dribbles past Manchester High’s Waine Green Jr during game one of their ISSA Rural Schoolboy Under-16 Basketball finals at Herbert Morrison’s court on Monday, March 2.
March 11, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

Rain wreaks havoc on rural U16, U19 basketball finals

Heavy rainfall forced the postponement of the ISSA Rural Schoolboy Basketball Under-16 and Under-19 finals at the Manchester High court yesterday. In the Under-16 final, defending champions Manchester…
March 11, 2026 by Andre Williams

Admin issues, legal aid appointment prompt early adjournment in Clansman trial

Administrative matters relating to police diary entries and a change of defence counsel for one of the accused forced an early adjournment in the ongoing Clansman Gang trial in the Home Circuit Court…
JC’s U16 head coach Raymond Watson.
March 11, 2026 by Livingston Scott

KC, JC seek double in U14, U16 ISSA football finals

Kingston College (KC) and Jamaica College (JC) will be seeking the double when both schools meet in today’s ISSA Burger King under-16 and under-14 finals at the Stadium East field. The under-14 final…
Some of the buses procured by the Government for the rural school bus system.
March 11, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Auditor General launches school bus probe

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has initiated a probe into the Ministry of Energy, Transport & Telecommunications’ (METT) $1.4-billion acquisition of 110 used school buses amid public concerns…
March 11, 2026

Life sentence for former head of Republic of Congo football federation

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP): Former Republic of Congo football federation president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas was convicted of embezzling US$1.1 million in FIFA funds and sentenced to life in…
Burger King Jamaica Chairman Richard Lake
March 11, 2026

BK 5K 20th Anniversary shatters attendance record

Emancipation Park was transformed into a sea of runners on Sunday as the 20th staging of the Burger King 5K & Relay shattered its previous attendance records. In this landmark year that saw the…