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Former Newcastle United and Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren has resigned as Jamaica's head coach following their unsuccessful World Cup qualification campaign.

The ex-England boss, who also failed to qualify for Euro 2008, saw his side lose out to Curacao for a place at the World Cup in North America next summer.

McClaren announced his departure by saying: "Over the last 18 months I have given everything I have to this job. Leading this team has been one of the greatest honours of my career. But football is a results business and tonight we have fallen short of our goal, which was to qualify from this group.

"It is the responsibility of the leader to step forward, take accountability and make decisions in the best interests of the team. After deep refl

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