D: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets former cricketer Wavell Hinds, during Saturday’s T20I Cricket Match between West Indies and South Africa at Sabina Park in Kingston. Sharing the moment is Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.

Some 136 T/20 and 23 T/10 Masters cricket teams, representing approximately 200 communities across the island, are participating in the 2024 Social Development Commission (SDC) National Community Cricket Competition. The competition, which is in its 17th season, began on March 22 and will run until August 11, with the grand finals for both segments set for Chedwin Park in St....

The Government has increased the prize money for the INSPORTS/Devon Biscuits National Primary Schools Athletics Championship, with the  winners taking home $600,000, up from $500,000. Making the disclosure at a press conference, held on April 23 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St. Andrew, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, said the increase is geared...

During the new financial year, the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) will continue to equip Jamaica with international standard sports infrastructure and provide funding to sports associations. The Foundation plans to allocate funding towards the construction/renovation of eight multipurpose courts and other infrastructure projects in schools and communities, islandwide, including running tracks, football fields, clubhouses, cricket pitches and the provision of...

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has provided $10 million to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) to assist with the staging of the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. The meet is scheduled to take place at the National Stadium in Kingston on May 11, 2024. Speaking at a recent press briefing and launch of the event at the AC...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), converses with Chair, National Council on Reparation, Laleta Davis-Mattis, during a welcome reception for church leaders visiting from the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Ministry office on Trafalgar Road in Kingston on Wednesday (April 10).

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, addresses the launch of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Jamaica Athletics Invitational track meet during a press briefing at the AC Hotel by Marriott Kingston on Thursday (April 11). Seated is JAAA President, Garth Gayle.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), warmly greets members of Jamaica’s victorious CARIFTA Games team on their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on April 2. The team claimed Jamaica’s 38th straight CARIFTA games title, winning a total of 84 medals at the games held in Grenada from March 30 to...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), is flanked by athlete, Shaquane Gordon (right) and his mother, Dukelyn Barrett, during a CARIFTA team send-off at the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) in Kingston on Thursday (March 28).