The Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium is to be renamed in honour of Jamaica’s greatest and most iconic athlete, Dr. the Hon. Usain Bolt. The facility will be known as the Usain Bolt Sports Academy. Providing details at Wednesday’s (September 9) Jamaica House press briefing, Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, said the move is being driven by Prime...

Fifteen hundred of the nation’s athletes, drawn from all sporting disciplines, are set to benefit from the Jamaica Athlete Insurance Plan (JAIP), to be implemented in December this year. The establishment of the plan by the Government means that Jamaica’s athletes will now be able to receive health insurance coverage tailored to their needs for the first time ever. The...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated women sprint world champion, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce on her gold medal win in the finals of 100 metres event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships now underway in Beijing. In a statement today (Monday, August 24), the Prime Minister said Shelly-Ann continues to represent Jamaica with distinction. “I am very pleased that...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated Jamaicans Usain Bolt and O’Dayne Richards for their medal winning performances on day 2 of the IAAF World Athletics Championships now underway in Beijing, China and is commending all Jamaica’s athletes participating at the games. In a statement, the Prime Minister said all the athletes who have participated in Beijing so far have...

Cabinet has given approval for the establishment of a National Sports Museum on lands in the vicinity of the National Stadium. Minister of Sports,  Hon.  Natalie Neita Headley, made the disclosure during a press briefing, held at the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) office, in Kingston, on August 18. The facility is being established by the Government to celebrate the achievements...

Ten athletes have been selected to participate in the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games, to be held from Sept ember 5-11 in the Pacific island of Samoa. The youngsters will be competing in two disciplines - eight in track and field and two in swimming. The team was announced during a press conference, held at the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) headquarters...

Minister with Responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, is encouraging parents to be more involved in safeguarding their children’s welfare. This, in order to preserve their growth and development, by preventing them from deviating towards behavioural traits deemed unhealthy. “We have to guide our children with values that we want (them) to hold on to,” she told participants attending...

The National Indoor Sports Centre is soon to be outfitted with solar panels to generate 100 megawatts of energy, as part of a $20 million pilot project under the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. This project is expected to significantly reduce the facility’s dependence on the national electricity grid, thereby cutting its usually high cost of energy. Minister...

Minister with Responsibility for Sport, the Hon. Natalie Neita Headley has congratulated Jamaica’s national football team, the Reggae Boyz, on their historic 2-1 win against CONCACAF defending champions, the United States. The CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final match at the Georgia Dome on Wednesday evening was Jamaica’s first victory against a US team on home soil. Minister Neita Headley issued this...