Seven Jamaican student-athletes are proud recipients of scholarships valued at approximately $700,000 through the Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce Pocket Rocket Foundation. The foundation, founded and chaired by sprint superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, is focused on the development of promising young athletes in secondary schools, by providing scholarships to cover their academic costs, inclusive of tuition, books, lunch and travel. The inaugural...

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission continues its Results Management Process in accordance with its Anti-Doping Rules, 2008. JADCO has received results from the WADA-accredited laboratory in Montreal, Canada confirming the Prohibited Substances which were identified in the A Sample analyses for the five (5) athletes who were tested at the National Junior and Senior Championships in June 2013 . All athletes...

The G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, is reporting “overwhelming” support for its two-year diploma programme in sports massage therapy. Principal of the institution, Edward Shakes, said there has been high demand for admittance to the programme, which was introduced to deal with the rising incidence of sports-related injuries. “In fact, there are...

The gymnasium at the G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, is being rehabilitated at a cost of some $14 million. Principal of the institution, Edward Shakes, told JIS that refurbishing work began late July this year and should be completed by the end of September. “We are in the middle of replacing our...

Attorney-at-law and Trademark expert, Andrea Scarlett-Lozer, says the sterling performances by Jamaican athletes at the recent World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia, can propel them to massive international success, if they are given the right marketing and branding guidance. Mrs. Scarlett-Lozer’s comments come a few weeks after Minister with responsibility for Sport, Natalie Neita-Headley, indicated at a JIS ‘Think Tank’,...

The Minister without Portfolio (Sport) Hon. Natalie Neita Headley has reiterated the Government’s longstanding and relentless commitment to integrity in sport and to the maintenance of a doping free sporting environment. Minister Neita Headley said the commitment of government has been clearly demonstrated since 2003-4 with the establishment of a Task Force on Anti-Doping in Sport in Jamaica. This was...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Sport, the Hon. Natalie Neita Headley has congratulated the young Jamaican team on its “exceptional performance” at the recently concluded 8th IAAF World Youth Championships, held in Ukraine. The team created history by finishing on top of the medal table with eight medals -- 6 gold medals and two bronze. Welcoming the athletes who returned...