Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has called upon CONCACAF to explore the possibility of implementing a Football Research Project to inspire scholarship about the history, growth and development of the sport and the Confederation. The Prime Minister made the call at CONCACAF's Inaugural Sports Summit on Tuesday (October 22) in the Cayman Islands where she delivered the...

Following the invitation extended to WADA by the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller in August, JADCO wishes to confirm that a three member WADA team is expected in the island next week, October 28-29, 2013. The purpose of the WADA visit is to review the status of JADCO’s operations, including: its drug testing programme, staffing, governance, education...

The Government of Jamaica takes note of reports regarding what appears to be announced plans of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to visit Jamaica to look at the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO’s) processes. The Government welcomes WADA’s acceptance of the invitation extended by the Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on August 5, 2013...

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...