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Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the annual Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence recognizes the outstanding achievements of the renowned Cricketer in whose honour it was named and who he described as one of the most outstanding sportsmen that Jamaica has ever produced. He said it was important that Courtney Walsh's achievements be held out as a template of...

Youth, Sports and Culture Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, says the Government has contributed upwards of $124.7 million to national sports development since 2008. She was speaking on Monday (September 27) at the official opening of Phase I of the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) technical centre, which is being developed at the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Bowl of Excellence,...

President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Captain Horace Burrell (right), greets President of football's world's governing body, the F

A plan to create a lasting legacy from Jamaica's participation in the 2012 Olympic Games has been set in train. Leader of Birmingham City Council, Councillor Mike Whitby has pledged to establish a team to explore opportunities for Jamaica arising out of the city's staging of the training camp for the 2012 games. Councillor Whitby told Jamaican High Commissioner to...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has pledged full support to the BREDS Foundation sports park, noting that it provides the opportunity to incorporate sports among the parish's tourism offerings. "When you take the tourists here and introduce them to the warmth and friendliness of the people, and of country life, with sports at the centre of...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia "Babsy" Grange, has expressed shock and sorrow at the sudden passing of Jamaica's leading junior female golfer, Isabelle Marley. Marley, arguably the best young female golfer in the Caribbean, died Friday September 3 in the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, after she was found injured at the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course,...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has said that Jamaica will be rooting for Dustin Brown in his game against the British number one, Andy Murray, at the U.S. Open Tennis Championship in New York on Friday (September 3). Dustin Brown "Dustin has proven that he has the Jamaican spirit. We see it in...

The Second staging of the Jamaica's International Synchronised Swimming Championship will be held October seven to nine, at the Bournemouth Bath Pools Complex in East Kingston. Clubs from the United States of America (USA), Panama, Peru, Curacao and Jamaica will be participating in the event. The competition will consist of Solo, Duet, Trio, Team and Figure competitions in age groups...

Jamaica's National Rugby League team will end a two-week tour of England, during which they scored their first international win against professionals, on Monday. The team beat the Hull team in the prestigious Carnegie Floodlit Nines tournament, the most competitive Nines competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The Jamaican team did not win the tournament, but beating Hull, the defending champion,...

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Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Anthony Johnson has said that the performances of Jamaican athletes at this weekend's Aviva Grand Prix in London, augurs well for the future of the island's athletics. He hailed the stunning victory by Kaliese Spencer in the Women's 400 metres hurdles and the second place efforts of Yohan Blake, Dwight Thomas...

Political Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis says Jamaica's stellar achievements in sports and culture continue to serve as notable examples of the country's success since its Independence from Britain in 1962. Professor Rupert Lewis Jamaica, on August 6, will celebrate its 48th year of Independence,...