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KINGSTON – Student athletes are being urged to recognise the value of a sound education even as they pursue careers in sports. This advice came from American National Football League (NFL) player, Jeremy Mincey, who plays with the Jacksonville Jaguars from Florida, while giving a motivational talk to students participating in the upcoming Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championship and their...

KINGSTON – Calabar High School's Students' Council President, Jevaughn Leon, and thousands of other high school youths will be attending the annual staging of the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships, at the National Stadium in another two weeks. Scheduled for March 30 to April 2, the event has been plagued in the past by hostility and intense rivalry...

SDF to Investigate & Make Recommendations to Prevent Recurrence The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has expressed sadness and concern at news that a nine year old child had died after being hit by a falling goal post at Sts Peter and Paul Preparatory School in St. Andrew yesterday.   Reacting to the news,...

KINGSTON - Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says installation of the new running track at the National Stadium in Kingston, forms part of efforts by her Ministry to improve Jamaica's sport facilities, particularly for track and field. The Regupol track, supplied by the German sports manufacturing firm, BSW Regupol, was installed at a cost of over...

The Birmingham City track team will be aiming for several of the medals on offer at this weekend's Gibson Relays at the National Stadium, in Kingston. Drawn from select schools and athletic clubs in Birmingham, England, members of the team had their first training session on March 9 at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay, St. James.  The 23...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange has sought to clarify the issues surrounding the Haitian team’s withdrawal from the recently concluded CONCACAF under 17 football championship staged in Montego Bay, St. James. Speaking in the House of Representatives at Gordon House, yesterday (March 1), the Minister said that the news of Haiti’s withdrawal from the tournament has...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has congratulated the Jamaican youth football team which qualified for the FIFA Under 17 World Cup on February 23 (Wednesday) by defeating Honduras in the CONCACAF tournament in Montego Bay, St James. Minister Grange said the achievement of the boys demonstrated that the youth of Jamaica can accomplish...

A legacy programme, which will provide for the exchange of expertise in athletics between Jamaica and Birmingham and also for the forging of business and cultural ties, was launched on February 19 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in the British city. The launch of the Birmingham-Jamaica Athletics Legacy Exchange Programme preceded the Aviva Indoor Grand Prix in which several Jamaican...

The Government of Jamaica is concerned about the serious misunderstandings arising from the events that led to the withdrawal of the Haitian under-17 football team from the CONCACAF tournament being staged in Montego Bay. The facts are as follows: 1.   On their arrival from Haiti at the IAN Jet Centre at the Sangster InternationalAirport on February 3, 2011,members of the...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has said there needs to be a new relationship of co-operation between national sports federations and Government. Addressing the Caribbean Football Union Congress in Montego Bay, St James this morning (Tuesday), Minister Grange said it was time to put aside the notion that “there must be a very...

The new state-of-the art Montego Bay Sports Complex at Catherine Hall, St. James, officially opened last June, is currently being fitted with floodlights. Four pylons, each supporting a set of 32 lights, have been strategically set up at the complex, with representatives of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and contractors working to complete the final stages by next week. According...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the Under-17 CONCACAF Championship Games, Councillor Charles Sinclair, has called for the full support of corporate Jamaica and citizens of western Jamaica for the Championship, scheduled for February 12 to 28. “Our hosting of this competition is a great accomplishment, one that is also expected to significantly boost...