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WASHINGTON — With just a few days to go before the 117th staging of the annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), has been finalising preparations to host the Jamaican contingent as well as their Caribbean counterparts. Some 500 athletes, coaches and support staff  are expected from Jamaica, and 120 from Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and St. Vincent...

KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says that the Government is committed to investing in sports as a vehicle for economic advancement and wealth creation. She was speaking at an intellectual property and sports seminar on April 19 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. Miss Grange said that despite limited resources, some $465...

WASHINGTON — Jamaica's Consul General in New York, Dr. Geneive Brown Metzger, has been selected as the Honorary Carnival Referee for the 117th Penn Relay Games in Philadelphia. The Penn Relays will be held from April 28 to 30 at Franklin Field, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, in Philadelphia. Dr. Brown Metzger will join the corps of Penn Relays...

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...