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The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has congratulated the World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt on winning the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for the second year in succession. The Laureus World Sports Awards were held in Abu Dhabi today. Congratulating Bolt, Minister Grange said: "This is another much deserved award for...

The Government has set aside $27 million for the establishment of a welfare fund and an insurance scheme, which will provide support for the island's athletes. The initiatives, which will come on stream soon, will be funded through the Sports Development Foundation (SDF). Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the disclosure yesterday (March 9), at the...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has hailed 19 year old Kemoy Campbell and the rest of Jamaica's junior team that competed at the 6th North American Central American & Caribbean Cross Country Championships in Tobago. Kemoy Campbell became the first Anglophone-Caribbean athlete to win any category at the NACAC Cross Country Championships when...

The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture has given endorsement to the Valencia Football Club Next Generation Pro Baller Easter football camp which will run from March 28 to April 1 at Sabina Park. At the media launch of the camp today, the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP said the Ministry considered the camp...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP says the Government is giving significant support to the staging of the CARIFTA Swimming Championships being held in Jamaica next month. During a tour of stadium pool facilities today, Minister Grange said that the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture - through the Sports Development Foundation - had...

The Government has earmarked some $27 million through the Sport Development Fund (SDF) for the fifth staging of the Jamaica International Invitational Track and Field Meet. The event, which will be held on Saturday, May 1, at the National Stadium, will attract a number of top local and international athletes. The budget for the staging of the meet is $61.9...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has said that her Ministry is in process of organising a welfare fund and insurance coverage for national sportsmen and sportswomen. Minister Grange was speaking this afternoon (Tuesday) at a news conference to launch the 2010 Jamaica International Invitational track and field meet. "The Government through the SDF...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Honourable Olivia Grange, MP has congratulated the "outstanding" Jamaica aquatics team that participated in the 2nd Special Olympics Latin America now on in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 4x25m relay team of Andrew Bartholomew, Nicholas McBean, Crystal Knight and Racquel Lovindeer won the gold medal in their event. Andrew Bartholomew also won...

On the same weekend the world witnessed the prowess of Jamaican skier Errol Kerr at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in Canada, another Jamaican who was also competing in a winter sport on the other side of Canada. Twenty-three-year-old Damion Robb was showing Canadians that, although Jamaica does not have snow, he can race dogs in the snow and win. Damion...

Jamaica's sports industry could benefit from wider international exposure, following discussions between the Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, and officials of U.S. sports network, ESPN International. In an interview with JIS News, Minister Grange expressed enthusiasm that "ESPN is in for a long haul with Jamaica, willing to work with us to build on what...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Honourable Olivia Grange, has pledged support to the Jamaica Volleyball Association in its search for a headquarters. Speaking at a news conference hosted by the Jamaica Volleyball Association in Kingston on Monday night, Minister Grange said: "I give you this commitment that the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture will assist the Jamaica Volleyball...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, has said that plans are in place to develop sporting facilities in South West St. Elizabeth. "A part of the long term development programme for sports in South West St. Elizabeth, is the upgrading of sporting facilities. We have a number of plans on the drawing board to fence fields, to...