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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...

Twenty-three year-old freestyle skier, Errol Kerr, who is representing Jamaica at the 2010 Winter Olympics, has given Canadians a little of what he intends to do on the slopes of Vancouver, British Columbia, in February. Mr. Kerr was among 66 skiers who took part in a two-day International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup event in Blue Mountain, Ontario, about a...

World and Olympic 100 and 200 metre champion, Usain Bolt, and World 100 metre hurdles champion, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, were crowned National Sportsman and Sportswoman of 2009 on Thursday, January 14, at the RJR Sports Foundation's 49th awards, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston. Bolt was widely expected to win the Sportsman of the Year award, after his record-shattering exploits...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding told members of the national netball team, the Sunshine Girls, on Friday (January 15), that their greater cause for celebration is not their new home, The Sunshine Chalet, but their success as a team. "It is the efforts that you have made, the courage that you have shown, and the joy that you have...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she was deeply saddened by news of the death of the former Jamaica cricketer Gladstone Robinson. Minister Grange praised Mr. Robinson's versatility. "He excelled in cricket as a schoolboy but also played Manning Cup football for his alma mater, St. Jago High School before going to represent...

TIME Magazine today named ace Jamaican sprinter and world record holder for the 100 and 200 metres, Usain Bolt, among the four runners-up for its prestigious "Person of the Year" 2009. The award went to Ben Bernanke, the 56-year-old chairman of the United States' central bank, the Federal Reserves, who is credited with preventing the economic catastrophe threatened by the...

The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Honourable Olivia Grange, has said that she was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sydney Bartlett, one of Jamaica's best ever footballers. Minister Grange said that Syd Bartlett deserves to be remembered as "a sporting icon for the unique talent he displayed on the football field playing for YMCA, Jamaica and...

Two-time Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown; Olympic Gold medallist, Asafa Powell and World Youth Champion, Dexter Lee, were the special guests at the Singapore Sports School, for the launch of the Friendship Camp for the Youth Olympic Games 2010. The games will take place between August 14 and 26. The Friendship Camp is part of the culture-sharing and education component of...

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Mrs. Faith Innerarity, has said that the Ministry has been playing a key role in the strengthening of Jamaica's disaster management system. Addressing the fourth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management in Montego Bay, Mrs. Innerarity said the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture - which also has responsibility...

Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) is looking to capitalise on the international appeal of World and Olympic sprint champion, Ambassador the Hon. Usain Bolt, in marketing brand Jamaica to the world. "JTI regards a brand association with Usain as an important alliance to tell the full story about Jamaica," said President of the JTI, Mrs. Sancia Bennett Templer. She was...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said it is time to accelerate the development of the sport of gymnastics in Jamaica. Minister Grange was speaking before she officially opened the Jamaica Gymnastics Association's International Development meet on Saturday (Nov. 28) at the Ishimoto School of Gymnastics in Kingston. Gymnastics is being taught in 20 primary schools...

A replica of the record-breaking shoes won by World and Olympic Champion, Ambassador the Hon. Usain Bolt, OJ, is to be auctioned by the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) to fund its new LifeSEED's Youth Vision project in Bolt's district of Sherwood Content in Trelawny. The shoes, now on display at the Renaissance Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, USA will...