Cabinet recently approved the establishment of the Jamaican Athletes Insurance Plan (JAIP) to provide group health, life, and personal accident insurance for over 100 national athletes.
On today’s edition Administrative Director of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS), Ian Andrews, outlines plans for the staging of the Ghetto Youths World Cup Community football tournament.
The Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) kick starts its Kingston and St. Andrew Primary School Football League. And General Manager of INSPORTS shares some of the other activities to be rolled out across the country.
The Government has sought to support to this initiative and following a commitment from Minister without portfolio with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley, earlier this year, some 43 million dollars are to be channeled into the Athletes Development Fund via the Sports Development Foundation.
On today’s edition of Sports Spotlight, we recognise the achievements of the nation’s athletes who competed in the IAAF World Athletics Championships, and we recap the finals of the Social Development Commission Community Cricket Competition.
On today’s edition, we hear from our Special Olympians who made Jamaica proud with their impressive exploits at the 2015 World Summer Games in Los Angeles.