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  • Photo of Re-elected WICB President to meet Grenada PM

    Re-elected WICB President to meet Grenada PM

    A meeting with Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell on cricket governance is among the first items of business for re-elected President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Mr. Dave Cameron. Jamaican Cameron defeated challenger, former Test cricketer Barbadian Joel Garner by 8 votes to 4 in elections during the WICB’s Annual General Meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus, on…

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  • Photo of Culture and Sports – centre-stage at CARICOM Heads Meeting

    Culture and Sports – centre-stage at CARICOM Heads Meeting

    Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, The Bahamas, Hon. Dr. Daniel Johnson  (r) presenting a gift of publications on Bahamian culture and sports to the Most Honorable P.J Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, after the opening session of the Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of  CARICOM Heads of Government. Sharing in the moment are the Rt. Hon. Perry…

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  • WICB hails Windies, Gayle’s landmark

    The West Indies Cricket Board has extended sincere congratulations to Chris Gayle, following his amazing double hundred that propelled West Indies to their second victory today in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, when they beat Zimbabwe by 73 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis Method. Gayle was in record-breaking mood, smashing an incredible 215 off just 147 balls with 14 fours…

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  • Photo of JADCO Rolls Out Programme to Educate Athletes and Support Personnel

    JADCO Rolls Out Programme to Educate Athletes and Support Personnel

    The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) is rolling out a number of public education initiatives to inform athletes and support personnel of various changes regarding anti-doping rules. Among these are symposiums, workshops, quarterly television features and monthly radio programmes. With revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code, the Anti-Doping in Sport Act, 2014 and the 2015 Anti-Doping Rules, Executive Director of JADCO,…

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  • Photo of Gov’t to Provide Assistance to Sports Associations

    Gov’t to Provide Assistance to Sports Associations

    The financial burden being faced by sporting associations for the use of the stadium and sporting venues managed by Independence Parks Limited (IPL), will shortly be eased as Government is to provide financial assistance to help offset the cost of using these facilities. Minister with responsibility for Sport, Natalie Neita Headley, said the Ministry of Finance and Planning has approved…

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  • Photo of Jamaica to Introduce Blood Testing for Athletes

    Jamaica to Introduce Blood Testing for Athletes

    News Americas Now, NEW YORK, NY, Monday, February 2, 2015-Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, has indicated that the agency is well to its way to introducing blood testing by the end of the 2014/15 fiscal year. He made the announcement at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston.…

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  • CONCACAF Unveils First Edition of Diversity Handbook

    News America Now, MIAMI, Florida, Thursday, January 15, 2015 – In the continued effort to embrace and promote diversity as a key value of football, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced yesterday the launch of its first-ever Diversity Handbook. FIFA Vice President and CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb presented the publication to the 41 Member…

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  • Photo of Barbados & Cuba Discuss Sports & Culture

    Barbados & Cuba Discuss Sports & Culture

    Barbados and Cuba are seeking to deepen their collaboration in sports and culture.  The proposed approach was discussed during a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, by Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernández Peña, at the Ministry of Culture’s Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, office, today. The Sports Minister noted that the National Sports Council was interested in…

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  • Photo of Guyanese and Trinidadian nationals win CARICOM Annual 10k

    Guyanese and Trinidadian nationals win CARICOM Annual 10k

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero won the women’s leg of the CARICOM 10K Road Race for the third time in a row, when the event came off in St. John’s, Antigua/Barbuda on Sunday June 29 2014. Nero made it to the finish line in just over 38 minutes to claim the winning trophy along…

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  • CPLBoosts Sports Tourism In St. Kitts And Nevis

    Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 12, 2014 (SKNIS): With Caribbean Premiere League (CPL) just around the corner, it is evident that the combination of sports and entertainment will attract tourists to the Federation as part of the Government’s pursuit of active sports tourism,” says Minister of Sports Hon. Glen Phillip.  “The island’s facilities have already attracted Athletics Canada who visits every…

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