Jamaica Football Federation Technical Committee Chairman Rudolph Speid is anticipating that a number of lower-league clubs will become defunct when football restarts. Speid says that financial difficulties will cause personnel at these amateur...
Members of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) will have to decide on which of the two special general meetings (SGM) they will attend tomorrow. This is because President Godfrey Lothian and presidential challenger Andrew Lue-led teams...
Christopher Townsend, attorney of Phoenix All Stars Football Academy founder Craig Butler, says he expects many rounds of mediation before his client returns to court on March 11. Mediation means that the dispute between both parties will be...
Craig Butler and his son, Kyle Butler, will face the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrates Court, where their trial for assault charges will be mentioned before a judge this morning. Kyle, who is represented by Tom Tavares-Finson, last represented...
President of the Jamaica Baseball Association (JBA), Uel Gordon, says the body is currently working to meet administrative requirements set by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), in order to solicit the monthly subvention provided by the...
The coronavirus pandemic at the start of 2020 meant that Jamaica played very little football that year both locally and internationally. On March 12, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) took the decision to suspend all local competitions...
Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) President Dr Wayne Palmer says he intends to make youth the foundation of his administration’s new development strategy. Palmer, who came to office in September, said that the association is establishing a new...
Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) President Wayne Palmer expects the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) to approve protocols for cycling to return locally by the end of this week. Palmer says that cycling is a contact-free sport and was also...
General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), Denzil Wilks, said the suspension of sporting activities worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic gave the organisation a rare opportunity to focus on the development of the local...
Nearly four months after being shot and injured, former national forward Jermaine Johnson says he has been doing what is required to aid his recovery. The Tivoli Gardens player, who has been supervising his own rehabilitation, says he still feels...
Chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Referee Department, Victor Stewart, says local football is very far from implementing the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system domestically, and that it will be ‘impossible’ to do so this season....
Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF), Anthony Davis, has demanded that Jamaica Table Tennis Association ( JTTA) President Godfrey Lothian produce documentation supporting the legitimacy of the two groups he wants reinstated on the...
Members of the Vere Technical High School Past Students Association have ensured that former national footballer Miguel ‘Bankie’ Blair will be well taken care of for the holidays after the group donated more than $200,000 to assist him with food...
Liguanea Club General Manager Gareth Walker says the decision to suspend the Jamaica National Invitational Exhibition was made by the club and not enforced by the Government. The tournament was put on hold on Tuesday while clearance was sought for...
Professional Football Jamaica (PFJ) Commercial Committee Chairman Donovan White says the new Premier League sponsorship structure will allow clubs to gain more leverage from their assets and for sponsors to get more value for their investment....
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is clamping down on unauthorised sporting events while issuing a stern warning to organisers that no gratuitous exceptions will be granted as Jamaica continues to grapple with the spread of the...
Martin Lyn, president of the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ), said the association was taking all the necessary steps to ensure local swimmers get back into international competition for 2021. Lyn said they aim to have teams at the...
Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Director of Operations, Michael Hall, is eager to offer his assistance to the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to help formulate COVID-19 protocols for the start of the Premier League. Hall says that as a fan of...
As organisers of the National Premier League and the Ministry of Health and Wellness continue their work towards an approval for the start of the 2020-2021 season, clubs across the country are taking varied approaches, during an extended preseason...
Harbour View Football Club General Manager Clyde Jureidini says that the Premier League should be called off this season if clubs do not get a clear indication of its official start by next month. The Jamaica Football Federation is set to meet with...
Sophia Smith Butler has jumped to the defense of her son Kyle after he accused his father, Craig Butler, of abuse and assault. However, attorney Christopher Townsend, who is representing Craig Butler, the founder and coach of Phoenix Academy, says...
Former national cricketer Nehemiah Perry is considering running for the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) presidency next year. Perry, who ran for vice-president on Mark Neita’s slate in the last election in 2019, says that despite three terms in...
Reno Football Club recently held their annual general meeting (AGM) and took the first step towards remodelling the club to meet the requirements of a modern football institution, and keynote speaker at the AGM, Moses Chybar, said he is excited by...
Chairman Rudolph Speid says that one of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Technical Committee’s main priorities is to upgrade local coaching qualification standards to be on par with the best in the region. Speaking at a virtual Gleaner Editors...
Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Commercial Committee Chairman Donovan White says it will take at least half a billion dollars to sustain the National Premier League (NPL) annually, as it is now, and close to $1 billion to make the one...
