Olympian Kemoy Campbell believes that, for Jamaica to improve in distance running, the mentality of aspiring athletes has to change to give the craft the seriousness he says it deserves. Campbell says that local athletes who wish to take up the...
Rallycross driver Fraser McConnell got his 2020 season started in a new class and a different environment brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The 2019 ARX2 champion is competing in the Rallyx Nordic All Star Magic Weekend event in Holjes,...
Chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Alexander Williams, says the organisation is in the process of amending its rules to incorporate, in some form, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athletes Rights Act. Williams believes the...
Noted sports attorney Dr Emir Crowne is calling for a revision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code to protect athletes who return adverse analytical findings as a result of contaminated products. Crowne was speaking during a Gleaner Sport...
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) competitions chairman Gregory Daley says, despite expected changes to the FIFA World Cup qualifying format, the Reggae Boyz will not be “disenfranchised” from the final round of qualifying. FIFA officially...
While advocating for harsher penalties for football clubs whose fans are found guilty of racial abuse, British journalist Leon Mann believes that football’s governing bodies have to be more involved in the fight against racism in football. Mann was...
Sport Minister Olivia Grange says the process for the resumption of competitive sports in the island has already started. The country has begun a phased reopening in particular sectors that were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. As has...
British journalist Leon Mann says that more diverse leadership will lead to black coaches getting more opportunities at major football clubs in England. Speaking with The Gleaner on Thursday, Mann addressed the return of the English Premier League...
National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica Vice-President Stewart Jacobs is advocating for the testing of high-school athletes as a primary condition for youth sports to return in the next school year. Youth sports have felt the effects of the...
AS LOCAL sports administrators work towards a return of competitive sports, National Parent Teachers Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) vice president, Stewart Jacobs, warned that there are still major concerns regarding the resumption youth sports for...
Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis is hopeful that a recent United Kingdom (UK) policy regarding athletes returning to training will be changed to allow those who represent other countries to continue preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Francis...
Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) President Keith Wellington says that a concrete plan for the 2020 schoolboy football season will be presented to the schools by the end of the month. The coronavirus pandemic has affected the...
MVP Track Club President Bruce James, says that athletes at the club could compete in international meets this year provided that certain objectives are met to guarantee their safety. With other sports around the world already returning to action...
Jamaica Bobsled and Skeleton Federation president Nelson Stokes says that sustainable revenue from the sport will be achieved by creating a powerful brand that is viable independently from in-competition performance. Stokes was speaking on...
Olympians Elaine Thompson Herah and Alia Atkinson are concerned about competing in a post COVID-19 environment. Both athletes were speaking on Thursday during a panel discussion on Zoom hosted by the Olympians Association of Jamaica. The topic was...
Former Barcelona and Atlético Madrid midfielder Luis García says that clubs paying massive transfer fees for players could be a thing of the past as a result of the effects that the coronavirus pandemic has had on global football. Garc ía was...
NATIONAL DEFENDER Damion Lowe believes that football’s governing bodies need to enforce harsher punishment on clubs for incidents of racism by fans. Lowe was speaking recently during a Gleaner Instagram live interview, where he discussed a wide...
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda says that sporting federations must accommodate democracy in sport, through athlete representation on their respective executive bodies. Samuda underlined that he supports the creation...
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) first vice-president, Nelson Stokes, says that the COVID-19 pandemic should result in creative ways for sports to generate revenue for Caribbean countries. Stokes was speaking at the University of the West Indies’...
While national and Bayer Leverkusen forward Leon Bailey’s return to the German Bundesliga has been currently limited to off-the-bench appearances, his agent and father, Craig Butler, believes that it’s only a matter of time before he reclaims his...
President of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), Keith Wellington, says that the organisation is not in a position to provide funds to schools to offset losses incurred due to the cancellation of events because of the coronavirus...
Phoenix Sports Academy CEO Craig Butler believes that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) was hasty in cancelling the 2019-20 football season. JFF President Michael Ricketts announced the decision to end the current season at an online media...
Sports physician Dr Akshai Mansingh says that the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) decision to end the 2019-20 football season, including the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL), may have come down to a question of ensuring a prompt start to the...
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president Christopher Samuda believes that regional governments will not be inclined to implement policy demanding COVID-19 testing as a prerequisite for the resumption of sporting events and leagues in the...
Football agent Craig Butler says that any potential move for his client, Bayer Leverkusen forward Leon Bailey, would be dependent on the completion of the current European football season, which includes the German Bundesliga. Butler was speaking...
