THE LONG-AWAITED election of officers of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) is set to take place on May 25 at the Sports Development Foundation (SDF), where the affiliates will make a third attempt at casting ballots to install an...
THE JAMAICA Premier League (JPL) is at a crossroads with stakeholders working assiduously to overcome challenges they were confronted with this season, because of a broadcast deal, which has approximately doubled the number of televised matches....
Hubert Lawrence has left a legacy in sports journalism that has transcended generations, having worked in the Jamaican and international media for more than four decades. Lawrence was a lover of sports and while his extensive work in track and...
LEGENDARY JAMAICAN journalist Hubert Lawrence is being hailed for his extraordinary knowledge and acumen by individuals within and outside the sports industry, who believe his death will leave a void in track and field analysis. Noted for his...
HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL Table Tennis Academy (HITTA) has sent a proposal to the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) to help Jamaica chart a course for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The idea was conceptualised by HITTA’s general manager, Manny...
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), Gary Peart, contends that many of the island’s sporting bodies are missing tremendous opportunities to be better sponsored by corporate Jamaica because of a lack of proper financial...
TABLE TENNIS stakeholders are restive about the failure of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) president, Andrew Lue, to resolve several longstanding issues before the upcoming special general meeting (SGM) and his ultimate departure. Chief...
JAMAICA’S METEORIC qualification to Group Two of the Davis Cup was sullied by a bitter dispute between the executive of Tennis Jamaica and several top players in the island last year. Playing on local soil at the Eric Bell Centre, Jamaica easily...
Lorne Donaldson continues to hinge his decision to extend his stint as Reggae Girlz head coach on discussions with the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) hierarchy, which he admits are still to begin. Speaking at the National Stadium after Jamaica...
Coach Lorne Donaldson wants the Reggae Girlz to be more active at the international level to sort out their attacking difficulties, again highlighted in their 2-0 defeat by Canada at the National Stadium on Friday. Donaldson, in the press...
THE AUTOMATIC selection of Daniel Azar to Jamaica’s Davis Cup team, down to face Lebanon from September 15-16, is facing growing resistance, with more players voicing concern or putting forward questions for Tennis Jamaica and its president, John...
JOHN AZAR, president of Tennis Jamaica, stands firm in the body’s decision to send his son to represent Jamaica at the upcoming Davis Cup Group Two tie against Lebanon, a decision being bashed by the island’s top-ranked player, Blaise Bicknell....
JAMAICA TABLE Tennis Association (JTTA) presidential candidate Samuel Lamont intends to leverage his international connections as a singer to benefit the game on the island, if he gets the nod to lead the beleaguered organisation. According to...
MEMBERS OF the table tennis fraternity are upset with the Andrew Lue-led Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) administration, which they blamed for preventing Jamaica’s full participation at the Pan American (PanAm) Youth Championships in the...
JAMAICA TABLE Tennis Association presidential hopeful Stephen Grant is promising to lead with transparency, accountability and integrity while having an inclusive approach to the development of the sport when he is elected. According to Grant, his...
THE FOUR candidates vying to become president of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA) will prioritise uniting a fractured organisation after being elevated to the helm. Current president, Andrew Lue, is seeking to get the backing of the...
PRESIDENT ANDREW Lue is stoutly defending his administration’s two-year tenure at the helm of the beleaguered Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA), citing COVID-19, financial challenges and key resignations as impediments that hampered the...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, is imploring Jamaican track and field athletes who have ended the competitive aspect of their careers to take up other areas within the sport that can prove fruitful...
TABLE TENNIS interests believe that with insightful leadership and the implementation of several initiatives geared to development, Jamaica can again rise above the rest of the region in the sport. Sunday Gleaner sources, however, indicate that...
THERE IS disquiet within the Jamaica Table Tennis Association (JTTA), with the island languishing in the dungeons of the sport at the regional and international level, a far distance from previous eras when Jamaican players royally ruled the...
EXPERIENCED FOOTBALL coach Donovan Duckie is embarking on starting a football academy in his native parish of St Mary, to impart his knowledge to the youth, who will also get an opportunity to improve their life from the sport. According to the...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, will be moving to train local track and field officials to better manage meets held across the island each year, to reduce the time of what are essentially all-day...
President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, is advocating the full-time employment of executive members for a more efficient manning of the island’s track and field affairs. In an interview with The Sunday...
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, are finally publicly admitting to a brewing conflict between the leadership of both...
President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, is seeking to change the organisation’s voting guidelines to prevent personal attacks during the election process. In an interview with The Sunday Gleaner, Samuda declined to...
