KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leaders from sport, business, tourism, government, investment, media, technology, education and athlete development will gather in Jamaica later this month for the inaugural Made4Goal Jamaica Global Sports Summit. The two-day event, which will be held at the University of Technology, Jamaica on June 29 and 30, is aimed at exploring how Jamaica can move beyond producing world-class athletes to building a world-class sports industry. In a release,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For Jamaican businesses looking for capital to expand, export or modernise production, the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) deeper push into Jamaica could become more than another diplomatic engagement. It could give local companies another route to financing. The bank held its first Jamaica roadshow on June 2 at the AC Hotel in Kingston, bringing its trade finance, investment and advisory products directly to local businesses, financial institutions and Government...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A fire of unknown origin destroyed a Westmoreland businessplace and an adjoining place of dwelling in the Big Bridge area of the parish on Thursday. The variety store — which sold plumbing fixtures, hair products, detergent, food and drinks ‐-- was razed in the blaze which took place around 9:40 am. District Officer for Investigation for the Jamaica Fire Brigade, O'Neill Kerr said two fire units from...

Anti-migrant violence in South Africa has led to some citizens of other African countries using the World Cup to show their displeasure with the development in ‘The Rainbow Nation’. Months-long violent protests against foreign nationals accused of taking jobs from locals in South Africa have specifically targeted citizens from other African nations, leaving at least two dead and hundreds fleeing for their lives. On Thursday, when South Africa opened the...

Shantae Foreman of Clemson University jumped a big personal best 6.69m (0.2m/s) to place second in the long jump on Thursday’s second day of the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor track and field championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Foreman, who will start favourite to win the triple jump on Saturday, went way over her previous personal best outdoors of 6.47m and recorded the 10th best jump ever by a...

Anti-migrant violence in South Africa has led to some citizens of other African countries using the World Cup to show their displeasure with the development in ‘The Rainbow Nation’. Months-long violent protests against foreign nationals accused of taking jobs from locals in South Africa have specifically targeted citizens from other African nations, leaving at least two dead and hundreds fleeing for their lives. On Thursday, when South Africa opened the...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP) -- South Korea got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start by beating the Czech Republic 2-1 Thursday after finally converting some of the many chances they created. Until the 80th-minute mark it seemed that the Czechs would punish the Koreans' wastefulness, but substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu scored the decisive goal in a Guadalajara stadium that was far from full. Son Heung-min's Koreans had dominated the...

MOSSEL BAY, South Africa (AFP) -- The charred remains of torched homes scarred a crowded settlement of shacks where South Africa's anti-migrant tensions exploded into violence, leaving two Mozambicans dead and hundreds fleeing for their lives. Other homes attacked in a recent rampage in an informal area of the southern coastal town of Mossel Bay stood in ruins, already looted, or were being dismantled by locals planning to take them...

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