<![CDATA[Caribbean Press Releases - recent news & press releases - Articles - Sport (non cricket)]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com en-us N/A [email protected] Thu, 25 Dec 2014 04:02:12 CST 20 <![CDATA[CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Announce Agreement to Bring Copa America 2016 to the United States]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10394/1/CONCACAF-and-CONMEBOL-Announce-Agreement-to-Bring-Copa-America-2016-to-the-United-States/Page1.html Miami - May 2, 2014 ---The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) revealed in a joint press conference today in Miami that the Centennial Edition of the Copa America will be played in the United States in 2016. ]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10394/1/CONCACAF-and-CONMEBOL-Announce-Agreement-to-Bring-Copa-America-2016-to-the-United-States/Page1.html <![CDATA[Barbados: Bronze For Barbados At WorldSkills Americas]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10377/1/Barbados-Bronze-For-Barbados-At-WorldSkills-Americas/Page1.html Bridgetown - April 10, 2014 - Barbados has once again been placed on the map, with Rukiya Clarke copping a bronze medal at this year’s WorldSkills Americas competition in Colombia. ]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10377/1/Barbados-Bronze-For-Barbados-At-WorldSkills-Americas/Page1.html <![CDATA[Barbados to host 2014 Top Gear Festival]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10290/1/Barbados-to-host-2014-Top-Gear-Festival/Page1.html Dec. 20, 2013 - Top Gear Festival will make its Americas debut on the Caribbean island of Barbados at the newly renovated Bushy Park Circuit on 17-18 May, 2014. ]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10290/1/Barbados-to-host-2014-Top-Gear-Festival/Page1.html <![CDATA[Jamaica ends 14th World Championship with double 4x100 relay gold ]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10150/1/Jamaica-ends-14th-World-Championship-with-double-4x100-relay-gold--/Page1.html Kingston — Aug. 18 2013 - Jamaica brought the curtain down on the 14th staging of the World Championships in spectacular fashion in Moscow, Russia winning both sprint relays on Sunday.]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/10150/1/Jamaica-ends-14th-World-Championship-with-double-4x100-relay-gold--/Page1.html <![CDATA[Jamaican Athletes to be Feted in Their Communities]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9791/1/Jamaican-Athletes-to-be-Feted-in-Their-Communities/Page1.html Kingston - Aug. 23, 2012 - Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, says plans to fete the athletes who represented Jamaica at the 2012 Olympics in London will involve the staging of a national event, as well as smaller events in several of the athletes' home communities.]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9791/1/Jamaican-Athletes-to-be-Feted-in-Their-Communities/Page1.html <![CDATA[Trinidad: Cash, Land For Lalonde]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9782/1/Trinidad-Cash-Land-For-Lalonde/Page1.html Port-of-Spain - Aug. 22, 2012 - A Sports Development Fund of $1 million for Tobago sportsmen and sportswomen has been set up in the name of double bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).
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<![CDATA[CARICOM Sec. Gen. on Caribbean's Performance at Olympics 2012]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9775/1/CARICOM-Sec-Gen-on-Caribbeans-Performance-at-Olympics-2012/Page1.html Aug. 17, 2012 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is ecstatic at the performance of its athletes at the just concluded London 2012 Olympics.
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<![CDATA[JADCO okay with us - WADA]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9768/1/JADCO-okay-with-us---WADA/Page1.html Aug. 16, 2012 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has indicated it has no concerns about the operations of Jamaica's anti-doping authorities, despite recent statements from its former president, Dick Pound.
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<![CDATA[Bahamas: Government Committed To Training Athletes, Says PM]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9765/1/Bahamas-Government-Committed-To-Training-Athletes-Says-PM/Page1.html Nassau - Aug. 15, 2012 – The Government is committed to scouting for potentially great athletes in the country and preparing them for the 2016 Olympics and other future sporting events, the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie said.]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9765/1/Bahamas-Government-Committed-To-Training-Athletes-Says-PM/Page1.html <![CDATA[Trinidad: Millions for Keshorn Wallcott]]> http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9757/1/Trinidad-Millions-for-Keshorn-Wallcott/Page1.html Port-of-Spain -- Aug. 13, 2012 - Trinidad and Tobago's Gold Medal Olympian Keshorn Walcott returned home from London today, to be feted at the Piarco International Airport before a motorcade accompanied him to his Toco home.]]> [email protected] (S Coward) http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/9757/1/Trinidad-Millions-for-Keshorn-Wallcott/Page1.html