The Faculty of Sport at the University of the West Indies is pleased to partner with the Sunday Gleaner in two fortnightly columns which will highlight advances in sport nationally, regionally and internationally. We have been publishing a fortnightly column called Sport Matters for three years in another regional newspaper and have the pleasure of having that column printed in the Sunday Gleaner as well going forward. For the other weeks this fortnightly column, Sport Pulse, will focus on Sport and Jamaica.

Sport has been a defining attribute to the region and along with the music industry has brought the greatest focus, respect, and admiration to this region. However international sport has progressed more in the last two decades than ever before. The infusion of science, data analytics, video analysis, biomechanics, and other technology driven inputs have carried elite sport to a different realm.

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