With just over three months remaining before the start of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan the JOA is committed to keeping its membership aware of the plans in place for the Games and also providing an avenue for the dissemination of information about your
With just under one hundred and forty days to go to Tokyo 2020, athletes from a variety of sports are working feverishly to qualify for the 2020 Olympics and to help the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) to realise its dream of sending ten sports to
Published: The Gleaner - Monday | March 9, 2020 | 12:12 AM Nicole Grant-Brown, president of the National Hockey Association has been playing sports all her life. From humble August Town beginnings, she was first involved in track and field during her years at
DATE 03 MAR 2020 OLYMPIC NEWS, PARIS THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC)’S EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) TODAY APPROVED PARIS 2024’S PROPOSAL TO HAVE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE AS THE VENUE FOR AN URBAN SPORTS CLUSTER AND TAHITI AS THE VENUE FOR SURFING. THE VENUES WERE APPROVED BY THE PARIS
REUTERS LAUSANNE, Switzerland--The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday gave further unequivocal backing to this summer's Tokyo Olympics, urging athletes to prepare "full steam" despite the coronavirus threat. "We are preparing for a successful Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020," IOC head Thomas Bach said at an
BY YURI KAGEYAMA AND MARI YAMAGUCHI / AP MARCH 3, 2020 (TOKYO) — Japan’s Olympic minister said Tuesday the contract to hold the Tokyo Games only specifies the event has to be held during 2020. Seiko Hashimoto’s response to a question in the upper house of parliament implies the
As Yona Knight-Wisdom prepares for a crucial 2020 season, headlined by making this year’s Olympic Games, the 24-year-old believes that recent success has validated his decision to represent Jamaica in the sport. The Pan American Games silver medallist spent three days in the island last week
Late last year, artistic gymnast Danusia Francis achieved her lifelong dream of qualifying for an Olympic Games. Francis' accomplishment came at the World Gymnastics Championships in Germany on Friday, where she competed alongside teammates Toni-Ann Williams and Kiara Richmon. The British-born Francis posted an all-around score of
TOKYO 2020 MASCOTS MIRAITOWA AND SOMEITY HAVE BEEN CHEERED ON AT BARCELONA’S MOST FAMOUS SIGHTS DURING THEIR ‘MAKE THE BEAT’ TOUR. They made the beat at the Olympic Stadium, which was used during the 1992 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, La Sagrada Familia and the Museu
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) TODAY EXPRESSED ITS FULL COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020, TAKING PLACE FROM 24 JULY TO 9 AUGUST 2020. The IOC EB heard a report on all the measures taken so far to address
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