The very successful staging of the inaugural Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA)/Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) ‘Olympic Destiny’ track and field series has arrested the attention of the global sporting fraternity in a manner that has left experts shouting "bravo".
Friday, June 11, 2021 As they set out on the final leg of their Olympic journey, the Jamaica Football Rugby Union (JFRU) is expressing appreciation for the relentless support provided by the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). Sports' apex body, the JOA, had outlined a goal of attaining
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)— Tokyo Olympics organisers are considering vaccinating all 70,000 Games volunteers, CEO Toshiro Muto said Tuesday, in a bid to reduce infection risks with around six weeks until the sporting extravaganza. And overseas journalists covering the event will have their movements tracked by GPS, Muto said, as Games officials try to reassure
DRIVEN by his philosophy of Ps, The University of the West Indies (UWI) graduate and cricketer Lameck Reid is convinced his passion, patience and persistence will enable a distinguished innings in service as the Jamaica Olympic Association's (JOA) first-ever Commonwealth Games Foundation (CGF) eqUIP intern
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) continue to operationalise the protocol of co-operation executed with the United States Sports Academy (USSA) with the appointment of well-known sports educator and community development director at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Paulton Gordon.
JAMAICA's double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah took the double at yesterday's inaugural North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) New Life Invitational, a World Athletics Continental Tour - Silver Level at Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida.
Beckford optimistic about future of local surfing after Olympic qualifying event National surfer Shama Beckford says that despite not qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the impression they made on the world stage has put local surfing on the right track for further growth and success. Beckford
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's multiple World and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a stunning 10.63 seconds (1.3m/s) in the 100 metre, to set a new national record and become the second fastest woman of all time at this morning's third staging of the Jamaica Olympic
Jamaican sprinters Elaine Thompson-Herah and Briana Williams could give a preview of what is to come later this month at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Trials when they meet over the 100m and 200m events at Saturday's North American, Central American and Caribbean
Quarter-milers Shericka Jackson and Zadrion Barnes recorded personal bests in winning the women’s 100m and the men’s 400m, respectively, at Series Two of the Jamaica Olympic Association/Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s Olympic Destiny Series at the National Stadium yesterday. In the first event of the morning, Jackson,
