The financial performance of Jamaica's governing body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports continues to raise the bar in demonstrating prudence, innovation, investment savvy and commercial value. The annual general meeting of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), held in December last year at the Courtleigh Corporate Centre
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
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
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
Para athletes from Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, hosts Jamaica and the Faulkland Islands are set to benefit from the Inagural (Gather, Adjust, Prepare, Sustain) Americas & Caribbean programme (GAPS), next week in Kingston. The historic occasion is a collaboration between the Jamaica Paralympic
Supreme Ventures Limited has reaffirmed its sponsorship for Jamaica’s major and minor netball leagues. Supreme Ventures presented a symbolic cheque for $3.5 million during the recent 2024 Divisional League opening ceremony. Tricia Robinson, president of Netball Jamaica, said the sponsorship showed Supreme Ventures’ continued support for
Track and field athletes competing at this summer's Olympic Games will have an additional incentive, as World Athletics on Wednesday announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games.
LTHOUGH looking forward to competing at this summer’s Paralympic Games in Paris, Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) President Christopher Samuda says JPA is targeting massive success for the country’s athletes at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Athletics and footwear manufacturer Puma on Saturday unveiled its Paris Olympics 2024 kit tailored exclusively for Jamaica’s athletes who will be participating at the upcoming summer games. The kit, composed of six outfits, incorporates high tech fabrics and silhouettes engineered to maximise performance. It blends effortlessly
Curling Jamaica recently played host to a successful third edition of its “International Friendly,” welcoming teams from seven nations to the Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
Free invites to the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony will be given to 222,000 spectators chosen by authorities, France's Interior Minister said on Tuesday.
Prize money may not necessarily number among rewards for winning a medal at the Olympic Games but the value of simply participating at the ultimate sporting spectacle is quite enriching
The President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), attorney Christopher Samuda, has backed the position of international sporting bodies on the recently announced "Enhanced Games".
PREPARATIONS are in high gear as the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) gets ready to host a three-day paralympic training clinic, March 13- 15, for boccia and track and field. The clinic will see more than 70 representatives from 11 Caribbean countries participating and Christopher Samuda, President
