The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has stepped in to help getting 22-year-old national netballer, Latanya Wilson, back on her feet. Wilson and her family had their lives turned upside-down last Thursday, when a fire decimated their Rum Lane, downtown Kingston home. Earlier today at the office
In a historic and heartwarming gesture, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) announced today, Monday, August 28, that they will be rewarding the stellar achievements of Jamaica's netball players with JMD$1 million each (about USD$6000) for their triumphant performance at the Netball World Cup, where they
MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda is hopeful that the ongoing rehabilitation of Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay will result in the nurturing of athletes from nearby areas. "We're hoping that plans will come to fruition.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, July 30, 2023. Jamaica fought back to become for the first time Champions of the XVIII CAZOVA Caribbean Championship, and they achieved it with a five-set thriller 3-2 victory over defending champion Trinidad and Tobago (25-21, 13-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-13). Jamaica secures
The Jamaica Olympic Association has lavished praise on the country’s netball team that won the bronze medal at the just-concluded Netball World Cup in South Africa. After losing their semi-final 57-54 to eventual champions on Saturday, the Sunshine Girls rebounded on Sunday to defeat prior
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls secured a 61-49 victory against Uganda in their Pool G fixture on the first day of the second-stage matches at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town on Monday. Despite Uganda's hopeful expectations following their close match against world champions New Zealand, where
JOA proud of the example being set by Reggae Girlz THE COMMITMENT, courage and fighting spirit of the Reggae Girlz in their journey in Paris to claim a historic berth in the knockout round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup has earned the admiration of a
CHRISTOPHER SAMUDA, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association, is calling the news that the Australian state of Victoria has withdrawn from hosting duties for the 2026 Commonwealth Games a massive blow to not only the organisers, but to sport overall if a new host isn’t
CHRISTOPHER Samuda, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), said his organisation is looking to establish a brand new, multipurpose, indoor sporting facility in central Jamaica which will aid the further development of sport in the country. Samuda said this sporting facility will host 15 sporting
Sport development requires co-operation and synergistic partnerships and the collaboration between the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and the Jamaica Lacrosse Association (JLA) is poof positive of this. A strong partnership between the local governing Olympic body and its member in a joint bid to host the
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