The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has pumped its most significant investment yet into a particular sport with $14.5 million to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA). Dubbed ‘Olympic Destiny’, the agreement is set to provide a huge boost to the nation’s athletes gearing up for the
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has pumped its biggest investment yet into a particular sport with a $14.5-million financing to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA). Dubbed ‘Olympic Destiny’, the agreement is set to provide a huge boost to the nation’s athletes gearing up for the
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is making every effort to have chess included among the list of sports contested at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games. Christopher Samuda, president, JOA, advised of the move as part of the association's broader plan to improve player opportunity
TRIPLE jumper Kimberly Williams was the only Jamaican winner at yesterday's USATF Golden Games and Distance Open at Hilmer Lodge Stadium at Mt San Antonio College in Walnut, California, but it was two good runs in the women's 100m by teen sensation Briana Williams that
Tokyo , Japan (AFP) - World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said yesterday he believes the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics can be "a beacon of hope and optimism", despite infections surging in Japan and other countries.
A virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of Japan
O'DAYNE Richards enjoyed a good day in the shot put at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Qualification Trials Series recently, throwing a season's best 19.79m to take the event quite comfortably.
Richards, who was clearly in a good mood, began his sequence with 18.84m
Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday. Delivery of doses is set to begin this month to give Olympic delegations time to be fully vaccinated with a second
Despite a challenging and longer preparation period than planned, diver Yona Knight-Wisdom is heading back to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, this summer. Knight-Wisdom, 25, finished in the top 18 in the 3m springboard event at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup in
Stephen “Bomber” Jones was returned as president of the Jamaica Boxing Board last Thursday at its annual general meeting held at the conference room of the Jamaica Olympic Association. Others elected were Xavier Leveridge as first vice-president; Margaret Christie as second vice-president; Leroy Brown as general
Jamaica's swimming sensation Alia Atkinson won a gold and a silver on day one of the 2021 UANA Swimming Olympic Qualifier at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida on Thursday. Atkinson’s gold medal came in the 50m breaststroke. The South Florida Aquatics swimmer won in 31.69
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