Defending her double sprint titles at next year's postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will be more of a motivation for her rather than pressure says Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah. Thompson-Herah, who also finished the truncated 2020 season as the fastest woman over the 100m after running
Jamaica's discus thrower Shadae Lawrence has started preparing for next summer's Olympic Games but is trying hard to balance training and regular day work, especially not being a sponsored athlete. Lawrence, who graduated from Kansas State University after studying economics and is now working at a
National senior men’s basketball coach Rick Turner says that Jamaican players currently in the United States collegiate system will prove important in helping to create a squad capable of qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. The 2020-21 campaign began on November 25 among the
JAMAICAN Assistant Referee Nicholas Anderson's historic appointment to officiate at the Fifa World Club Championships, set to get under way in Qatar on February 1, has been hailed by Victor Stewart, head of refereeing at Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), who adds that Anderson is carrying
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has signed a Memorandum of Strategic Alliance with World Eleven Incorporated and Argentina Football Association (AFA) with the goal of exploiting advantages offered by the AFA’s Technology Institute and developing football in Jamaica. A first between World Eleven and a Caribbean
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) have signed a Protocol of Cooperation with the United States Sports Academy (USSA), to offer tertiary education opportunities to local sporting stakeholders. For the past 40 years, the USSA has been delivering sports education across
President of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA), Paulton Gordon, said that it will cost approximately $14 million to host a pre-Olympic qualification camp for the men’s national team before the start of the qualifiers next year. Gordon revealed that there are more than 30 professional Jamaican
President Anthony Wilmot says that the Jamaica Surfing Association (JSA) will be ready for the start of the next qualifiers for the rescheduled Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, next year. Surfing will make its debut at the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed until next July
Congratulations are in order for the new president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, after his comprehensive win at the polls over iconic Olympic champion Donald Quarrie at the annual general meeting (AGM) held at the National Arena on Saturday. Gayle and his
Jamaica Paralympic Association president Christopher Samuda has said that the spirit of the Paralympics has given rise to the birth of the country’s first parasports foundation, which was established in western Jamaica on Wednesday. Speaking at the official launch of the St James Parasports Foundation (StJPF)
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