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
Former Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis has been elected as a member of the Panam Sports Athlete Commission following a crucial vote held during the Games. The selection process involved athletes choosing representatives from a pool of eight candidates during the 22-day event.
Karen Anderson, the two-term president of the Jamaica Squash Association, was recently elected as regional vice-president - Caribbean for the Federation of Pan-American Squash board during a vote in Santiago, Chile, recently. Anderson, whose four-year term began earlier this November, is welcoming the opportunity to make
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Nicole Grant says Gymnastics Jamaica is enjoying success in recent times because of a business model it utilised that is similar to that exercised by the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). Since this JOA administration took office in 2017, with Christopher Samuda as
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, is now second vice-president of the Centro Caribe Sports Committee (CCS), following Monday’s General Assembly in Santiago, Chile. Samuda, along with the pair of Roberto Richards from Cuba and Venezuelan Maria Jose Soto Gil, will work
Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Chief Executive Officer Ryan Foster says this year's Pan American (Pan Am) Games will be taken very seriously by the nation's athletes because it serves as an automatic qualifier for many to the Olympic Games next summer. The Pan Am Games, being
It was in honour of the Reggae Girlz and a fitting tribute to Jamaica's sport ambassadors that was delivered recently by the local governing body for Olympic sports, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), at Mingles at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites. JOA President Christopher Samuda, in
Christopher Samuda knows sport is so much more than a game. He knows it inspires collaboration and teamwork, increases confidence, reduces stress and improves mental health. It is with that in mind, that the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president considers the $25 million allotted to the
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will pump $25 million into the Reggae Girlz’s 2024 Olympic Games qualification campaign. The Reggae Girlz will face Canada in a two-way tie on September 22 and 26 with the winners set to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris,
It is widely accepted that sport is a "shelf life" and the life thereafter is the real deal. It is also universally acknowledged that a good education is one's best pension and in its absence one may very well be at risk. Subscribing to this maxim
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