With just under two months now remaining before the scheduled start of the Tokyo Olympics, uncertainty caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic shows no sign of abating. Confusing mixed signals remain the order of the day, even as athletes make the final bend in their preparations
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Christopher Samuda was left beaming at the completion of the first in the JOA/JAAA Olympic Destiny Series at National Stadium in Kingston last Saturday. The meet started at the scheduled 8:15 am and was completed shortly before 11:00 am,
TOKYO, Japan (AP): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said yesterday that the games would open in just over two months, even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of
The newly introduced Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Olympic Destiny Series has already had the huge capital injection it was designed to produce for local-based athletes who received over $1 million dollars in cash incentives on the first weekend of the
The preparation for and eventual staging of this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will be a battle of wills and has been likened to combat with two sides diametrically opposed - those who are against the event going ahead and those who are determined
NATIONAL representative in the discus, Traves Smikle is slowly working his way back to peak level, even as he nurses a long-term injury that has kept him out of competition for some time.
The highly anticipated Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA)/Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Olympic Destiny Series got going on Saturday with a number of good, if not exceptional, performances that would have given fans of Jamaica's track and field something to smile about, especially with the National
TOKYO (AP): Japan mobilised military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination roll-out and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is determined
When Conan Osborne scored the last-gasp try that qualified Jamaica for their first Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018, the Reggae Crocs’ captain did not think it could get any better than that.
What had already been a ground-breaking year
Sprint hurdler Rasheed Broadbell and schoolboy sprinter Sachin Dennis were among the most impressive competitors on a day that saw several strong performances, as local athletes geared up for next month’s National Senior Championships at yesterday’s series-opening JOA/JAAA Olympic Destiny Meet inside the National Stadium. The
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