The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) continue to operationalise the protocol of co-operation executed with the United States Sports Academy (USSA) with the appointment of well-known sports educator and community development director at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) Paulton Gordon.
JAMAICA's double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah took the double at yesterday's inaugural North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) New Life Invitational, a World Athletics Continental Tour - Silver Level at Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida.
Beckford optimistic about future of local surfing after Olympic qualifying event National surfer Shama Beckford says that despite not qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, the impression they made on the world stage has put local surfing on the right track for further growth and success. Beckford
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's multiple World and Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a stunning 10.63 seconds (1.3m/s) in the 100 metre, to set a new national record and become the second fastest woman of all time at this morning's third staging of the Jamaica Olympic
Jamaican sprinters Elaine Thompson-Herah and Briana Williams could give a preview of what is to come later this month at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Trials when they meet over the 100m and 200m events at Saturday's North American, Central American and Caribbean
Quarter-milers Shericka Jackson and Zadrion Barnes recorded personal bests in winning the women’s 100m and the men’s 400m, respectively, at Series Two of the Jamaica Olympic Association/Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association’s Olympic Destiny Series at the National Stadium yesterday. In the first event of the morning, Jackson,
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
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