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  • STANDARD-BEARERS

    March 13, 2023

  • Redevelopment of Olympic Manor to start soon, says JOA boss

    January 13, 2023

  • JOA’s “Kingston-Liberec Connection” deemed a pioneering move in the sport-film industry

    December 12, 2022

  • JOA to award $6m scholarships to coaches

    October 25, 2022

  • Jamaica Observer partners with JOA to deliver support for Olympic movement

    September 6, 2022

Jamaica’s karate earns global affiliation

29 November 2021 | International News,JOA News,Karate | admin
FOR THE Jamaica Karate Federation, Thursday will go down as a red letter day as the local sporting body was officially accepted by the World Karate Federation (WKF), this after a provisional membership. Jamaica recently participated in the 25th World Karate Championships earlier this month in Dubai, and that is where the historic occasion unfolded as the country was voted a permanent member of the WKF.

British-born grand-niece of Rex Nettleford is exciting new weightlifting find for Jamaica

8 November 2021 | International News,Olympics,Weighlifting | admin
Team Jamaica has made an exciting new find to boost its chances in international weightlifting competition, with the addition of Chloe Whylie, a grand niece of the late Professor Rex Nettleford, who has been getting attention in Britain where she was born of Jamaican parentage.

Jamaican medallists, coaches at Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be rewarded

25 August 2021 | Featured,International News,JOA News,Local News | admin
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tokyo 2020 Olympic medallists and their coaches will benefit from a $41 million “Olympic Rewards Programme” courtesy of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and two of its key sponsorship partners, Supreme Ventures Limited through the Supreme Ventures Foundation and Mayberry Investments.

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13 Mar

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JOA boss Samuda urges culture of legacy creation in Olympic movement ROSE HALL, St James — Christopher Samuda, president

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13 Jan

Redevelopment of Olympic Manor to start soon, says JOA boss

President Christopher Samuda says the Jamaica Olympic Association’s (JOA) expansion of its headquarters will begin shortly. The JOA said last August that $120 million will be spent to redevelop the property, with half of that funding coming from its own finances, and the other from the Pan American Sports Organisation.

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12 Dec

JOA’s “Kingston-Liberec Connection” deemed a pioneering move in the sport-film industry

It will be a signal milestone when the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) initiates the “Kingston Liberec Connection” as a

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25 Oct

JOA to award $6m scholarships to coaches

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be granting three-year scholarships totalling $6 million to local coaches starting November 1,

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06 Sep

Jamaica Observer partners with JOA to deliver support for Olympic movement

The Jamaica Observer Limited and the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) on Tuesday signed a landmark multi-year partnership agreement that

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29 Aug

JOA investment allows ASAJ to send 25-member team to Goodwill Swim Meet in Trinidad & Tobago

Through an injection of funds from the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), the Aquatic Sports Association of Jamaica (ASAJ) will

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11 Jul

JOA President Samuda condemns assassination of former Japanese PM

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Christopher Samuda has come out in full condemnation of the assassination for former

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29 Jun

JOA partners with Albert for elite training of local equestrian squad

The Equestrian Federation of Jamaica (EFJ) expressed confidence in raising the level of its competitors to perform better in

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29 Jun

Mayberry to sponsor JABBFA National Senior Championships

Mayberry Investments Limited has intensified its commitment to the sporting environment with its newly forged partnership with the Jamaica

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20 Jun

Samuda buoyed by historic Commonwealth presence

BUOYED BY the historic sporting representation in Birmingham, England, Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) president, Christopher Samuda, is promising a blast from the nation’s competitors at the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games.

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