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  • Samuda shoots for a commercial model for sport

    May 16, 2023

  • JOA to offer scholarship to Olympians

    March 28, 2023

  • Bach pleased with diversity in Jamaican sport

    March 28, 2023

  • STANDARD-BEARERS

    March 13, 2023

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

    January 13, 2023

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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16 May

Samuda shoots for a commercial model for sport

Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has made a case to further push for sport to embrace and institutionalise a commercial model, which should position it has a stronger driver of economic activity. “History tells us that sport long ago evolved into a business and the current times signal that it is continually revolutionising into a commercial enterprise of which tourism, entertainment, health and wellness, technology, fan engagement and media broadcast are principal drivers,” he said as he spoke at the press briefing of the Jamaica Lacrosse Association at Olympic Manor recently.

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28 Mar

JOA to offer scholarship to Olympians

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be choosing two Olympians for an upcoming scholarship programme. The scholarship will see

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28 Mar

Bach pleased with diversity in Jamaican sport

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, admitted he is impressed with the broadening scope of Jamaica’s sports beyond just athletics, which he says can only elevate its standing in the Olympic movement. Bach, who was speaking at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rosehall yesterday, is visiting Jamaica for the weekend along with an eight-member delegation.

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13 Mar

STANDARD-BEARERS

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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