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JOA looks to increase sport administration knowledge base

2023-09-07T18:19:45-05:00

Seventeen presidents and secretaries general from 17 sports associations, as well as known sport personalities, are expected to be trained and receive international certification upon completion of sport-specific courses offered by the academy next year, as part of the Protocol for Partnership Agreement which was signed earlier this year by the JOA and its member, the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), with the USSA.

JOA looks to increase sport administration knowledge base2023-09-07T18:19:45-05:00

Jamaica’s karate earns global affiliation

2021-11-29T19:14:43-05:00

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.

Jamaica’s karate earns global affiliation2021-11-29T19:14:43-05:00

JOA to host first-ever OlympicJamFest next year – Jamaica Observer

2021-11-22T15:41:27-05:00

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) takes another historic step, but this time it is in film, television, and cinema.

Next year, from October 20 to 22, it will host OlympicJamFest as part of the global film festival of the Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (FICTS). President of the JOA Christopher Samuda, who is a member of the International Festival Commission of the federation, made the announcement on his return recently from Milan, Italy, where the 39th Milano International FICTS Festival 2021 was staged.

JOA to host first-ever OlympicJamFest next year – Jamaica Observer2021-11-22T15:41:27-05:00

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

2021-11-08T21:38:39-05:00

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.

British-born grand-niece of Rex Nettleford is exciting new weightlifting find for Jamaica2021-11-08T21:38:39-05:00

JOA breaks ground for Olympic Manor’s ‘next generation

2021-11-07T20:42:04-05:00

CEMENTING its legacy and platform for future sportsmen and sportswomen, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), under the theme ‘Next Generation’, broke ground on Thursday to build out its Olympic Manor at Cunningham Avenue in Kingston.

JOA breaks ground for Olympic Manor’s ‘next generation2021-11-07T20:42:04-05:00

For Joel Ricketts and Skateboarding Jamaica Limited the journey to Paris 2024 begins now

2021-11-05T20:43:13-05:00

When Joel Ricketts places his foot on his board in Cali, Colombia at the Junior Pan American Games later this year, he will have created history as the first Jamaican to compete in skateboarding in international competition but it will be only his first steps to representing the black, green and gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

For Joel Ricketts and Skateboarding Jamaica Limited the journey to Paris 2024 begins now2021-11-05T20:43:13-05:00

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