JAMAICAN TEAM

Jamaica has a rich legacy in track and field, governed by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), which oversees the sport in the country. Jamaica gained international recognition in 1930 when Joseph McKenzie won a silver medal in the high jump at the Central American and Caribbean Games. The country has produced numerous world-class athletes, including Herb McKenzie, Arthur Wint, and Usain Bolt, who have set world records and won multiple Olympic medals. Today, Jamaica continues to excel in various track and field events, maintaining its reputation as a

Reggae Boy

The Jamaica national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Boyz", represents Jamaica in men's international football. The team's first match was against Haiti in 1925.
The Jamaica Football Association was founded 1910 and in 1965 changed its name to the Jamaica Football
Federation (JFF). The structure consists of Parish Associations and Minor Associations, which control football
on behalf of the JFF in their respective areas.
Our mission is to be a professional and socially impactful organisation through winning performance on and off
the field.
The JFF is the governing body of Jamaica’s football program. It is in charge of all the Jamaican National football
teams and the Jamaica National Premier League. Today, the JFF seeks to prepare all twelve (12) National teams
for qualifications to Global Tournaments with specific focus on the World Cup and Olympic Games.
In 1997, The Reggae Boyz qualified to participate in the 1998 FIFA World Cup competition while the Senior
Reggae Girlz have qualified for 2 consecutive FIFA World Cup Competition, 2019 and 2023.
The Federation is a non-profit organization and is funded by the Sports Development Foundation (SDF),
Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body, and sponsors.
Major decisions of the Federation are taken at Board meetings governed by The Board of Directors consisting
of the President, three (3) Vice Presidents, General Secretary, Presidents of the 13 Parish Associations and 2
Co-opted. There are several committees which meet regularly to ensure the smooth running of the Federation.
Section 18 of the Bylaws states that the Standing Committees of the JFF shall be:

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one run for each of these exchanges. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled illegally.

The fielding team aims to prevent runs by dismissing batters (so they are "out"). Dismissal can occur in various ways, including being bowled (when the ball hits the striker's wicket and dislodges the bails), and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease line in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings (playing phase) ends and the teams swap roles. Forms of cricket range from traditional Test matches played over five days to the newer Twenty20 format (also known as T20), in which each team bats for a single innings of 20 overs (each "over" being a set of 6 fair opportunities for the batting team to score) and the game generally lasts three to four hours.

Traditionally, cricketers play in all-white kit, but in limited overs cricket, they wear club or team colours. In addition to the basic kit, some players wear protective gear to prevent injury caused by the ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid made of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewn seam enclosing a cork core layered with tightly wound string.

The earliest known definite reference to cricket i

Horse Racing

horse racing, sport of running horses at speed, mainly Thoroughbreds with a rider astride or Stan…
Horse racing is one of the oldest of all sports, and its basic concept has undergone virtually no change over the centuries. It developed from a primitive contest of speed or stamina between two horses into a spectacle involving large fields of runners, sophisticated electronic monitoring equi…
Horse racing has a long and distinguished history and has been practiced in civilizations across the world since ancient times. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Babylon, Syria, Arabia, and Egypt.[10] It also plays an important part of myth and legend, such as in the contest between the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology.

Chariot racing was one of the most popular sports of ancient Greece, Rome and the Byzantine Empire. By 648 BCE, both chariot and mounted horse racing events were part of the ancient Greek Olympics,[11] and were important in the other Panhellenic Games. Chariot racing was dangerous to both driver and horse, often leading to serious injury and even death. In the Roman Empire, chariot and mounted horse racing were major industries.[12] From the mid-fifth century BCE, spring carnival in Rome closed with a horse race. Fifteen to twenty riderless horses, originally imported from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, were set loose to run the length of the Via del Corso, a long, straight city street. The race lasted about two-and-a-half minutes.

In later times, Thoroughbred racing became popular with British royalty and aristocrats, earning it the title of "Sport of Kings".[13]

Historically, equestrians honed their skills through games and races. Equestrian sports provided entertainment for crowds and displayed the horsemanship required for battle. Horse racing evolved from impromptu competitions among riders and drivers. The various forms of competition, which required demanding a