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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 squad is under the supervising body of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), which is a member of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), Confederation of North, Central American ...
Wayne Sappleton (first Jamaican born player to be drafted, and to play in the NBA).; Patrick Ewing (first Jamaican born player to be drafted 1/1, 11x All-Star, 1x All-NBA first team, 1985–86 NBA Rookie of the Year, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist in 1984 and 1992, and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee).
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic ...
Jamaica entered 68 athletes. [1] [2] On August 11, news was announced that Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would not compete in the 200 meters event, as she is focusing on the 100 meters and winning another world title. [3] She was replaced by Ashanti Moore. The following athletes were part of the Jamaican team as alternates or reserves:
Team. Caribbean Cup. Winner. 2014 Jamaica. Team. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:16, 10 September 2024 (UTC) Andre Jason Blake (born 21 November 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union of ...
Jamaica at the2024 Summer Olympics. Jamaica competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The country's participation signified its eighteenth Summer Olympic appearance as an independent state, although it has previously appeared in four other editions as a British colony or as part of the West Indies Federation.
Khadija Monifa "Bunny" Shaw CD (born 31 January 1997) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and captains the Jamaica national team. She is Manchester City's all-time top goalscorer, [2] Jamaica's all-time top goalscorer for both women and men, [3] holds the joint record for ...
Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame. Jamaican athletes have won a total of 87 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but three of those in the individual and relay sprint events. The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the ...