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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Chairman of Mt Pleasant FA, Peter Gould, has stepped down with immediate effect from the Finance Committee of Professional Footbal...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Chantelle Swaby will make her 50th appearance for Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz after she was named in the starting team to face Antigua...
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