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London (AFP) – Enzo Maresca has left his role as Chelsea head coach after 18 months in charge, the Premier League club announced Thursday. "Chelsea Fo...
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Lee-Chin misses US$94-m bond deadline, risks Supreme Court lawsuit
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Dujuan Richards speaks on limited playing time during World Cup qualifiers
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January 1 12:12 AM
‘Whisper’ blames external forces
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French Finesse & Island Flavour: Fromage debuts new brunch menu
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French Finesse & Island Flavour: Fromage debuts new brunch menu
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Petersfield shelter showdown!
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Petersfield shelter showdown!
McKenzie denies eviction plans as Opposition claims families face displacement
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Record-setting Barnett, Frazer fire Edwin Allen
Athletics, Champs, Sports
Record-setting Barnett, Frazer fire Edwin Allen
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer writer 
March 13, 2013
DEFENDING champions Edwin Allen were in the lead in the girls' section after two events scored, while two records were broken up to press time on day ...
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Young athletes need guidance
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Young athletes need guidance
Paul Reid 
March 13, 2013
ON THE SPORTING EDGE In trying to explain why he was academically ineligible to represent defending champions Calabar High School at the 103rd ISSA/Gr...
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JC ahead — Sparks fly on Champs Day 2
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JC ahead — Sparks fly on Champs Day 2
March 13, 2013
Former champions lead C’Bar and KC after two finals JAMAICA College are the early leaders in the boys' section of the 103rd ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' an...
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Forbes eyes Beckford’s long jump record
Paul Reid 
March 12, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — National men's long jump champion Damar Forbes says he is eyeing James Beckford's 16-year-old national record of 8.62m set at ...
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KC poised — Many-time champions set to assume lead…
Athletics, Champs, Sports
KC poised — Many-time champions set to assume lead…
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 12, 2013
... after 3 finals today DEFENDING Class One long jump champion Keneil Grant of Kingston College had to work hard to get through qualifying on yesterd...
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PHOTO: Hydel’s hope
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PHOTO: Hydel’s hope
March 12, 2013
Joda Campbell (right) of Hydel High School on her way to winning Heat 3 of the Class 4 Girls 70m Hurdles on the opening day of the ISSA GraceKennedy B...
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Inadequate entries mar girls’ activities, but Barnett impresses
Athletics, Champs, Sports
Inadequate entries mar girls’ activities, but Barnett impresses
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
March 12, 2013
A lack of adequate entries for the girls' hurdles preliminaries in Classes one, two and three saw the postponement of these events yesterday, and orga...
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Champs 2013 first day list of events
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Champs 2013 first day list of events
March 11, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The first event of day one of the Boys and Girls Championships 2013 will begin with the Boys Javelin throw open at 2:30pm. Below i...
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Champs 103 promises to excite
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Champs 103 promises to excite
March 11, 2013
As the 103rd staging of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships begins today at the...
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ROARING ‘RABALAC’
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ROARING ‘RABALAC’
Devaro Bolton 
March 11, 2013
WITH the euphoria of celebrations running through the veins of the athletes and general school population alike, the Green and Black Lions of Calabar ...
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All set! Edwin Allen look safe, but keen battle looms for boys
Athletics, Champs, Sports
All set! Edwin Allen look safe, but keen battle looms for boys
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 11, 2013
Champs 2013 begins Defending champions Calabar High School and Edwin Allen High School claim they are stronger and better than last year's team that r...
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Gallery: Champs Day One
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Gallery: Champs Day One
March 11, 2013
Calabar and Edwin Allen High School began their respective title defence on the first of five days of Boys' and Girls' Championships 2013 today. (Phot...
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EDWIN wants second title
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EDWIN wants second title
Yakum Fitz-Henley 
March 11, 2013
HE school from Frankfield, Clarendon, last year shed their repeat runner-up status show us that they deserved the much-sought-after title of the islan...
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Holmwood, Vere threaten Edwin Allen for Girls’ Champs trophy
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Holmwood, Vere threaten Edwin Allen for Girls’ Champs trophy
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer staff reporter tobiaso@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 10, 2013
‘It will be a close Champs’ FRANKFIELD, Clarendon - It took Edwin Allen some 20 years to reach the pinnacle of schoolgirl track and field; now they wa...
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No large igloos, pointed umbrellas allowed at Champs
March 10, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Attendees at this year's Boys and Girls Championships, which begin at the National Stadium in Kingston Tuesday, are being warned t...
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Powell shatters javelin record
Athletics, Sports
Powell shatters javelin record
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 9, 2013
Angels, Spanish Town — Orrin Powell threw the 800g javelin to a new distance of 70.22 metres to erase Robert Barnes' previous record of 68.91 metres, ...
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PHOTO: Take off!
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PHOTO: Take off!
March 8, 2013
Kingston College's Xavier Boland in pole vault action at the Carifta Trials at the National Stadium last weekend. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
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Delano Williams looks to defend sprint double titles
Athletics, Sports
Delano Williams looks to defend sprint double titles
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
March 8, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Munro College's Delano Williams will be chasing history at next week's 103rd staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls'...
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Blind senator throws out challenge to 5K contestants
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Blind senator throws out challenge to 5K contestants
March 8, 2013
‘Catch me if you can’ GOVERNMENT Senator and Director of the Centre for Disabilities Studies at the University of the West Indies, Floyd Morris, is is...
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Yasso for Kingston City Run
March 7, 2013
BART Yasso, affectionately known as the Chief Running Officer of Rodale's Running World, is slated to participate in the inaugural Kingston City run, ...
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Paralympic athletes for UTech Track and Field Classic
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Paralympic athletes for UTech Track and Field Classic
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
March 7, 2013
UNIVERSITY of Technology (UTech) acting director of sport Laurence Garriques believes the sixth UTech Track and Field Classic set for April 13 at the ...
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Blake confirmed for Shanghai meet
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Blake confirmed for Shanghai meet
March 7, 2013
PARIS, France (AFP) — World 100m champion and Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake has been lined up to run in the Diamond League meet in Shanghai in ...
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