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Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
January 18, 2024
T he Jamaica Observer has been reliably told that former national player Sasher-Gaye Henry and Annette Daley are the two candidates shortlisted for th...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
January 18, 2024
Netball Jamaica (NJ) wants to capitalise on gains made in recent years by implementing a four-year plan for the national senior team progress to the n...
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January 10, 2024
DESPITE the presence of eight Jamaican players in Australia's top netball leagues this year, Netball Jamaica's First Vice-President Simone Forbes says...
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Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
January 5, 2024
Simone Forbes, first vice-president of Netball Jamaica, says the organisation will conduct national trials for the senior netball team January 12-13 a...
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January 1, 2024
PERTH, Australia (CMC) — Head Coach Dan Ryan said West Coast Fever are excited about the familiar faces returning combined with the fresh injection of...
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Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 31, 2023
Former national senior netball Head Coach Connie Francis says Sunshine Girls' goal-attack Shanice Beckford deserves her contract in the Suncorp Super ...
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Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 27, 2023
Having inked a deal with the West Coast Fever for the 2024 Australia Suncorp Super League season, Jamaica's senior Sunshine Girls player Shanice Beckf...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 24, 2023
With application for the position of head coach for Jamaica's Sunshine Girls now closed, president of Netball Jamaica (NJ) Tricia Robinson said her or...
Netball, Sports
December 19, 2023
SUNSHINE Girls goal attack Shanice Beckford has signed a deal with Perth-based West Coast Fever, in the Australian Suncorp Super League, for the 2024 ...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 18, 2023
At The Queen's School a netball star is on the rise, and the mere mention of her name engenders synonyms of promise and glory. Mikala Morrison, just 1...
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December 18, 2023
SYDNEY, Australia (CMC) — Out-of-contract Jamaican defender Jodi-Ann Ward has found a new home in the Super Netball League (SNL) in Australia for the ...
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Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
December 11, 2023
NETBALL Jamaica (NJ) President Tricia Robinson says her organisation is looking for a devoted, enthusiastic, daring, and experienced head coach to ove...
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December 5, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) — Netballers from the Caribbean may all be breathing a huge sigh of relief over their immediate professional playing future...
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Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 28, 2023
It's said that collaboration, particularly in sports, fosters further growth and development which can lead to better programmes and ideals. That stat...
Netball, Sports
November 27, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) - Shamera Sterling led a trio of Jamaican netballers who earned recognition on Saturday during the Netball Australia (NA) a...
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November 21, 2023
NAGGO Head Primary registered the biggest win as the Institute of Sports All-Island Primary Schools netball competition got going, beating Southboroug...
Netball, Sports
October 20, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) — Netballers from the Caribbean continue to face uncertainty over the immediate future, with the pay dispute in the Super N...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
October 19, 2023
According to Shawn Murdock, co-coach of Jamaica's senior women's netball team for the 2023 Fast5 Netball World Series, the inclusion of English-born R...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
October 17, 2023
JAMAICA'S Fast5 Netball World Series Coach Shawn Murdock says the key to the squad's preparation for the tournament is to concentrate on the players' ...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
October 5, 2023
Nicole Aiken-Pinnock, co-coach of Jamaica's senior netball team for the 2023 Netball Fast5 World Series, believes the Sunshine Girls will have a succe...
Netball, Sports
October 1, 2023
Ahead of their upcoming Fast5 Netball World Series campaign in November, Netball Jamaica (NJ) appointed both former national captain, Nicole Aiken-Pin...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
September 19, 2023
LOCAL netball coaches Shawn Murdock and Nicole Aiken-Pinnock have been appointed co-coaches of the Sunshine Girls' team to the Fast5 Netball World Ser...
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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January 12, 2026
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland