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Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
September 10, 2023
Coping with the loss of someone you care about is one of life's most difficult challenges. The anguish can interfere with your health and make it diff...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
September 8, 2023
KADIE-ANN Dehaney, who plays goal defence for Jamaica's senior netball team, has nothing but admiration for outgoing Head Coach Connie Francis. Despit...
Netball, Sports
September 6, 2023
The bronze-medal achievement of the Sunshine Girls at the 2023 World Netball Cup in South Africa has, once again, received plaudits from the Jamaica O...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 28, 2023
PRESIDENT of Netball Jamaica Tricia Robinson says the process is to begin soon for people wishing to apply for the position of Sunshine Girls head coa...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 28, 2023
Sunshine Girls netball player Latanya Wilson could hardly control her emotions after Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL)...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
August 24, 2023
FORMER Netball Jamaica (NJ) President Marva Bernard says that while Connie Francis's departure as the senior Sunshine Girls head coach will leave a si...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 12, 2023
Following the recent announcement by Netball Jamaica (NJ) President Tricia Robinson that Sunshine Girls Head Coach Connie Francis will not be renewing...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 9, 2023
Following Jamaica's bronze medal victory at the 2023 Netball World Cup (NWC), the search will begin for a new head coach, according to Netball Jamaica...
Netball, Sports
August 8, 2023
Following their third-place finish at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, Jamaica's Sunshine Girls have returned home to a glorious welc...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
August 7, 2023
Connie Francis, the head coach of Jamaica's senior netball team, says the Sunshine Girls' bronze-medal win at the just-concluded 2023 Vitality Netball...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 6, 2023
It may not have been the medal they were hoping for at the start of the Netball World Cup (NWC) but in the end, Jamaica's Sunshine Girls Assistant Coa...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 5, 2023
WITH the disappointment of missing out on a spot in the gold medal match at the Netball World Cup tournament weighing heavily, Jamaica's Sunshine Girl...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 3, 2023
Despite outclassing defending champions New Zealand in their top-of-the-table clash in Group G of the Netball World Cup tournament in Cape Town, South...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 2, 2023
With one eye now fixed on the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup tournament, assistant coach of the Sunshine Girls Shawn Murdock believes that the J...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
August 1, 2023
Jamaica's senior Sunshine Girls Captain Jhaniele Fowler says they will be aiming for a polished performance when they take on Caribbean rivals Trinida...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 31, 2023
IT was not the type of performance that Jamaica's Assistant Coach Shawn Murdock was expecting from the team against Uganda in their opening quarter-fi...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 30, 2023
The Jamaica Sunshine Girls will kick off their campaign in the quarter-final round at the Netball World Cup (NWC) in Cape Town, South Africa, today wh...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 29, 2023
After two consecutive victories at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, Jamaica's Sunshine Girls will face their stiffest test today when...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 28, 2023
DESPITE thrashing minnows Sri Lanka 105-25 in their opening match of the Netball World Cup (NWC) on Friday, assistant coach of the Jamaica Sunshine Gi...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 27, 2023
The Jamaica Observer has been reliably informed that Jhaniele Fowler reported to the Netball Jamaica (NJ) hierarchy that US$400 (J$75,000) went missin...
Netball, Sports
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 27, 2023
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls will begin their quest to end their 16-year medal drought at the Netball World Cup (NWC) when they take on minnows Sri Lanka ...
Netball, Sports
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
July 26, 2023
A lot has been written and said about the growth of Jamaica's senior women's netball team after recent accomplishments which exceeded the expectations...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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