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January 12 12:28 AM
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:25 AM
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January 12 12:24 AM
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January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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January 12 12:22 AM
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BY IAN BURNETT Sport Editor burnetti@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 12, 2021
There was an awful lot of fear surrounding the hosting of the Games of 32nd Olympiad, even after a one-year delay, but at the close of the 17-day even...
Olympics 2012, Sports
August 12, 2021
Jamaica's queens of sprint pose with the national flag after sweeping the women's 100m medals at the recent Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. Siver medall...
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PAUL A REID Observer writer 
August 12, 2021
Jamaican athletes set four national records in track and field at the recent Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan. Elaine Thompson-Herah, who retained h...
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August 12, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo wasn't a great Olympics for some of the big names who failed to live up to their billing. Here are a few of the stars who d...
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August 12, 2021
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Neeraj Chopra's historic feat in winning India's first-ever track and field gold medal at the Olympics will be commemorated e...
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August 12, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics will always have a unique place in history as the novel coronavirus Games, but the event has also forced the i...
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August 12, 2021
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 39 41 33 113 China 38 32 18 88 Japan 27 14 17 58 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 Russian OC 20 28 23 71 Austr...
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August 12, 2021
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — The focus of the sporting world shifts to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar following the Tokyo Olympics, with lingering questions over ...
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August 9, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring novel coronavirus cases yesterday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times ...
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BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 9, 2021
Track and field dominate Jamaica's Olympic Games successes Jamaican athletes have won 87 medals from all 16 Olympics Games in the modern era, starting...
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August 9, 2021
ALMOST 100 Olympians from the Caribbean islands where Sandals Resorts International operates have been gifted complimentary vacation stays by the comp...
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BY SHERDON COWAN Observer staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 9, 2021
Sandals hospitality added motivation for Olympic champion Parchment Paying homage to the Jamaican proverb 'encouragement sweetens labour' Olympic 110-...
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August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Lauren Price has represented Wales in football, played handball at the youth international level and is also a former world champ...
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August 8, 2021
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The focus immediately shifts to Beijing as the curtain falls on the Tokyo Olympics, with a growing coronavirus outbreak in Chin...
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August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics crowned a number of new champions who announced themselves on the world stage. Here are some of the breakout s...
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August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The pandemic affected almost every part of Tokyo's Olympics, forcing a historic postponement, the banning of almost all spectator...
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August 8, 2021
SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — A rampant United States swept past Japan to their seventh-straight women's basketball crown yesterday, with Sue Bird and Diana ...
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BY ROMARDO LYONS Sunday Observer Reporter lyonsr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 8, 2021
Olympics volunteer who gave Parchment 10,000 Yen to get to stadium says she had to help him The Japanese volunteer who helped Jamaican hurdler Hansle ...
Olympics 2012, Sports
August 7, 2021
YOKAHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese baseball has proven its “strength to the world”, Manager Atsunori Inaba said Saturday after beating the United States...
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August 7, 2021
SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Kevin Durant hailed his team for overcoming adversity Saturday after pouring in ...
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August 7, 2021
TOKYO Japan (AFP) — Allyson Felix became the most decorated American track and field Olympian in history yesterday as India won their first-ever athle...
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August 7, 2021
Female quarter-milers bring curtains down on Olympics with relay bronze TOKYO, Japan — The women's 4x400m relay team gave Jamaica her ninth medal (bro...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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