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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—A total of 3,444 special needs students across the Caribbean, the majority of whom were visually-impaired, sat examinations administ...
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Shanoya Douglas tastes rare defeat at hand of Trinidadian Alexxe Henry
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Akhtar recalled to squad for Asia Cup
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June 3, 2010
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Paceman Shoaib Akhtar was recalled to the Pakistan squad yesterday for this month's Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The 34-year-old Akhtar ha...
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Zimbabwe stun India in ODI, again
June 3, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe completed a remarkable double over India by easing to a comfortable seven-wicket win in a tri-nation series one-day ...
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Asafa headlines Bislett Games in Oslo
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Asafa headlines Bislett Games in Oslo
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June 3, 2010
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell headlines the field at the Bislett Games when the Diamond League series comes to Europe for the fir...
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Netball Nursery poised to spread wings
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter 
June 3, 2010
THE Jamaica Netball Association's (JNA) Scotiabank-sponsored netball nursery is set to take off as the local governing body prepares to extend the Kin...
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Stop the nonsense, get to work Hilaire!
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
June 3, 2010
Watching cricket IT makes no sense that Ernest Hilaire would want to embarrass the West Indies Under-19 squad which admirably placed third at the Yout...
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Family says Mandela won’t attend WC opener
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June 3, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Nelson Mandela's family insisted yesterday the 91-year-old former South African leader was too frail to be at the ...
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Fraser to grace track at Prefontaine Classic
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Fraser to grace track at Prefontaine Classic
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June 3, 2010
EUGENE, Oregon (CMC) — World and Olympic sprint champion Shelly Ann Fraser has been confirmed for July's Prefontaine Classic, the sixth meet of the lu...
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Quest take early lead at Prep Champs
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Quest take early lead at Prep Champs
Gerald Reid 
June 3, 2010
QUEST, after two completed finals, took the early lead with 18 points at the 40th staging of the BIGGA/JISA Inter-Prep Track and Field Championships a...
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Dunga says pressure on Brazil unfair
June 3, 2010
JOHANNESBURGO, South Africa (AFP) -- Brazil coach Dunga said yesterday that the pressure on perennial favourites Brazil to deliver a sixth World Cup w...
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Asafa posts 9.72 at Bislett Games
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Asafa posts 9.72 at Bislett Games
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June 3, 2010
FORMER world record holder Asafa Powell ran a wind-assisted 9.72 in the ExxonMobil Diamond League series in Oslo Norway today. His time today was assi...
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Mexico beat Italy 2-1 in warmup
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June 3, 2010
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Mexico recorded the most impressive result of their World Cup warm-up matches by beating defending champions Italy 2-1 in a ...
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Firehouse get warm in St James Div Two
June 3, 2010
TUCKER, St James -- Firehouse scored their first win in the St James FA Guardian life Division Two competition when they edged previously unbeaten Roo...
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Walker can break world mark, says Hemmings
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Walker can break world mark, says Hemmings
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 3, 2010
FORMER Olympic 400-metre hurdles champion Deon Hemmings-McCatty says compatriot Melaine Walker has the capacity to break the world record in the event...
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Capt Burrell heads for South Africa
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Capt Burrell heads for South Africa
June 3, 2010
LOCAL football boss Captain Horace Burrell leaves the island today for South Africa where he will do duty at the FIFA World Cup which will kick off ne...
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Harmony notch another win in Trelawny ML
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
June 3, 2010
BOUNTY HALL, Trelawny -- Harmony FC opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Trelawny FA National Rums of Jamaica Major League after scoring an e...
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Rafa Benitez leaves Liverpool
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June 3, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Rafa Benitez's eventful reign as Liverpool manager came to a grinding but inevitable halt yesterday when the club decided to seek a fre...
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JaBA boss sees increase in basketball scholarships
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
June 2, 2010
WITH 21 days to go before 2010 NBA draft which involves Jamaicans Jerome Jordan and Samardo Samuels, Jamaica Basketball Association (JaBA) president A...
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West Indies whitewashed
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 2, 2010
SOUTH Africa eked out a one wicket victory over West Indies in the final One Day International at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad to complete a five...
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Seek Gold claims midweek feature
BY HURBUN WILLIAMS Observer writer 
June 2, 2010
TRAINER Anthony Nunes and jockeys Omar Walker, Trevor Simpson and apprentice Doushane Gordon shared six winners to hug the spotlight on the 10-race mi...
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Anchovy cop Western U-13 netball title
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Anchovy cop Western U-13 netball title
BY HAILE MIKA'EL Observer writer 
June 2, 2010
ANCHOVY High School secured their second consecutive hold on the ISSA Digicel Leila Robinson Western Region Under-13 netball title with an emphatic cl...
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Asafa headlines Diamond League meet
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Asafa headlines Diamond League meet
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June 2, 2010
But no Bolt, Gay OSLO, Norway — Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell headlines the field at the Bislett Games when the Diamond League series comes to Europe...
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BROOMS OUT! Proteas hunt series sweep against Windies
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June 2, 2010
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Avoiding their third straight one-day series whitewash to South Africa will be West Indies' main aim when the fifth an...
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