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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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Lifeisjustforliving to rebound in sprint
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Lifeisjustforliving to rebound in sprint
BY HURBUN WILLIAMS Observer writer 
May 11, 2010
CHURCH Pen Farm's top locally-bred three-year-old colt Lifeisjustforliving, who tasted defeat for the first time in the 2,000 Guineas Classics when be...
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Milk River, New Bowens excite in 2-2 draw
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
May 11, 2010
NEW BOWENS, Clarendon -- Milk River United are still the leaders of the Clarendon Captain's Bakery Major League following an exciting 2-2 draw with Ne...
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T’People make winning start in third round
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T’People make winning start in third round
P Reid 
May 11, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Zone B leaders Tomorrow's People kicked off the third round of the Claro St James Football Association's Senior League with a ...
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Flashback to Manley Games
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Flashback to Manley Games
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter 
May 11, 2010
McCook says meet was as big as JII WHILE many marvelled at the massive turnout at the 2010 edition of the Jamaica International Invitational track and...
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Munro, St Andrew to defend U-16 hockey titles
Paul Burrowes 
May 11, 2010
DEFENDING champions Munro College and St Andrew High will sek to defend their titles against Mona High and Alpha Academy in the ISSA/JHF U-16 hockey f...
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Graham cops Coach of the Year Award
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Graham cops Coach of the Year Award
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
May 11, 2010
JAMAICA's Lennox Graham, head coach of the NCAA Division Two outfit Johnson C Smith University (JCSU), has been named the Central Intercollegiate Athl...
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Bruceontheloose wins feature in record time
CMC 
May 11, 2010
ARIMA, Trinidad (CMC) — Classy Jamaica-bred colt Bruceontheloose turned Saturday's feature Santa Rosa Dash into a romp when he dismissed his oppositio...
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We cracked!
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We cracked!
CMC 
May 11, 2010
GROS-ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) — Chris Gayle continued to be contrite about West Indies' meek exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, but believes West Indies c...
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Windies bowled out for 105
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May 10, 2010
THE Australian bowling attack restricted a hapless West Indies team to a modest total of 105 in their crucial Super Eights match in the World T/20 in ...
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H’View itching to pop the champagne
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
May 10, 2010
Champions-elect Harbour View battled to an exciting 0-0 draw with Waterhouse at the mini-stadium on Sunday in the penultimate round of matches of the ...
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Wood Grove Youth Club retain South Trelawny Athletics title
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Wood Grove Youth Club retain South Trelawny Athletics title
May 10, 2010
Lorna Smith (left foreground), secretary of the South Trelawny Sports Development Committee and vice-president of the Southern Trelawny Volunteers Ass...
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Diack to run again in IAAF president election
AP 
May 10, 2010
MONACO (AP) -- Lamine Diack is running for another term as president of athletics' world governing body. The IAAF said yesterday that the Senegalese o...
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Relief as goal-shy P’More escape relegation
DANIA BOGLE 
May 10, 2010
Portmore United coach Neville 'Bertis' Bell lamented his team's profligacy in front of goal even as they crawled to a rare Digicel Premier League (DPL...
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Montegonians get their bodies moving to Cardio Tennis
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Montegonians get their bodies moving to Cardio Tennis
May 10, 2010
SINCE inception in the US in 2005, "Cardio Tennis" has taken off around the world in over 25 countries as one of the most fun and engaging total body ...
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WI face another must-win to stay alive
CMC 
May 10, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) -- For the second time in three days, West Indies face a must-win game to stay in the hunt for the World Twenty20 Champions...
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Third round of St James FA kicks off today
Paul Reid 
May 10, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The third round of the Claro St James Football Association's Division One competition will get underway this afternoon with tw...
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WI used short-ball to undermine Indian batting, says Gayle
AFP 
May 10, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) -- Chris Gayle believes that India's batsmen must prepare better for short-pitched bowling in the future, or else face the ...
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US relay teams take Olympic medals appeal to CAS
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US relay teams take Olympic medals appeal to CAS
May 10, 2010
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The sports world's highest court began hearing an appeal yesterday by seven United States sprinters seeking to regain the...
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Morgan stars as England knock out New Zealand
AFP 
May 10, 2010
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP) — England proved there was more to their batting than Kevin Pietersen as they knocked New Zealand out of the World Twent...
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Brilliant Barbican!
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Brilliant Barbican!
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
May 10, 2010
BARBICAN FC stole the show at the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF) Sherwin Williams Women's Football Awards ceremony yesterday, walking away with a...
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Revolution, Ebony Strikers in netball showdown
May 10, 2010
NEWLY promoted University of the West Indies (UWI) Revolution will face Ebony Strikers 'A' in the semi-finals of the 2010 Supreme Ventures/JNA Divisio...
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Village swamp St Georges 3-0 in DPL
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Village swamp St Georges 3-0 in DPL
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
May 10, 2010
FALMOUTH, Trelawny -- Teenaged striker Dino Williams scored twice as Village United beat St Georges Sports Club 3-0 in their Digicel Premier League fo...
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