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14 & under tennis team departs today for Trinidad
March 26, 2010
Jamaica's 14 & under tennis teams head off today for Trinidad where they will be competing in the World Junior Tennis North/Central America & Caribbea...
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Porter basks in unexpected long jump glory
March 26, 2010
NO one was more shocked than Manchester High's Chanice Porter when she landed at 4.23m on her first attempt in the Class Two girls' long jump on Thurs...
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Naggo Head, Tru-Juice clash semi-final pots
BY OSAHNE TOBIAS OBSERVER WRITER 
March 26, 2010
NAGGO HEAD, St Catherine -- The hunt for the three remaining semi-final slots in the South Central Confederation Super League will resume this weekend...
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Manswell eyes J’can Speed for CABOFE title
CMC 
March 26, 2010
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Talks are currently ongoing for undefeated Trinidadian heavyweight Kertson Manswell to face Jamaican Keron Speed for t...
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THE SAINTS MARCH ON OBSERVER
March 26, 2010
The Jamaica Observer's Neville Wallace (left), general manager sales/marketing and Andre Reid (2nd left), head of events/public relations, pose with m...
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Champs 100 decider
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Champs 100 decider
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 26, 2010
C'Bar extend lead as 3 records fall NATIONAL junior 1,500 metres record holder Kemoy Campbell of Bellefield High established one of three records to f...
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Stadium track quick-fix delays start
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Stadium track quick-fix delays start
March 26, 2010
THE National Stadium running surface received a quick repair job overnight Thursday causing a delay to the start of yesterday's track action at Champs...
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Bernard among records again
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Bernard among records again
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 25, 2010
Manchester lead Vere, Holmwood THE records in the field events continued to fall as the ISSA GraceKennedy Girls Championships continued at the Nationa...
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Brown drops 100m for one-lap event
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Brown drops 100m for one-lap event
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 25, 2010
THE 2006 Commonwealth Games 200 metres gold medallist Omar Brown, who has struggled with an ankle injury since 2007, will drop the 100m and add the 40...
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Juniors seek another scalp in Claro Div One
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
March 25, 2010
BICKERSTETH, St James -- Juniors FC will hope to maintain their good start to the St James FA's Claro Division One when they seek win number three whe...
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LIME pumps $3.3m into Dover Race Series
March 25, 2010
TELECOM provider LIME has announced a $3.3 million sponsorship package for the 2010 Dover Race Series. The 2010 sponsorship allocation is the first in...
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Mixed Martial Arts Champs on tomorrow
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
March 25, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Fighters started arriving in the island yesterday in time for this evening's weighing in session leading to tomorrow night's ...
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Semi-final showdown Sunday in Flow Champions Cup
March 25, 2010
THREE non-winners -- Humble Lion, St Georges Sports Club and Arnett Gardens -- are still in with a chance of securing their first hold on the Flow Cha...
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‘Ja’s water polo teams should shine at Carifta’
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‘Ja’s water polo teams should shine at Carifta’
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
March 25, 2010
JAMAICA'S water polo teams will look to make use of home advantage when the XXV Carifta Swimming Championship starts on April 3. Earlier this week, th...
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Newton Sterling hopes to lift Cup for Arnett Gardens
March 25, 2010
After a return to struggling outfit Arnett Gardens FC during the January transfer window, Newton Sterling is aiming to lift this season's Flow Champio...
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Wright time! — C’Bar man turns tables in record throw
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Wright time! — C’Bar man turns tables in record throw
March 25, 2010
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com CHAD Wright of Calabar turned the tables on teammate and National Junior record-hold...
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Did Mayor McKenzie press the panic button?
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant sport editor 
March 25, 2010
From the Sport Desk MAYOR Desmond McKenzie's pronouncement and consequent branding of the National Stadium as a "death trap" could easily be seen as b...
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Spate of injuries at 2010 Champs
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Spate of injuries at 2010 Champs
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 25, 2010
THE medical personnel were kept busy on yesterday's second day of the 100th staging of the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics Championships, dealing wi...
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Bethlehem, Smithfield win in Malvern league
Czereene Powell 
March 25, 2010
MALVERN, St Elizabeth -- Bethlehem Moravian College (BMC) hammered Roseberry 5-1, thanks to a brace from Marlon Miller, as the Malvern Football League...
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Nangle qualifies for Youth Olympics
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Nangle qualifies for Youth Olympics
March 25, 2010
JAMAICA'S CARIFTA team member Kendese Nangle, swimming in the Speedos Champion championship this weekend, swam a personal best 1:6.76 to qualify for t...
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Valencia FC forge football ties with Ja
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
March 25, 2010
ONE of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish football, Valencia FC, is hoping to use Jamaica as a feeding tree as they joined forces with t...
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Shiv steady in latest ICC batting rankings
March 25, 2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) -- West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul has remained unmoved in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings released yesterd...
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