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Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
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Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Members of the public are being advised that the Broadgate main road in St Mary is impassable due to a landslide. The police are th...
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Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
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Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday the little-known Liam Rosenior will be their new head coach on a six-and-a-half-year deal, r...
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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law—UN
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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law—UN
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly "undermi...
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Gordon looking to arrest Spanish Town Police’s JPL safety
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January 6 12:14 AM
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Tokyo 2025: Seville draws Tebogo, Thompson faces Bednarek in 100m semis
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Tokyo 2025: Seville draws Tebogo, Thompson faces Bednarek in 100m semis
September 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After being left in the blocks in the first round of the men’s 100m on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Tok...
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Thompson beats Lyles in first 100m head-to-head since Paris Olympics
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Thompson beats Lyles in first 100m head-to-head since Paris Olympics
August 16, 2025
CHORZOW, Poland (AFP) -- Jamaica's Kishane Thompson exacted a measure of revenge by beating Olympic champion Noah Lyles over 100m at the Silesia Diamo...
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Ashanti Moore runs sub 11.00 seconds in Serbia
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Ashanti Moore runs sub 11.00 seconds in Serbia
August 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ashanti Moore became the latest Jamaican woman to clock a sub-11-second time in the 100m after she ran a personal best 10.94 secon...
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Levell runs 9.82 PB in Austria to win 100m
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Levell runs 9.82 PB in Austria to win 100m
July 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Bryan Levell ran a massive personal best 9.82 seconds to break the meet record at the Raiffeisen Austrian Open Eisenstadt at the L...
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Seville defeats Lyles to win first Diamond League 100m race
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Seville defeats Lyles to win first Diamond League 100m race
July 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Oblique Seville won his first Diamond League race as he stunned a quality field in the men’s 100m at Saturday’s London Diamond Lea...
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Sha’carri Richardson seeks to kickstart season after February injury
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Sha’carri Richardson seeks to kickstart season after February injury
July 4, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — United States (US) sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is looking to ignite her World Championships season at the Eugene Diamo...
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National Trials 2025: 100m finals set to sizzle
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National Trials 2025: 100m finals set to sizzle
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Between the end of one of the greatest sprint careers and the beginning of what could be some spectacular performances for years t...
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Racers Grand Prix: Kishane Thompson clocks 9.88 to win 100m
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Racers Grand Prix: Kishane Thompson clocks 9.88 to win 100m
June 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Olympic Games silver medalist Kishane Thompson ran a season’s best 9.88 seconds (0.0m/s), fourth best in the world this year, to ...
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Shericka Jackson wins 100m in Rabat
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Shericka Jackson wins 100m in Rabat
May 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World Championship medalist Shericka Jackson won her opening 100m race of the season, clocking 11.04 seconds (0.2m/s) at Sunday’s ...
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#Champs2025: Girls’ 100m champions on course for sprint double
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#Champs2025: Girls’ 100m champions on course for sprint double
March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — All four girls’ 100m champions stayed on course for the sprint double after Thursday’s first round of the 200m at the 115th ISSA/G...
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Noah Lyles fails to make cut for men’s world track athlete of year
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Noah Lyles fails to make cut for men’s world track athlete of year
November 4, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles is not one of the two finalists for male track athlete of the year, World Athletics revealed on...
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Rohan Watson claims first win of season with victory in Italy
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Rohan Watson claims first win of season with victory in Italy
September 8, 2024
Former national champion and World Athletics Championships semi-finalist Rohan Watson won his first 100m final of the season at the Grand Prix Lombard...
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#ParisOlympics: ‘My Olympic dream has been shattered’ says Jackson
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#ParisOlympics: ‘My Olympic dream has been shattered’ says Jackson
August 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson lamented the unexpected and disappointing end to her 2024 Paris Olympics campaign in a heartfelt message...
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#ParisOlympics: Fraser-Pryce expresses deep disappointment over withdrawal from 100m
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#ParisOlympics: Fraser-Pryce expresses deep disappointment over withdrawal from 100m
August 3, 2024
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is still trying to come to grips with having to pull out of the semi-finals of the women’s 100m at the Olympic Games in Paris ...
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#ParisOlympics: Tia Clayton places seventh in 100m at Olympics
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#ParisOlympics: Tia Clayton places seventh in 100m at Olympics
August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Tia Clayton placed a creditable seventh in the women’s 100m final at the Olympic Games on a rain-drenched track at Stade de France ...
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#ParisOlympics: Tia Clayton carries Jamaica’s hopes for Olympic 100m win
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August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Nineteen-year-old Tia Clayton will carry the hopes of all Jamaicans when she lines up in the women’s 100m finals at her first Olymp...
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
August 3, 2024
All three Jamaicans in the men’s 100m gained automatic qualification to Sunday’s semi-finals on Saturday at the Olympic Games in Paris. Oblique Sevill...
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Jackson says a lot went into decision to withdraw from 100m at Paris Olympics
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Jackson says a lot went into decision to withdraw from 100m at Paris Olympics
July 31, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson revealed that significant consideration went into both her and her coach’s decision to withdraw from th...
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Shericka Jackson to contest sprint double at JAAA Trials
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Shericka Jackson to contest sprint double at JAAA Trials
June 1, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Two time Jamaica national sprint double champion, Shericka Jackson, has confirmed that she will be defending her titles at this mo...
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday the little-known Liam Rosenior will be their new head coach on a six-and-a-half-year deal, r...
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