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As Washington softens oil embargo, Cuba coast guard kills 4 on Florida-registered boat
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Navasky Anderson reclaims men’s indoor 800m record
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Navasky Anderson reclaims men’s indoor 800m record
February 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaican men’s indoor 800m record has been broken for a fourth time in eight days after Navasky Anderson ran 1:44.75 seconds for...
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Rivaldo Marshall breaks men’s indoor 800m record
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Rivaldo Marshall breaks men’s indoor 800m record
February 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Rivaldo Marshall broke the Jamaican men’s indoor 800 m record on Friday after he ran 1:45.62 seconds to win the event at the Arkansa...
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Tokyo 2025: Anderson again breaks national record, finishes 7th in 800m
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Tokyo 2025: Anderson again breaks national record, finishes 7th in 800m
September 20, 2025
Navasky Anderson ran yet another national record as he finished a courageous seventh in the men’s 800m final at the Tokyo World Athletics Championship...
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Navasky Anderson qualifies for Tokyo
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Navasky Anderson qualifies for Tokyo
July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Navasky Anderson secured his place on the Jamaican team to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September after br...
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National Trials 2025: Beckford, Taylor win 800m titles
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National Trials 2025: Beckford, Taylor win 800m titles
June 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Kelly-Ann Beckford won her first national senior title on Saturday, as she was the first Jamaican to cross the line in the women’s...
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Navasky Anderson breaks his 800m national record in Baltimore
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Navasky Anderson breaks his 800m national record in Baltimore
June 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympian Navasky Anderson broke his own Jamaican men’s national record in the 800m after he ran 1:44.61 to win the event at the Mi...
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#Champs2025: Edwin Allen’s Ishna James hospitalised after collapse
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#Champs2025: Edwin Allen’s Ishna James hospitalised after collapse
March 30, 2025
Edwin Allen High’s heptathlete Ishna James was being held overnight at a medical facility in Kingston after she collapsed while competing in an 800m a...
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#Champs2025: Titchfield’s Shavan Jarrett grabs gold in boys’ Class 1 800m
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#Champs2025: Titchfield’s Shavan Jarrett grabs gold in boys’ Class 1 800m
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Titchfield High’s Shavan Jarrett finally got his ‘Champs gold medal in his final individual race — the boys Class One 800m at the ...
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#ParisOlympics:  Navasky Anderson ends 800m quest at Olympics
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#ParisOlympics: Navasky Anderson ends 800m quest at Olympics
August 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Navasky Anderson ended his competitive schedule at the Olympic Games on Thursday morning after he finished fifth in his heat of the...
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#ParisOlympics: Navasky Anderson into 800m men’s repechage
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#ParisOlympics: Navasky Anderson into 800m men’s repechage
August 7, 2024
National record holder Navasky Anderson will contest Thursday’s repechage round of the men’s 800m at the Olympic Games after he finished fifth in his ...
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#ParisOlympics: Natoya Goule-Toppin misses 800m final
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#ParisOlympics: Natoya Goule-Toppin misses 800m final
August 4, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Natoya Goule-Toppin just missed making it to back-to-back finals in the Olympic games after she faded late in her semi-finals of th...
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#ParisOlympics: Tracey fifth in 800m repechage, misses out on semis
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#ParisOlympics: Tracey fifth in 800m repechage, misses out on semis
August 3, 2024
Jamaica’s Adelle Tracey crashed out of the women’s 800m at the Paris Olympics after placing fifth in her heat of the repechage round on Saturday. Trac...
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‘Stop the foolishness’: Goule-Toppin urges Jamaicans to quit bashing athletes
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‘Stop the foolishness’: Goule-Toppin urges Jamaicans to quit bashing athletes
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
July 28, 2024
With Jamaican track and field athletes set to begin their medal quest on Friday at the Olympic Games in Paris, national senior middle-distance runner ...
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