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NEW YORK, United States — Air travel disruptions are expected to last for days as hundreds of flights scheduled for the Caribbean have been cancelled ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — At 92 years old, veteran Sergeant Peter Xavier Williams, also called “Poppy Man” remains firmly grounded in service, discipline an...
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa must be used as a catalyst to address long-s...
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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