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Jamaica’s Oshane Nation named among referees for 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Jamaica’s Oshane Nation named among referees for 2026 FIFA World Cup
April 9 12:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Oshane Nation has been included in the list of referees to officiate at the FIFA World Cup set to be played across the U...
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JTA president rejects deflection accusations, stands firm on shelter concerns in schools
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JTA president rejects deflection accusations, stands firm on shelter concerns in schools
April 9 12:19 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Malabver, has strongly rejected any attempt to dilute or redirect att...
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Cuba accuses US of ‘extorting’ Latin America in doctors row
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Cuba accuses US of ‘extorting’ Latin America in doctors row
April 9 12:00 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba's foreign minister on Thursday accused the United States (US) of "extorting" Latin American countries by pressuring them to ...
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Probe underway into video of murder suspect arrest at Mandeville Police Station, says commander
April 9 11:53 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says an investigation is underway pertaining to a video showing the ...
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
April 9 11:49 AM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 67-year-old man has regained his freedom after spending 10 months in the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, thanks to t...
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Jamaica Tourist Board named agents’ favourite national tourist board at Travel Gossip Awards 2026
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Jamaica Tourist Board named agents’ favourite national tourist board at Travel Gossip Awards 2026
April 9 11:34 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has been named Agents' Favourite National Tourist Board at the Travel Gossip Awards 2026, an accol...
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Yoni Epstein resigns as PFJL Finance Committee chairman
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Yoni Epstein resigns as PFJL Finance Committee chairman
April 9 11:17 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Yoni Epstein has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Finance Committee of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, with imme...
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Man chopped to death in Cobbla, Manchester
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Man chopped to death in Cobbla, Manchester
April 9 09:31 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Three people are in police custody following the chopping death of a man in the Cobbla district in north east Manchester on Wedn...
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#Champs2026: JC’s Heirs wins Class 3 long jump with dramatic final round effort
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#Champs2026: JC’s Heirs wins Class 3 long jump with dramatic final round effort
March 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica College’s Nathan Neil Heirs produced a final round personal best 6.37m (1.1m/s) to snatch the gold medal from Kingston Col...
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#Champs2026: Immaculate’s Robinson seeks back-to-back long jump medals
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#Champs2026: Immaculate’s Robinson seeks back-to-back long jump medals
March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Immaculate Conception High’s Jaeda Robinson will be hoping to win the girls Class 1 long jump in her first year in the age group a...
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards leads Class 1 long jump qualifying
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards leads Class 1 long jump qualifying
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica College's Michael Andre Edwards, the defending champion, was the only athlete to make the automatic qualifying mark in the...
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
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World Indoors: Nia Robinson place fifth in long jump
March 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nia Robinson finished fifth in the women’s long jump with 6.75m on Sunday’s final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships ...
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Tokyo 2025: Silver for Tajay Gayle in men’s long jump
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Tokyo 2025: Silver for Tajay Gayle in men’s long jump
September 17, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Tajay Gayle won the silver medal in a dramatic men’s long jump final on Wednesday at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan,...
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National Trials 2025: Carey McLeod retains long jump title
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National Trials 2025: Carey McLeod retains long jump title
June 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Carey McLeod recorded 8.16m (1.0m/s) to retain his men’s long jump title at the JAAA National Senior Championship on Saturday at t...
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Jamaica win two more gold medals at Carifta Games
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Jamaica win two more gold medals at Carifta Games
April 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica added two more gold medals among five won on Sunday’s morning session of the 52nd Carifta Games that are currently underwa...
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#Champs2025: Sudlow seeks to defend long jump title
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#Champs2025: Sudlow seeks to defend long jump title
March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Rohanna Sudlow of St Catherine High will be going after back-to-back girls’ Class One long jump gold medals on Saturday’s final da...
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#Champs2025: KC’s Amani Phillips cops first gold in Class 2 long jump
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#Champs2025: KC’s Amani Phillips cops first gold in Class 2 long jump
March 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kingston College’s Amani Philips won the first gold of the 115th staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Champ...
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#Champs2025: Jessica Francis of Alphansus Davis leads girls’ Class 4 long jump jump
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#Champs2025: Jessica Francis of Alphansus Davis leads girls’ Class 4 long jump jump
March 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jessica Francis of Alphansus Davis High jumped a wind aided 5.38m (2.8m/s) to lead the qualifiers into Thursday’s final of the girl...
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World Indoors: Pinnock earns silver in long jump
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World Indoors: Pinnock earns silver in long jump
March 23, 2025
Wayne Pinnock completed a full set of silver medals after he was second in the men’s long jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships with a seas...
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Williams second in SEC men’s long jump
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Williams second in SEC men’s long jump
February 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaican Nikaoli Williams of the University of Oklahoma was second in the men’s long jump on Thursday’s opening day of the South-Ea...
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Tajay Gayle breaks long jump meet record at Gibson McCook Relays
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Tajay Gayle breaks long jump meet record at Gibson McCook Relays
February 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Tajay Gayle broke the men's long jump meet record at the 48th Gibson/McCook Relays, winning with a season best 8.34m (-0.3m/s) on...
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
September 13, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackeem Blake and Tajay Gayle were winners on Friday’s opening day of the Diamond League final at Allianz Memorial Van Damme at the...
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#ParisOlympics: Silver for Wayne Pinnock in men’s long jump
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#ParisOlympics: Silver for Wayne Pinnock in men’s long jump
August 6, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Wayne Pinnock won Jamaica’s fourth medal at the Olympic Games and third silver after placing second in the men’s long jump at Stade...
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
August 6, 2024
Ackelia Smith qualified for her second final at the Olympics as she advanced in the women’s long jump with 6.59m (-0.3m/s) in the prelims on Tuesday m...
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
July 29, 2024
Ackelia Smith says she has grown enormously as an athlete and a person as she prepares for her first Olympics. The 22-year old jumper is one of only t...
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#NationalTrials: Massive PB by Shawn-D Thompson earns him Olympic spot in long jump
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#NationalTrials: Massive PB by Shawn-D Thompson earns him Olympic spot in long jump
June 29, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Shawn-D Thompson snatched a spot on the Jamaican team to the Paris Olympic Games after he produced a massive personal best 8.30m ...
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#NationalTrials: Jaydon Hibbert wins boys’ long jump, qualifies for World Under-20
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#NationalTrials: Jaydon Hibbert wins boys’ long jump, qualifies for World Under-20
June 28, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jaydon Hibbert started his quest for an unprecedented World Under- 20 jump double after he won the 19 and Under long jump on Saturd...
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
June 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackelia Smith won her second national women’s long jump title after her lone legal mark, 6.53m (0.9m/s) on Thursday’s opening day ...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says an investigation is underway pertaining to a video showing the ...
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 67-year-old man has regained his freedom after spending 10 months in the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, thanks to t...
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