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Nunes eyes 2026 redemption after missing out on trainers’ title
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December 19 12:12 AM
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Cancelled Gov’t parties funding Xmas cheer in worst hurricane-hit areas
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19 12:11 AM
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‘Warrior Chief’ reigns
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
December 16, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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Portmore United host Mount Pleasant FA as JPL resumes
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Portmore United host Mount Pleasant FA as JPL resumes
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leaders Portmore United will host Mount Pleasant FA at Ferdie Neita Park as the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) continues today with ...
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Cavalier snap winless run against MBU with 3-0 whipping in JPL
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Cavalier snap winless run against MBU with 3-0 whipping in JPL
December 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defending champions Cavalier SC snapped a three-game winless run against Montego Bay United in the Jamaica Premier League on Monda...
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Liberian sprinter among seven athletes joining Enhanced Games
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Liberian sprinter among seven athletes joining Enhanced Games
December 8, 2025
LAS VEGAS, United States — As the new sporting spectacle prepares to launch in May 2026 seven new athletes have joined the Enhanced Games including Li...
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Reggae Girlz thrash Dominica 18-0 in Concacaf Qualifiers
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Reggae Girlz thrash Dominica 18-0 in Concacaf Qualifiers
November 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz opened their Concacaf Women's Qualifiers with a record 18-0 thrashing of Dominica at the Darren Sammy Crick...
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2026 Winter Olympics flame to be lit in ancient Olympia
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2026 Winter Olympics flame to be lit in ancient Olympia
November 25, 2025
OLYMPIA, Greece (AFP) — The sacred flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy will be lit in ancient Olympia, Greece on Wednesday, with...
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Hyde breaks Marathon record
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Hyde breaks Marathon record
November 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former St Andrew High 400m/400m hurdler Michka Hyde broke the Jamaican national record in the women’s Marathon after she completed...
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Special Olympics Jamaica targets podium finish at historic regional basketball tournament
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Special Olympics Jamaica targets podium finish at historic regional basketball tournament
November 14, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — The Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) basketball team is grateful for the chance to compete at the regional level, e...
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Mt Pleasant into semis of Concacaf Caribbean Cup
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Mt Pleasant into semis of Concacaf Caribbean Cup
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mt Pleasant FA stormed into the semi-finals of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup after beating Universidad O&M FC 2-0 at the National Sta...
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Real Madrid thrash Kairat with Mbappe hat-trick
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Real Madrid thrash Kairat with Mbappe hat-trick
September 30, 2025
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kylian Mbappe struck a hat-trick as record 15-time Champions League winners Real Madrid romped to a 5-0 league phase win ov...
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Waterhouse beat Chapelton in JPL
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Waterhouse beat Chapelton in JPL
September 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Waterhouse FC snapped a two-game skid as they ran out 3-0 winners over 10-man Chapelton Maroons in their Jamaica Premier League fi...
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LeBron relishing 23rd season as retirement draws near
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LeBron relishing 23rd season as retirement draws near
September 29, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James said Monday he had not decided when to retire from basketball as he prepares to become the first playe...
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Tokyo 2025: Pryce finishes eighth in 400m final
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Tokyo 2025: Pryce finishes eighth in 400m final
September 18, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Nickisha Pryce finished eighth in her first global individual final after she ran 49.97 seconds in an epic women’s 400m final on day si...
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald misses medal in 400m
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Tokyo 2025: McDonald misses medal in 400m
September 18, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Jamaica just missed another medal on day six of the World Athletics Championships after national record holder Rusheen McDonald placed ...
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WATCH: Jamaicans arrive at Tokyo stadium ahead of World Championships
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WATCH: Jamaicans arrive at Tokyo stadium ahead of World Championships
September 10, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Several members of the Jamaican delegation for the World Athletics Championships have arrived at the OI Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, for pr...
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Athletics chief Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ at Tokyo worlds
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Athletics chief Coe admits ‘heat challenges’ at Tokyo worlds
September 9, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe on Tuesday admitted that the world championships starting in Tokyo this weekend face "hea...
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Mbappe fires Madrid to victory at Real Oviedo
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Mbappe fires Madrid to victory at Real Oviedo
August 24, 2025
Oviedo, Spain (AFP) — Kylian Mbappe was again on target for Real Madrid as they overcame Real Oviedo 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday. For Oviedo, returning t...
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Man City’s old problems rear their head as Tottenham ease to victory
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Man City’s old problems rear their head as Tottenham ease to victory
August 23, 2025
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Manchester City's troubles from last season were exposed once more in a humbling 2-0 home defeat to Tottenham on Sa...
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Jamaicans Wilson and Campbell advance in Pan-Am 100m
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Jamaicans Wilson and Campbell advance in Pan-Am 100m
August 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Both Jamaican representatives, Oneka Wilson and Briana Campbell, advanced to Wednesday’s final of the 100 metre hurdles after the ...
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Lyles hints at hitting Olympic form before Thompson re-match
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Lyles hints at hitting Olympic form before Thompson re-match
August 15, 2025
CHORZOW, Poland (AFP) — Despite an injury-induced delay to the start of his season, Olympic 100 metres champion Noah Lyles reckons his form is as good...
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Italian club Roma courting Villa in attempt to sign Leon Bailey
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Italian club Roma courting Villa in attempt to sign Leon Bailey
August 14, 2025
Italian football club Roma is in talks with Aston Villa with hopes to sign Jamaican footballer Leon Bailey, according to a report from The Athletic. N...
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December 19, 2025
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Daybreak’s @10
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December 19, 2025
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
Bonuses feel the squeeze as posthurricane economic strain hits firms
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2025
Bonus payouts narrow in post-Melissa economy
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JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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