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All three rounds of women’s 100m to be held on first day of 2028 Olympics
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All three rounds of women’s 100m to be held on first day of 2028 Olympics
November 12, 2025
World Athletics has announced that the women's 100m will take centre stage on the first day of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, with three rounds i...
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Fraser-Pryce to be honoured at ATHLOS on Friday
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Fraser-Pryce to be honoured at ATHLOS on Friday
October 8, 2025
Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce will be honoured on Friday at the inaugural ATHLOS event set to be held at Icahn Stadium in New York in ...
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Fraser-Pryce announces retirement after historic 18-year sprinting career
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Fraser-Pryce announces retirement after historic 18-year sprinting career
October 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the most decorated 100-metre sprinter in history, has officially announced her ret...
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Noah Lyles and fiancée Junelle Bromfield announce baptism on Instagram
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Noah Lyles and fiancée Junelle Bromfield announce baptism on Instagram
September 28, 2025
American sprint star Noah Lyles and his fiancée, Jamaican 4×400m relay athlete Junelle Bromfield, have announced that they have been baptised. The cou...
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McLaughlin-Levrone nears world record as she wins women’s world 400m gold
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McLaughlin-Levrone nears world record as she wins women’s world 400m gold
September 18, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)-US track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the second fastest time ever to win gold in the women's 400 metres at the world champio...
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Jamaica’s ambassador to Japan hosts Jamaican team in Tokyo
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Jamaica’s ambassador to Japan hosts Jamaican team in Tokyo
September 11, 2025
Jamaica's ambassador to Japan Shorna-Kay Richards on Thursday hosted the island's contingent of athletes and officials in Japan, ahead of the World At...
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Outdoor athletics season should be longer, says Coe
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Outdoor athletics season should be longer, says Coe
August 29, 2025
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — The outdoor season for athletes, welfare concerns notwithstanding, should be stretched longer than it currently is, accord...
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Lyles edges Tebogo in Zurich thriller in perfect Tokyo boost
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Lyles edges Tebogo in Zurich thriller in perfect Tokyo boost
August 28, 2025
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP)-US sprinter Noah Lyles held his nerve to edge Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo over 200m at the Diamond League finals in Zuri...
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Ackera Nugent wins Diamond League 100m hurdles
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Ackera Nugent wins Diamond League 100m hurdles
August 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackera Nugent equalled her season’s best 12.30 seconds (-0.6m/s) to win the Wanda Diamond League 100m hurdles title on Thursday’s ...
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Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce finishes fourth in 100m at Diamond League
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Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce finishes fourth in 100m at Diamond League
August 22, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP)- Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce ran 11.17 seconds in the women's 100m at Friday's Diamond League meet in Brussels t...
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Jamaica’s women set 4x100m Junior Pan-Am Games record
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Jamaica’s women set 4x100m Junior Pan-Am Games record
August 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s women 4x100m team ran a Junior Pan-American Games record 43.51 seconds as Jamaica added two more medals, a gold and a si...
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Only goal is to win, says ever-competitive veteran Fraser-Pryce
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Only goal is to win, says ever-competitive veteran Fraser-Pryce
August 21, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP)-Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may be at the back end of her illustrious career, but the Jamaican sprinter insists she still has her ...
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No medals for Ja as track and field starts at Junior Pan-Am Games
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No medals for Ja as track and field starts at Junior Pan-Am Games
August 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Despite participating in three finals, Jamaica failed to earn a medal as track and field started at the Junior Pan-American Games ...
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Lyles v Thompson in re-run of Olympic 100m final in Silesia
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Lyles v Thompson in re-run of Olympic 100m final in Silesia
August 14, 2025
CHORZOW, Poland (AFP)—Olympic champion Noah Lyles will renew his rivalry with Jamaica's Kishane Thompson when the pair take to the track for what prom...
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Big PBs for Levell and Moore in 200m
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Big PBs for Levell and Moore in 200m
August 12, 2025
National champions Bryan Levell and Ashanti Moore both ran big personal best times as they won their respective 200m races at Tuesday’s Istvan Gyulai ...
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Jamaicans Forde, Powell win in Europe
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Jamaicans Forde, Powell win in Europe
August 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jevaughn Powell will continue his quest for the qualifying time for the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Championship set for nex...
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‘Kenny Badness’: Jamaicans back Masicka-inspired Bednarek after Lyles spat
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‘Kenny Badness’: Jamaicans back Masicka-inspired Bednarek after Lyles spat
August 4, 2025
Sprinter Kenny Bednarek celebrated his placement on the United States (US) national team with a Masicka single. Using Masicka’s Mute as the accompanyi...
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Lyles says best to come after testy trials win
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Lyles says best to come after testy trials win
August 3, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — Noah Lyles believes he is rounding into form at the right time ahead of next month's World Championships in Tokyo after ...
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Lyles edges Bednarek in 200m at US championships
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Lyles edges Bednarek in 200m at US championships
August 3, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — World champion Noah Lyles stormed to victory in the 200m at the US Track and Field Championships in Oregon on Sunday, co...
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Richardson exits 200m at US trials, Coleman through
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Richardson exits 200m at US trials, Coleman through
August 3, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — Sha'Carri Richardson failed to reach the final of the 200m at the US Track and Field Championships in Oregon on Sunday, ...
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US Trials: Jefferson-Wooden clocks 10.65 to win women’s 100m
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US Trials: Jefferson-Wooden clocks 10.65 to win women’s 100m
Bednarek blazes to men's sprint title in 9.79
August 2, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) -- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kenny Bednarek blazed to victories in the 100m at the US Championships in Oregon on Friday...
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Richardson, Lyles ease through 100m heats at US trials
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Richardson, Lyles ease through 100m heats at US trials
July 31, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — Reigning 100m world champions Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles cruised through their opening heats at the United Stat...
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December 19, 2025
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Bonuses feel the squeeze as posthurricane economic strain hits firms
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December 19, 2025
Bonus payouts narrow in post-Melissa economy
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TITANS COLLIDE!
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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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