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  • Nigel Webb is TT champion for Jamaica

    Nigel Webb is TT champion for Jamaica

    Nigel Webb is the new JTTA national champion for men. Webb who seemed to always be second best in the competition this year pulled out all the stops to beat clubmate Phillip Drummond 11-2, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 in the men’s final.

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  • Asafa injures hamstring

    Asafa injures hamstring

    Jamaica’s Asafa Powell is now nursing a hamstring injury coming out of the 200M at the Super Track and Field meet in Japan. Although having one of his usual explosive starts, Powell pulled up coming into the straight to give American J.J. Johnson a clear...

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  • Veronica Campbell scores victory in 100M

    Veronica Campbell scores victory in 100M

    Veronica Campell, the 100M World Champion, clocked a championship record 10.90 seconds to beat the Jamaican born American Sanya Richards in the 100M challenge at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. Although Richards turned in a personal best and finished ahead of Carmelita Jeter of the...

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  • Powell wins 200M

    Powell wins 200M

    In a surprising card switch, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell participated in the 200M at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix and won the event. He won going away from the crowd in a comfortable 20s. American Rodney Martin was second in 20.29 and fellow Jamaican Christopher Wiliams...

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  • Sunshine girls go down 2-0

    Sunshine girls go down 2-0

    England won a tight 46-45 victory over Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls to win the best of three series 2-0. Jamaica who were beaten 52-32 in the opener made key tactical changes and fought tooth and nail to see a victory but had to settle for second...

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  • Asafa tops Stuttgart

    Asafa tops Stuttgart

    Some would think that it was a good thing Tyson gay didn’t show up in Stuttgart. Asafa Powell ran a blistering 9.83s into a 0.3m/s headwind there to break the Championship record he set and take the 100m. Even though Jaysuma Ndure of Norway ran...

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  • Jamaican Sunshine Girls lose to England

    Jamaican Sunshine Girls lose to England

    The world number 4 netball team, England, trounced the world number 3, Jamaica in the opener of their best of three series at the National Indoor Sports Center in Jamaica. The Jamaicans were handed a 20 point loss 52-32 by their English counterparts, the first...

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  • Jamaica is golden at PanAm Juniors

    Jamaica is golden at PanAm Juniors

    With three gold medals in hand, Jamaica is making quite the stir at the Pan American Junior Badminton championships. Ten year old Sean Wilson was the pick of the lot after featuring in two such wins. The first medal coming from the defeat of American...

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  • Powell wins 100m at Van Damme

    Powell wins 100m at Van Damme

    Running against a 0.3m/s headwind, Powell clocked 9.84s to capture the 100m at the Van Damme Golden League meet in Brussels. Clearly in a different league, Powell finished ahead of Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (10.11s) and fellow MVP teammate Michael Frater (10.12). Get the scoop...

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  • Campbell mines gold

    Campbell mines gold

    Clocking 11.11 seconds, Veronica Campbell tracked down the entire field to win the 100m final at the Van Damme Golden League meet in Brussels. Christine Aaron and Torri Edwards had to content themselves with second and third respectively albeit with the same time 11.22. Read...

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