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Foster and Dibbs are National TT Champions

Posted on November 26, 2010 | No Comments
Foster, Dibbs repeat as national TT champs – - JamaicaObserver.com NATIONAL champions Yvonne Foster and Joseph Dibbs continued their dominance of local table tennis by adding the lucrative Flow/Superior Parts-sponsored 2010 Extreme Spin Open Singles events to their collection of prizes this year at the...
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VCB Misses out on IAAF Award

Posted on November 21, 2010 | No Comments
Kenyan 800 metres world record holder David Rudisha was named the youngest World Athlete of the Year on Sunday by the ruling body IAAF while Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic picked up the 2010 women?s award.
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Brown to compete in ATP Challenger in Belgium

Posted on October 3, 2010 | No Comments
Brown targets another good ATP week – - JamaicaObserver.com CHARISMATIC Jamaican tennis pro, Dustin Brown, will be looking to add to his rising stock as he has been entered into the main draw of both doubles and singles at the October 4-10 ATP Challenger in...
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Dustin Brown and Rogier Wassen capture Metz ATP Trophy

Posted on September 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Tennis – ATP World Tour – Doubles Sunday – Brown-Wassen Triumph In Metz Dustin Brown and Rogier Wassen capped a dream ATP World Tour debut together Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 2 seeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the final of...
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Jamaica Doubles Mania Badminton Tournament results

Posted on September 21, 2010 | No Comments
Palmer, Lewis top Doubles Mania badminton tourney – - JamaicaObserver.com Garron Palmer and Alya Lewis topped the Open section of the Doubles Mania Badminton Tournament which took place over the weekend at the Constant Spring Golf Club’s Racquet Complex.
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Simone Vranov Brown goes pro

Posted on September 10, 2010 | No Comments
Brown enters professional ranks – Jamaica Sports & Athletics: Football, Track, Cricket, Netball & More – JamaicaObserver.com JAMAICAN Simone Vranov-Brown, the former two-time Pan Caribbean All-Jamaica 18 and under tennis champion, has decided to skip university and go professional.
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Bobby Gay Wilkins on 2 year doping ban

Posted on September 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
Jamaica’s Wilkins banned 2 years for doping Jamaican 400-metre runner Bobby-Gaye Wilkins has been banned for two years for using a performance-enhancing substance, a track official said Thursday. Wilkins tested positive for the banned substance andranine at the indoor world championships in Doha, Qatar, in...
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Peru beats Jamaica 2-1

Posted on September 8, 2010 | No Comments
Peru defeats Jamaica at Lockhart Stadium – Total Soccer | Fútbol Total – MiamiHerald.com The Sergio Markarian era has produced two immediate and pleasing results for Peru’s national soccer team fans. Behind a pro-Peru crowd of approximately 10,000, Peru defeated Jamaica at Lockhart Stadium. Jose...
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Jamaica top Costa Rica 1-0 in Friendly

Posted on September 6, 2010 | No Comments
Daley features for Jamaica – Yahoo! Eurosport Bradford winger Omar Daley won his 57th international cap for Jamaica after appearing in his country’s 1-0 friendly win over Costa Rica on Sunday. The 29-year-old stepped off the substitutes’ bench in the second half as the Reggae...
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Brown bows out to Murray in straight sets

Posted on September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sky Sports | Home | News | Murray enjoys Jamaican cruise Andy Murray breezed to a straight sets victory over Dustin Brown to secure a place in the third round of the US Open. The fourth seed was pressured by the free-swinging Jamaican at times...
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