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Dexter Lee wins 100M at WJC

Posted on July 21, 2010 | No Comments
Jamaica’s Dexter Lee Wins 100m, Creates WJC History | WORLD-TRACK GLOBAL SITE 19-year-old Dexter Lee became the first man ever to win back to back World Junior titles in the men’s 100m as he narrowly secured his country’s first gold medal of the Championships here...
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Jamaicans in the NBA Summer League

Posted on July 18, 2010 | No Comments
J’can duo shines in NBA Summer League – Jamaica Sports & Athletics: Football, Track, Cricket, Netball & More – JamaicaObserver.com JAMAICANS Jerome Jordan and Samardo Samuels made their best showing yet in the NBA Summer League by scoring double figures in contrasting results on Friday....
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Bolt wins again in Paris

Posted on July 16, 2010 | No Comments
News | Bolt, Oliver dominant in Paris | Universal Sports Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt has won the 100 meters at the Paris Diamond League meet in 9.84 seconds. Bolt won ahead of fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell, who finished in 9.91. Another Jamaican sprinter,...
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Jamaica draw with T&T in U-19 Cricket

Posted on July 11, 2010 | No Comments
Jamaica hold on for draw vs T&T U19s | Trinidad Express Newspaper | Sports A stroke-filled innings from Jermaine Blackwood ensured defending champions Jamaica came away with a draw against Trinidad and Tobago in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday. Blackwood struck 12...
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Chambers and Williams win at Gateshead

Posted on July 10, 2010 | No Comments
Williams, Chambers secure 400m wins in Gateshead Jamaicans Ricardo Chambers and Shericka Williams, the World and Olympic silver medallist, won their respectively 400m races at the t the Aviva British Grand Prix – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Gateshead on Saturday. Chambers won the men’s...
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Powell clipped by Gay at Gateshead

Posted on July 10, 2010 | No Comments
Ring rusty Tyson Gay turns on afterburners to beat Asafa Powell | Sport | The Observer Tyson Gay beat the fastest man in the world this year, Asafa Powell, in a scintillating 100m showdown in Gateshead today, and then claimed he is still a little...
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Bolt celebrates return with win in Switzerland

Posted on July 8, 2010 | No Comments
Usain Bolt Returns With World-Leading Equalling 9.82secs | WORLD-TRACK GLOBAL SITE After spending sometime off the track because of an injury, Usain Bolt went back to business when running a world-leading time – equalling that of fellow countryman Asafa Powell, to win the men’s 100m...
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Veronica Campbell Brown runs world leading 10.78

Posted on July 4, 2010 | No Comments
Campbell-Brown runs world-leading 10.78 – Jamaica Sports & Athletics: Football, Track, Cricket, Netball & More – JamaicaObserver.com Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown raced to a world-leading time to win the 100 metres at the sixth IAAF Diamond League meet here yesterday. The fleet-footed Jamaican clocked 10.78 seconds,...
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Lovel Palmer helps Dynamo to win over Miami

Posted on July 3, 2010 | No Comments
J’can Palmer lifts Dynamo to 1-0 win over Miami – Jamaica Sports & Athletics: Football, Track, Cricket, Netball & More – JamaicaObserver.com Lovel Palmer’s late goal put Houston Dynamo into the quarter-finals of the United States Open Cup, with a 1-0 victory over Miami FC...
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Ray Stewart banned for Life

Posted on June 29, 2010 | No Comments
Ray Stewart banned! – Jamaica Sports & Athletics: Football, Track, Cricket, Netball & More – JamaicaObserver.com Raymond Stewart, who coached disgraced US sprinter Jerome Young, has been slapped with a lifetime ban, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced yesterday. Stewart was kicked out of the...
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