JFF TO STAGE SERIES OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES
August 14th 2010
Training and development takes center stage once again in the activities of the Jamaica Football Federation over the next week with a full slate of activities geared at preparing club managers, administrators and match officials for the upcoming football season.
| Injured Powell withdraws from London Diamond League
August 12th 2010
Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell withdrew from this week’s London Diamond League meeting on Thursday with a back and hamstring strain.
The Jamaican, whose 100m duel with Tyson Gay was to be one of the highlights of the Crystal Palace event, is suffering with the same injury that forced him out of the Stockholm meeting last week.
| Brazil’s happy feet rediscover samba beat
August 11th 2010
After a World Cup where they failed to live up to expectations, the smiles appeared to return to Brazilian faces again on Tuesday after a new-look team beat the United States 2-0 in a friendly.
| Usain Bolt taking rest of 2010 off because of back
August 10th 2010
Usain Bolt is calling it quits for 2010, cutting his season short because of tightness in his lower back less than a week after losing in the 100 meters to American rival Tyson Gay.
| Reggae Boyz face Trinidad and Tobago on Wdnesday
August 09th 2010
Devon Williams (Real Mona and St Georges) Oneil Fisher (Harbour View and St Georges) and Andre Blake (Sporting Central) have received their first national call-up to the Senior Men's team (the Reggae Boyz) as they travel to Trinidad and Tobago to face the Soca Warriors in the first of a two way encounter on August 11.
| Gay upsets Bolt in 100 meters in Stockholm
August 07th 2010
Tyson Gay proved that Usain Bolt can be beaten.
From Beijing to Berlin, it seemed that Bolt and his long, turbocharged strides were more than a match for anyone over 100 meters. But Gay upset the defending world and Olympic champion Friday in a race between the two fastest runners in history.
| Bolt and Gay expect fast race in Stockholm
August 05th 2010
Asafa Powell’s injury may have delayed the race of the season but Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay said on Thursday that they still expect a fast 100 meters race at Friday’s Diamond League meet in Stockholm.
| Injury sidelines Powell from Stockholm’s DN Galan – Samsung Diamond League
August 04th 2010
Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from Friday’s DN Galan Samsung Diamond League meeting due to injury, organisers announced.
| Bolt, Gay, Powell set to explode on Friday!
August 04th 2010
It's highly possible when you consider the three fastest men on the planet — Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States — will compete at the Stockholm Diamond League track and field event on Friday (streamed live on CBCSports.ca at 2 pm ET).
| Sprinter Ottey makes history at 50 at European Championships
July 31st 2010
Fifty-year-old Merlene Ottey became the oldest athlete to compete at the European Championships after anchoring Slovenia’s 4x100 women’s relay team on Saturday.
Ottey, a naturalized Slovenian of Jamaican origin, surpassed the record previously held by 47-year-old French marathon runner Nicole Brakebusch-Leveque.
| Bolt to skip Crystal Palace Diamond League
July 12th 2010
Usain Bolt won’t compete at next month’s Crystal Palace Diamond League meeting because of British tax rules.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of Friday’s Areva meeting at the Stade de France, the Olympic and world champion in the 100 and 200 meters said he decided to skip the event after his agent informed him he would lose money by competing in London.
| Powell beaten by memory loss
July 11th 2010
Asafa Powell attributed his loss to Tyson Gay over 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Gateshead on Saturday to a poor memory.
The Jamaican, who along with record holder Usain Bolt has the fastest time in the world this year, finished 0.02 seconds behind a strong-finishing Gay after blasting out of the blocks.
| Gay edges Powell in 100 meters at British GP
July 11th 2010
Tyson Gay of the United States edged Asafa Powell in the 100 meters Saturday at the British Grand Prix.
Gay won in 9.94 seconds, just 0.02 faster than his Jamaican rival in the Diamond League meet.
“I didn’t know I’d won, I wasn’t sure,” Gay said as he walked back across the track, nursing his right hamstring. “I’m still a bit rusty.”
| Shelly-Ann Fraser tests positive for painkillers
July 09th 2010
Olympic and world 100-meter champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF after a positive test for a painkiller she claims she took to alleviate a toothache.
The president of Fraser’s track club, Bruce James, said the Jamaican sprinter tested positive for oxycodone at the Diamond League meet May 23 in Shanghai.
| 'I will be very hard to beat' - Asafa Powell ( IAAF Online Diaries)
July 07th 2010
Former World 100m record holder Asafa Powell says he’s in the best shape of his life and will be hard to beat this season.
| Coach: Semenya targeting European return
July 07th 2010
Caster Semenya will make her comeback at a European meet but is not fit enough to compete at the world junior championships in Canada, the 800-meter world champion’s coach said Wednesday.
Michael Seme said the 19-year-old South African is looking to run in “one or two” meets in Europe before making her return to major competition at the African championships in Kenya, which begin July 28.
| Bolt’s 200 metres season may be in jeopardy
July 07th 2010
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt’s remaining 200 metres season may be in jeopardy because of a strained Achilles tendon, the Jamaican said on Wednesday.
“I have no idea, but I am praying on it,” Bolt told a news conference when asked if he would run another 200 metres this season.
“The doctor said in four weeks I should be OK.”
| World Juniors: World record by Dexter Lee possible at Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium
June 21st 2010
Dexter Lee could be the next big thing in track and field and Moncton athletics fans will get a chance to see the promising young Jamaican star up close and personal.
| Powell and Gay to race over 100 metres in Gateshead
June 21st 2010
Former world record holder Asafa Powell and world silver medallist Tyson Gay will meet for the first time this season over 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Gateshead on July 10, the IAAF said on Monday.
Gay, the second-fastest man in the world behind record holder Usain Bolt, has changed his distance from the 200 to the 100 for the Gateshead meeting.
| West Indies trail South Africa by 457 at close
June 20th 2010
West Indies raced to 86 for one by the end of day two of the second test at Warner Park in St Kitts on Saturday after South Africa had declared on 543 for 6.
The home side were 457 runs behind with nine wickets in hand when bad light stopped play for the day.
| Bolt will not compete at Commonwealth Games
June 19th 2010
Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Oct 3-14 because they are too late in the year, coach Glen Mills told Reuters on Saturday.
“It was not part of our schedule,” Mills said via telephone from Jamaica.
Mills said Bolt had known for several months that he would not be going to the Commonwealth Games.
| Bolt predicts return in two weeks
June 13th 2010
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt is on the road to recovery from a sore Achilles that kept him off the track for two weeks, the Jamaican said on Saturday.
"So far it's feeling good and the treatment is working," Bolt told NBC television in an interview at the New York Diamond League meeting, where he was a spectator.
| Powell wins 100m in 9.82, Fraser DQed at Golden Gala
June 11th 2010
Asafa Powell overcame a slow start to cruise to a comfortable win in the 100 meters at the Rome Golden Gala on Thursday.
The Jamaican finished in 9.82 seconds, with France’s Christophe Lemaitre and Martial Mbandjock in a photo finish for second and third in 10.09.
| IT’S DOWN TO THE WIRE IN DPL QUALIFYING!
June 10th 2010
Cavalier FC took another step closer to the Digicel Premier League even after a tough 1-1 draw with Meadows in the JFF Confederation play-offs yesterday at Ferdie Neita Park.
Cavalier, who started the day in second spot on seven points, now lead the standing with eight -- one ahead of both Reno and Benfica, with Meadows bringing up the rear with five points with a round remaining.
| Cricket: WIndies faces daunting task against SAfrica
June 10th 2010
The West Indies will look to make up for its limited-overs drubbings at the hands of South Africa when it begins its three-match test series against the No. 2-ranked side at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday.
| Diamond League: Asafa Powell targets sub-9.80 100 meters in Rome
June 10th 2010
Jamaica's former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell says he intends to run the sprint in less than 9.80sec in the fourth leg of the Diamond League at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday.
The Olympic bronze medallist has the form to back up his ambitions.
| 'Gay expected to miss New York meeting'
June 08th 2010
Former world champion Tyson Gay's fitness level is likely to keep him out of Saturday's New York Diamond League meeting, his agent told Reuters on Monday.
"It looks very unlikely he will compete," Mark Wetmore said in a telephone interview from New York. "There's a readiness (needed) to run the 100 metres, and he does not have that."
| Powell headlines Diamond League meet in Oslo
June 03rd 2010
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell headlines the field at the Bislett Games when the Diamond League series comes to Europe for the first time on Friday.
Powell is in good form after setting the year’s fastest 100-meter time of 9.83 seconds in Ostrava, Czech Republic, last week.
Powell won’t be facing rivals Tyson Gay or world record-holder Usain Bolt, who is injured.
| South Africa survive Sammy blitz, take 2-0 lead
May 25th 2010
South Africa overcame a sizzling late innings blitz by Darren Sammy to take a 2-0 lead in the one-day international series against the West Indies on Monday.
Chasing South Africa's 300 for seven, the West Indies ended on 283 with Sammy not out on 58 from just 24 deliveries which included six towering sixes and a pair of fours.
| Reno are sole leaders in JFF Playoffs
May 24th 2010
The West looks good to go in the next Premier League season as their lone representative in the DPL playoffs, Reno FC, secured their second win edging Benfica 1-0 at Drax’s Hall and assumed sole leadership in the four-team competition.
| Sprinter Usain Bolt promises to shine in Daegu
May 18th 2010
World and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt is promising something special when he competes in his first big race of 2010 on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old arrived in South Korea on Monday ahead of his 100m run at the Daegu Pre-Championships.
"It's my first time in South Korea so I'll do my best and, hopefully, break the meeting record," said Bolt.
| Asafa Powell headlines Doha Diamond League meet
May 13th 2010
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will be the main attraction at the first meet of the newly created Diamond League, which opens Friday without many of the sport’s biggest names.
| Frustrated Gayle asks for help from Windies batsmen
May 12th 2010
Frustrated West Indies captain Chris Gayle said he needed more help from his fellow top order batsmen after the Caribbean side exited the World Twenty20 following a heavy defeat to Australia on Tuesday.
Gayle was bowled in the first over by Dirk Nannes on Tuesday and West Indies never got going as they stumbled to 105 all out.
| Top stars line up for New York Diamond League
May 12th 2010
NEW YORK (May 12, 2010) — Recently crowned world indoor champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica and American sprinter Allyson Felix are among the 18 Olympic and World champions and four IAAF Diamond League ambassadors added to the lineup of athletes slated to compete at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 12, organizers announced Wednesday.
| Asafa Powell takes St. Lucia by storm
May 11th 2010
Castries, St. Lucia: Olympic and Commonwealth Gold medalist and former100 meters World Record holder, Asafa Powell, received a rousing welcome on Wednesday (May 5), when he visited the Canon Laurie Anglican Primary School, courtesy of communications provider LIME.
| Campbell-Brown to headline at Osaka Grand Prix
May 07th 2010
Two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica will headline a strong field in the women’s 100 meters at the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday.
Campbell-Brown, who won gold in the women’s 200 in Beijing and Athens, will make her 2010 debut in the 100 on the same track where she took the world title in 2007 with a time of 11.01 seconds.
| Chelsea favored to beat Man U, win league title
May 07th 2010
With the Premier League season heading to one its most exciting conclusions in years, Chelsea could have the title wrapped up by halftime against Wigan.
Chelsea leads defending champion Manchester United by one point, and has won 16 of its 18 home games this season.
| Harbour View wins DPL championship!
May 06th 2010
Harbour View are on top of the world today after they captured their third Premier league crown with a 2-1 win over Boys’ Town at home on Wednesday.
Their championship was secured with two rounds of games remaining when the only team that could catch them, Tivoli Gardens, succumbed 1-2 to St Georges United.
| Bolt sizzles as Jamaica win sprint relay at Penn Relays
April 24th 2010
Usain Bolt ran a split of 8.79 to lead a Jamaica quartet to victory in 37.90 at the Penn Relays. The others were Mario Foresythe, Yohan Blake and Marvin Anderson, all Racers Track Club menbers.
The two USA TEAMS were second and third in 38.33 and 38.50 with Jamaica's second team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Xavier Brown and Dwight Thomas 4th in 38.72
Quotes from Bolt:
| Usain Bolt’s ready to run, have fun at Penn Relays
April 24th 2010
Usain Bolt plans on taking it easy this year.
“We’re not trying to do anything special this year,” the 100 and 200 Olympic and world champion said Friday about his goals for the season. “We’re trying to do just enough to stay on beat this year and do it with as little energy as possible. Because next year we’re going to be very serious. Next year won’t be the same.”
| Porter, Farquharson win at Penn Relays
April 22nd 2010
It was girls day as the 116th Penn Relays opened on a sunny day in Franklin Field Stadium, Pennsylvania.
Class two record holder at Girls Champs, Chanice Porter of Manchester high won the long jump with a good 6.12m. She was the only athlete to span over six metres.
| World and Olympic champion Fraser for Gateshead – IAAF Diamond League
April 20th 2010
London, UK - Reigning women’s 100m World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser will be lighting up the track when she competes at the Aviva British Grand Prix, Britain’s first IAAF Diamond League event, at Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday 10 July.
| Penn Relays: Relay Pools Announced for USA vs. The World (Jamaica) Events
April 20th 2010
PHILADELPHIA - A storm is brewing in Philadelphia. The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, will lead Team Jamaica into Franklin Field on Saturday, April 24, and look to give them just their second win in 11 years in the men’s 4×100m at the 11th edition of USA vs. the World at the 114th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Premier
League curtailed
October 6, 2008
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Lauryn
Williams defends Jamaican sprinters
October 5, 2008
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American sprinter Lauryn Williams
has defended the reputations of
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We can beat
Jamaica playing away – Ericksson
October 4, 2008
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Mexican coach Sven-Goran Ericksson
is not perturbed as he prepares to
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O.J. Simpson
guilty on all counts
October 4, 2008
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O.J. Simpson late Friday night was
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Exclusive!
Ebanks is lying – Murray
…he does not own SCA or BranCourt.
By Earl Bailey
October 3, 2008
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Clarendon
Businessman Brandon Murray has come out swinging
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Eriksson: I'm
very optimistic
September
30, 2008
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Exclusive
Sporting
Central Academy faces uncertainty
…legal
battle looms
By Earl Bailey, Editor
September
29, 2008
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Within a day or two there could be
upheavals at Brancourt and ...more |
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Waterhouse tag
Arnett to go top
By Edward Banks
September
29, 2008
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Waterhouse played naughty visitors
on Sunday, holding off..more |
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TVJ secures exclusive Olympics DVD
deal with IOC
September
28, 2008
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Television Jamaica (TVJ) yesterday
announced that it had secured from...more |
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Bolt responds to Lewis: I'm clean
September
27, 2008
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Usain Bolt, who shattered the world
record each time to capture Olympic gold in ...more |
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Merritt, Spearmon talking to MVP
By
Earl Bailey
September
26, 2008
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At least five American men have
expressed an interest in training in...more |
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Bolt to star
with Victoria Beckham and Paris Hilton
September
25, 2008
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Fresh from a promotional appearance
on the hit Japanese TV....more |
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Portmore United
still perfect
September
25, 2008
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Portmore United proved their
strength by knocking over Arnett Gardens
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Damion Stewart
stars for QPR
September
25, 2008
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Simoes’s rejects continue to show up
the folly of the....more |
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Bolt: I can go faster
September
23, 2008
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With three world records and three
Olympic golds to his credit, there....more |
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Stanford $20
million match at risk of cancellation
September
23, 2008
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Graeme Swann has dreamt of buying a
pink Ferrari and....more |
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Defending
Champs overpower Revoli United 2-0
September
22, 2008
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Portmore United did not have to move
out of first gear to....more |
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Digicel
Premier League begins!
By Hugo
Linton
September
21, 2008
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Finally, after a series of
postponements caused by a.....more |
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Xavier Marshall,
Willet test positive
September 18, 2008
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Twenty-two year old West Indies
opening batsman Xavier Marshall and .....more |
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JFF ratifies Simoes, Barnes
and Whitmore
September 17, 2008
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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)
at its Extra-Ordinary Board ....more |
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Tappa
subbing until Barnes is available!
by Hugo Linton
September 16, 2008
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Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore was today
handed the temporary job of.....more |
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Whitmore could be confirmed today
September 15, 2008
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No news is goods news. That’s what
Theodore Whitmore must be thinking as.....more |
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Powell defends Bolt after Lewis
goes on attack
September 14, 2008
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Jamaica's Asafa Powell leapt to the defence
of compatriot and .....more |
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King celebrates firing with two
goals
September 13, 2008
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Jamaica's
World Cup dream not over
- Simoes
September 12, 2008
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“It is difficult to describe the
feeling,” an emotional Simoes said .....more |
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Breaking news!
Rene Simoes fired!
September 11, 2008
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President of the Jamaica Football
Federation, Captain Horace Burrell has.....more |
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Moulding a Jamaican champion
September 11, 2008
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Triple Olympic champion and World
record holder Usain Bolt is still .....more |
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Premier
League stalemate!
September 11, 2008
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intervention, the Digicel National .....more |
Honduras
picks eight ‘foreigners’ to play Mexico
August
9, 2008 |
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The ex-coach of Colombia yesterday
announced a list of 20 Honduran players. .
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Jamaica
could sweep 100m - Mills
August
8, 2008 |
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Get your new brooms out; opines head
coach of Jamaica ’s track and field team at the Olympics Glen
Mills. .
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China
throws open doors to world
August
8, 2008 |
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Jamaica ’s participation starts on Saturday with the
equestrian event followed by the swimmers and cycling. Track and
field starts on August 15.
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JFF
query FIFA over Canada concerns
August
7, 2008 |
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The Jamaica Football Federation will
be seeking clarification from FIFA regarding a few areas of
concern as the Reggae Boyz prepare to meet Canada.
. ....
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MARLON KING AXED!
August
6, 2008 |
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When the national anthems are being
played before Jamaica face Canada in their CONCACAF World Cup
qualifier in Toronto on August 20,.
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Hue, Kelly recalled by Simoes
August
5, 2008 |
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Harbour View midfielders Jermaine
Hue and Keith Kelly could well be singing the Bob Marley song
Coming in From The Cold as both have been included in a 23-man. ....
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Warming of relations in China - Watts
August
5, 2008 |
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The big chill in relations between
Jamaica ’s most successful track club, MVP and the JAAA at the
pre-Olympic camp in China appears to be warming, if slightly.
. ....
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Bolt is 5-4 favourite
…9.8 will be 6th – Spearmon predicts!
August
3, 2008 |
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As soon as Usain Bolt was confirmed
to run in the 100 metres at the Beijing Olympics, world renowned
bookmakers, Ladbrokes took no chances. ....
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MVP athletes protest in China –
Watts
August
5, 2008 |
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It’s beginning to look like Sydney
2000 all over again. The placards are not out yet, but the writing
is on the wall. . ....
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Bolt on the double - Mills
August
2, 2008 |
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World record holder Usain Bolt
will run both the 100 and 200 metres at the Beijing Olympics, his
coach Glen Mills confirmed today. ....
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Discord and division in
Olympic squad!
July 31,
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On the eve of what is widely
expected to be Jamaica ’s most successful Olympics ever, there is
discord and division. Members of the MVP track ....
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AMBASSADOR BORA WANTS ANOTHER TEAM
July 31,
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Former coach of the Reggae Boyz,
Bora Milutinovic, is still looking for another team to take to the
World Cup. He affirmed Wednesday ....
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Mexicans call for reinforcement to face Boyz
July 30,
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Although Mexican coach Sven Goran
Ericksson is looking to arm himself with at least fourteen
overseas-based who play in the top leagues in the world, he is ....
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ATHLETES READY FOR BEIJING!
July 29,
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Jamaican athletes shone like beacons
at the Herculis Super Gran Prix in Monaco today, winning a total
of five events. ....
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Jamaican
athlete positive!
July 28,
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President of the Jamaica Olympic
Association, (JOA) Mike Fennell has not given a name, but said he
had pulled the athlete from the 53 member list ....
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GAYLE RESIGNS
AS CAPTAIN!
July 28
2008 |
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The West Indies cricket team will
have a new captain for the ICC Champions Trophy one-day tournament
in September as Chris Gayle has resigned.
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Bolt to star
as Jamaica wins 12 Olympic medals – T&F News.
July 26
2008
Usain Bolt will be the
star of track and field and Jamaica will experience its best
Olympics ever, according to the respectable publication, Track and
Field News.......more |
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Blanco in
Mexican squad to play Jamaica.
July 25
2008
Famous Mexican striker Cuanhtemoc
Blanco, who was voted Man of the Match in the MLS All Stars game
on Thursday after setting up one goal......more |
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King deal close to completion
July 24,
2008
Hull manager Phil Brown claims a
deal for Wigan striker Marlon King is "almost 90% done" despite
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Ottey will have to wait until 2012!
July 23, 2008
Jamaican-born sprinter Merlene Ottey will have to wait until 2012
to qualify for another Olympic games......more |
I will not
compromise my principles - Simoes …surprises in store!
July 22,
2008
The final list
of players who will represent Jamaica in the semifinal round of
CONCACAF World Cup qualifying against Canada on August 20 will
bring ‘shock and awe’ ...more |
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Powell beats Bolt in 9.88.
July 22,
2008
Former World record
holder Asafa Powell struck a major psychological blow when he beat
the current World record holder Usain Bolt at.....
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Bolt vs Powell today!
July 22,
2008
Jamaica’s Asafa Powell and
Usain Bolt, were at the official press conference ahead of today’s
DN Galan (22), and tried to play down expectation about improving...
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Honduras coach
dismisses Jamaica’s chances
July 21
2008
Honduran coach
Reinaldo Rueda, has all but dismissed the chances of Jamaica and
Canada in the World Cup qualifiers which begin on August 20.....
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Austin sells for over $145 million!
July 14,
2008
Stoke City
have agreed a fee of just over J $145 million with Jamaican side
Portmore United for midfielder Rudolph Austin according to the
BBC. ...
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Conte suspicious of Jamaica’s
sprinters – LA times
July 21
2008
BALCO founder Victor Conte has
sounded alarms about the Olympic track and field success of
Caribbean countries, including sprint power Jamaica....
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JFF/PLCA joint
venture Premier League?
July 18
2008
“The three English experts who came down recently have fleshed out
a plan which would see a joint venture between the Jamaica
Football Federation....
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Sherwin Williams Women’s Football
begins
July 18
2008
The 2008 Women's football season
gets going tomorrow with four games in the Sherwin Williams
Colourscape KO competition:.....
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“Something very special” – Bolt
July 17
2008
World 100m record holder Usain Bolt
has promised “something very special” when he competes over his
preferred distance....
more |
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FIFA sees Brazil as backup host for
2010 WC
July 17
2008
Talks with
authorities in Brazil about staging the 2010 World Cup there
should South Africa be unable to host the event....
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Powell, Gay on target - camps.
July 16
2008
Powell, who pulled
up with a ‘groin cramp’ at a meet last Friday, has decided to
withdraw from the Gaz de France meet scheduled for Friday....
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Boyz do 2-a-day
…only seven players show for El Salvador
July 15
2008
The friendly
international between
Jamaica
and
El Salvador
in
Houston
on July 26 (not 25th as
was previously announced,) is on. But....
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JFF
hike ticket prices
July 11,
2008
Fans will have to
fork out quite a few more dollars if they are going to see the
Reggae Boyz in the World Cup qualifiers....
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Taylor
wants out of Harbour View!
July 11,
2008
Reggae
Boy Jermaine Taylor is now adding some heat to the local Premier
League transfer market....more |
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Jamaica tough, but Honduras is the
toughest - Marquez
July 10,
2008
Mexican Captain
and Barcelona defender, Rafael Marquez, believes that all the
teams in Group B of the CONCACCAF World Cup qualifiers,...more |
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Boyz
vs. El Salvador in Houston
July 9,
2008
The Reggae Boyz are set to warm up for their big CONCACAF
semifinal world cup clash against Canada with an International
Friendly against El Salvador in Houston,..more |
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Stoke to apply
for Austin’s work permit this week
July 8,
2008
Portmore
United Reggae Boy Rudolph Austin left the island on Monday
night for Stoke City Football Club...more |
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National Stadium 2nd most feared in Group B!
…Boyz ranked 2nd also.
July 7,
2008
The National
Stadium is ranked as the second most feared stadium among those
that will host teams in Group B of the CONCACAF....more |
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JAMAICA LOSE IN THREE!
July 7,
2008
Jamaica beat the Bahamas but
suffered a beating at the gates. The Jamaica Football
Federation has announced that it will take drastic measures
after ....
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51 plus one for
Beijing!
July 3,
2008
Triple Jump World Champion for 2005, Trecia Smith, is a late
addition to Jamaica’s track and field team to the Beijing
Olympics....more |
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Jamaica’s drug testing under microscope!
July 2, 2008
Jamaica’s athletes performed
creditably at the National Championships last weekend. The
exploits of Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell,...
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Boyz
to play Canada in Toronto
July 1, 2008
The Reggae Boyz are set to kick off the
semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifiers for the South Africa 2010
World Cup against Canada...
more
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Asafa, Kerron highlight day one
June 28, 2008
Even after running a season’s best of 9.90 last night, former
World record holder Asafa Powell is
still playing down a ‘clash’ with...
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Jamaica to escape dreaded Azteca stadium!
June
24, 2008
….qualifying
game on October 11.
The Reggae Boyz will be spared the mental punishment if not
the altitudinal conditions of playing in the dreaded Azteca
Stadium in Mexico City
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Fans get a new
home!
June 16, 2008
Wandering sports fans like you and me
now have a new and exciting place to call home -
www.jamaicawin.com
"home of champions!"
...
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Seven is enough!
June 15, 2008
As predicted, Jamaica turned on the heat
against lowly Bahamas, beating the hapless visitors 7-0 at the
National Stadium
...
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REGGAE BOYZ
June 12,
2008
Sunday's starting eleven named….we are ashamed - Simoes...more |
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Grenada shock Jamaica 1-2
June 11,
2008
The Reggae Boyz suffered an untimely 1-2 loss to
Grenada at the Grenada National Stadium on Tuesday evening...
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Honduras
prepare in the rain
…could play
Jamaica in San Pedro Sula
June 11, 2008
Although the rain fell incessantly
in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday...more
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M'HAVEN WIN
KSAFA team whips Wadadah 4-1 to make NPL
Thursday,
June 05, 2008
Montego Bay, St James - Meadhaven FC of Kingston & St Andrew
Football Association (KSAFA) secured their first ever
qualification to the National Premier League (NPL) after
mauling nine-man Wadadah of the Western Confederation...
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Boyz rout SVG
5-1
June 04, 2008
Jamaica produced a spirited, if somewhat patchy performance,
to humble St Vincent & the Grenadines 5-1 in their friendly
international football encounter at the National Stadium last...
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TD to test Boyz blend
with SVG game
June 03, 2008
Technical director Rene Simoes continues his
search for the perfect combination and
formation when Jamaica host...
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TWO MIDWEEK GAMES
KICK-START MASTERS LEAGUE
May 29, 2008...
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SVG name team for friendly
match against Reggae Boyz
May 29, 2008
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Football
Federation has released the names of 20 players
for their international...
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Under -20 girls sharpening
for Mexico
May 28, 2008
Head coach Xavier Gilbert is optimistic after
working with the crop of 24 players...
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Portmore United say thanks in music, dance and
football
Saturday, May
17, 2008
Portmore United FC staged a celebration of their successful
2007/2008 National Premier League (NPL) season on Sunday at
Ferdie Neita Park,...more |
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