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Jackson ran her fastest time ever in March over 400m with a 50.92 run at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
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Shericka Jackson, Sada Williams impress, Tina Clayton outruns Briana Williams over 200m at Velocity Fest

March 26, 2023
Shericka Jackson and Sada Williams produced standout performances at the Velocity Fest meeting at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday when rising star Tina Clayton took the scalp of…
Major change coming to Jamaica's Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K
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Major change coming to Jamaica's Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K

March 26, 2023
As of this year, the annual run and walk event, known as Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, will no longer offer a marathon segment. In making the announcement Saturday,…
200m winner Mazinho Barrett (middle), runner-up Jevaughn Whyte (right) and thrid-place finisher Michael Sharpe (left)
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GC Foster College secure Men’s and Women’s titles at Inter Collegiate Track & Field Championships

March 25, 2023
GC Foster College emerged as overall winners on the Men’s and Women’s sides at Friday’s Inter Collegiate Track and Field Championships held at the GC Foster College track. The men…
Fraser-Pryce and Douglas Orane with their trophies on March 11.
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Fraser-Pryce honoured to receive International Humanitarian Award

March 17, 2023
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said she was honoured to receive the 2023 International Humanitarian Award from the American Friends of Jamaica at their Charity Gala held at the Intercontinental Miami, Florida last…
“So grateful for it all”- Fraser-Pryce confirms 2024 Olympics will be her last
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“So grateful for it all”- Fraser-Pryce confirms 2024 Olympics will be her last

March 03, 2023
Seven-time Olympic medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says the 2024 Olympics in Paris will be her last. The 36-year-old, who won back-to-back 100m gold medals in Beijing in 2008 and London in…
Former 100m world-record holder Asafa Powell mobbed by the Ghanaian media on his arrival in that African country on Monday.
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Jamaican Olympian and former world-record holder Asafa Powell receives hero's welcome on arrival in Ghana

March 01, 2023
Shouts of ‘Akwaaba!’ (Welcome) reverberated across Kotoka International Airport as Asafa Powell, history’s fourth-fastest man and the first Jamaican to break the 100m world record arrived in Accra, Ghana on…
Briana Williams has pulled out of the Gibson/McCook Relays.
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Briana Williams withdraws from 60m at Gibson/McCook Relays

February 25, 2023
Briana Williams has withdrawn from Saturday's 60m dash at the 2023 Gibson/McCook Relays currently ongoing at the National Stadium in Kingston. According to insiders, the Olympic relay gold medallist was…
Traves Williams ran a personal best 6.59 at Millrose Games on February 11, 2023.
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Following 'breakthrough' Travis Williams targets spot in Jamaican team to World Championships

February 17, 2023
Before the completion of the 60m final at 2023 Millrose Games at the Armory in New York on Saturday, February 11, not many Jamaicans would have known about Travis Williams.
Williams, Ackeem and Yohan Blake set for two 200m races next month.
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Williams and the Blakes set for two 200-metre races next month as preparations ramp up for season ahead

February 16, 2023
Briana Williams is set to run another 60m this month and two 200m races in March as she continues preparations for the championship year ahead.
Smikle threw a personal best 68.14m on February 11
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Off-season changes, fatherhood spur Commonwealth Games medallist Traves Smikle to new lifetime best 68.14m

February 15, 2023
Four-time Jamaican national champion Traves Smikle attributes off-season changes to his training and becoming a father for the first time as the main factors behind his world-leading throw at the…
Navasky Anderson
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Navasky Anderson Breaks National 800m Indoor Record with Unstoppable Confidence

February 13, 2023
Briana Williams is targeting consistent times of 10.8s and 10.7s this season.
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"This is just the start," says Briana Williams after 7.22 60m opener at Camperdown Classic. Sprinter targets consistent 10.8s/10.7s this season

February 12, 2023
Titans International stars Briana Williams and Ackeem Blake opened their accounts in impressive style over 60m at the Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday night. Williams,…
Chrisann Gordon-Powell
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Jamaica's 800m champion Chrisann Gordon-Powell reveals pregnancy

February 10, 2023
Jamaica's reigning 800m champion Chrisann Gordon-Powell is pregnant.
Briana Williams to make season debut over 60m at Camperdown Classic February 11
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Briana Williams to make season debut over 60m at Camperdown Classic February 11

February 09, 2023
Briana Williams will race over 60m at the Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium on Saturday in what will be her first official competition since she joined Titans International in…
Re-thinking Sport in Jamaica: Boost the resources of the SDF, take the S from CHASE
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Re-thinking Sport in Jamaica: Boost the resources of the SDF, take the S from CHASE

February 08, 2023
For more than a century there has been a Jamaican athlete that has impressed someone, somewhere across the world. The early days of cricket tours in and out of the…
Anderson, Tracey each finish third at 2023 World Indoor Tour Gold Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland
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Anderson, Tracey each finish third at 2023 World Indoor Tour Gold Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland

February 08, 2023
Britney Anderson and Adelle Tracey had third-place finishes at the World Indoor Tour Gold 2023 Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland on Wednesday.
Jonielle Smith
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World champs gold medallist Jonielle Smith opens with 60m win in Boston, Akeem Bloomfield second in 400m

February 06, 2023
Jamaican Olympian Jonielle Smith won her 60m season opener at the 2023 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational in Boston on Saturday.
Jamaica's Aisha Praught-Leer breaks 18-year-old national indoor mile record at Scarlet and White Invitational
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Jamaica's Aisha Praught-Leer breaks 18-year-old national indoor mile record at Scarlet and White Invitational

February 04, 2023
Jamaica’s Aisha Praught-Leer broke Kenya Sinclair’s 18-year-old national indoor mile record to finish fourth at the 2023 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University on Saturday. The 33-year-old…
Briana Williams (second left) and scholarship recipients from (l-r) Rhoden, Taylor and Williams of Excelsior High School in Kingston
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Olympic gold medalist Briana Williams grants scholarships to members of Excelsior High's track team

February 01, 2023
Jamaica’s youngest Olympic gold medalist Briana Williams has awarded scholarships to three Excelsior High School student-athletes valued at JMD$210,000. Williams, who moved to Jamaica to train last year, is already…
Grange names new IPL board
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Grange names new IPL board

January 31, 2023
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has announced the new Board of Directors of Independence Park Limited. The Board will be chaired by Dr.…
Elaine Thompson-Herah
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Thompson-Herah opens with outdoor 7.15s 60m win at Queens/Grace Jackson Invitational

January 29, 2023
Elaine Thompson-Herah began her 2023 campaign with a victory over 60m at the Queen's/Grace Jackson Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
Can Jamaica's growing stock of female sprint hurdlers rise to global dominance?
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Can Jamaica's growing stock of female sprint hurdlers rise to global dominance?

January 29, 2023
For more than a decade now, Jamaica’s women have bossed the 100m. Veronica Campbell-Brown won Jamaica’s first global 100m gold medal in Osaka in 2007 and since then Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce…
“Once I’m healthy, I will go super-fast”- 200m World Champion Shericka Jackson feels no pressure to repeat 2022 exploits
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“Once I’m healthy, I will go super-fast”- 200m World Champion Shericka Jackson feels no pressure to repeat 2022 exploits

January 28, 2023
Jamaican World 200m champion Shericka Jackson says she feels no pressure to replicate her exploits from her phenomenal 2022 season, insisting that once she is healthy, the times and performances…
Lamara Distin wins High Jump at Razorback Invitational; second-place finishes for Jaheel Hyde, Carey McLeod
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Lamara Distin wins High Jump at Razorback Invitational; second-place finishes for Jaheel Hyde, Carey McLeod

January 28, 2023
Texas A&M senior and Jamaican World Championship finalist Lamara Distin jumped 1.90m to win the high jump at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetville, Arkansas on Friday. The reigning NCAA Champion…
Ashanti Moore
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Ashanti Moore runs 7.37 for second in 60m at Houston Invitational

January 28, 2023
Former Hydel standout Ashanti Moore opened her 2023 Indoor season with a second-placed finish in the 60m at the Houston Invitational in Texas on Friday. Adidas’ Moore ran 7.37 to…
Usain Bolt
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'Stressed' Bolt remains loyal to Jamaica, declares he is not broke

January 27, 2023
The man at the centre of a JMD$3 billion fraud investigation involving investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited, eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt on Friday declared his loyalty to Jamaica…
Shericka Jackson won her first individual world title in 2022 and believes special things are in store for 2023.
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Bolstered by patience and trust, Shericka Jackson eyes even faster times in 2023

January 26, 2023
Shericka Jackson credits patience and trust as the main pillars behind her success in 2022 and believes she could potentially be even better in 2023. Jackson, the 2022 World 200m…
Fraser-Pryce, Broadbell crowned as Jamaica's 2022 National Sportswoman and Sportsman of the year
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Fraser-Pryce, Broadbell crowned as Jamaica's 2022 National Sportswoman and Sportsman of the year

January 21, 2023
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Rasheed Broadbell were crowned as Jamaica’s National Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year, respectively, at the 2022 RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year…
More than 600 children turn out to Fraser-Pryce's annual Christmas Treat in Waterhouse and Ewarton
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More than 600 children turn out to Fraser-Pryce's annual Christmas Treat in Waterhouse and Ewarton

December 27, 2022
Over 600 children in Waterhouse and Ewarton were treated to food, gifts and fun by World Championship and Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the 15th staging of her annual…
Briana Williams gifting a child from Paradise during her annual treat in Montego Bay on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of children feted at Briana Williams' annual Christmas treat in Montego Bay

December 22, 2022
Hundreds of children from Paradise and its surrounding communities in Montego Bay to get Christmas gifts from Olympic gold medalist Briana Williams during the third staging of her annual Christmas…
Dead at 75, Carmen Clarke remembered as a source of inspiration for Jamaica's athletes
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Dead at 75, Carmen Clarke remembered as a source of inspiration for Jamaica's athletes

December 22, 2022
Carmen Clarke’s sudden passing, mere days after her 75th birthday, sent shock waves throughout Jamaica’s sporting fraternity. Clarke lost her brief battle with cancer on December 17. A regular fixture…
Jamaica's men finish fifth on points table at 2022 World Championships in Eugene
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Jamaica's men finish fifth on points table at 2022 World Championships in Eugene

December 20, 2022
Jamaica’s men were the only Caribbean nation to crack the top ten for the most points accumulated at the 2022 World Championships in Oregon in July. The team, who is…
Jamaica's women top points table at 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon; three Caribbean nations in top 10
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Jamaica's women top points table at 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon; three Caribbean nations in top 10

December 19, 2022
It is no secret that Jamaica’s women put on an impressive show at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon in July.
Broadbell, Hyde and Powell nominated for 2022 National Sportsman of the Year
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Broadbell, Hyde and Powell nominated for 2022 National Sportsman of the Year

December 06, 2022
Rasheed Broadbell, Jaheel Hyde and Rovman Powell are the three nominees for the 2022 RJR Gleaner National Sportsman of the Year award. 2022 was sprint hurdler Rasheed Broadbell’s break-away season.…
Fraser-Pryce, Jackson headline eight nominees for 2022 National Sportswoman of the Year
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Fraser-Pryce, Jackson headline eight nominees for 2022 National Sportswoman of the Year

December 06, 2022
Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce and Shericka Jackson headline the eight nominees for the RJR Gleaner Sportswoman of the Year award. Fraser-Pryce dominated 100-metre sprinting in 2022, setting the eighth fastest time…
Asafa Powell
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Former 100m world-record holder Asafa Powell hangs up his spikes

November 27, 2022
After a career spanning two decades and characterized by fast times and world records but blighted by injury and unfulfilled potential, Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has called time on his…
Jamaican Olympian Grace Jackson
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Olympian Grace Jackson among three women to be honoured at Wesley Powell track meet December 10

November 23, 2022
Olympian Grace Jackson, Marie Tavares and Edna Atkinson will be honoured at the 19th staging of the Wesley Powell Track and Field Meet set to be held on December 10…
The portrait of GC Foster unveiled with his granddaughters (l-r) Heather Chin, Debbie Jardine, and Andrea Roberts looking on. Vice-Principal Gibbs Mills stands in support with the cousins. Left is Chantalle Nash, Product Manager for Online Betting and Gaming at Anybet, the primary sponsor of the 50 Days Afire book project.
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Granddaughters of GC Foster express pride at his legacy, institution named in his honour

November 06, 2022
During a nostalgic evening charged with emotion last Thursday night, a portrait of a young GC Foster, reproduced from an old photograph was unveiled before an audience at the sports…
Keithi Cunningham is all smiles after a chance encounter with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
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Lucky fan relishes chance encounter with five-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

November 06, 2022
Keithi Cunningham considers himself a lucky man after he unexpectedly got to meet Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, arguably the greatest female sprinter in history.
Deon Hemmings-McCatty, the first Jamaican woman to win an Olympic gold medal receiving a citation from artist Patrick Kitson during the launch of the book 50 Days Afire at the GC Foster College in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday night. Hemmings-McCatty won the 400m hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta in an Olympic record 52.82s.
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History-making Hemmings-McCatty thankful for 'special moment' after being honoured at launch of 50 Days Afire

November 04, 2022
Deon Hemmings-McCatty created history at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 when she won the 400m hurdles to become the first woman from the Caribbean to win an Olympic gold medal.…
Authors Michael A. Grant and Hubert Lawrence with their latest project 50 Days Afire. At right is a portrait of GC Foster, whose legacy was unearthed in the book. The portrait was unveiled at the GC Foster Auditorium on Thursday evening.
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The long-lost legacy of Jamaica's first sprint hero unearthed by authors Michael A. Grant and Hubert Lawrence in 50 Days Afire

November 04, 2022
G.C. Foster could take his rightful place as the father of Jamaica’s strong legacy in track and field following the launch of 50 Days Afire at the sports college named…
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