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VCB repels Felix in swift 21.98
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BY PAUL A REID Observer Writer Paulareid69@yahoo.com 
June 12, 2010
RANDALL’S ISLAND, New York — Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell Brown ran a world-leading and meet record 21.98 seconds (1.4 m/s) to win the 200m race at yes...
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June 12, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Brazil's players are having a hard time waiting for their turn to debut at the World Cup. The opener against Nor...
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Uruguay football official’s hotel safe robbed
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Bodybuilder Frederick Smith dies at 67
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June 12, 2010
SIXTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Frederick Smith, president of the Jamaica Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JBBFA), died at the University Hospital on Thursd...
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Socceroos braced for German challenge
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Socceroos braced for German challenge
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June 12, 2010
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Germany beats 10-man Australia 4-0
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June 12, 2010
DURBAN, South Africa – Germany scored two goals in each half and Tim Cahill was sent off as three-time champion Germany beat Australia 4-0 this aftern...
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June 12, 2010
From the Sports Desk AS the soccer fraternity awaits the inevitable heroics at the World Cup Finals in South Africa, one individual is already under e...
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Messi spearheads Argentina’s 1-0 win
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Riley captures NCAA 100m hurdles title
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Riley captures NCAA 100m hurdles title
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
June 12, 2010
CALABAR High past student Andrew Riley, sophomore at the University of Illinois, saved his best for last when he clocked a personal best 13.45 seconds...
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Russell grabs five but ‘A’ team struggles
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Russell grabs five but ‘A’ team struggles
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June 12, 2010
LEICESTER, England (CMC) — Young pacer Andre Russell's five-wicket haul failed to overshadow another dour batting display as West Indies 'A' were left...
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GK blunder hands US draw vs England
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June 12, 2010
South Africa 2010 Full Time RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AFP) — England's hopes of a winning start to their World Cup campaign were shattered by an extra...
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My best attacking players for the WCup
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June 12, 2010
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Knotty tussles for DPL spots
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
June 12, 2010
ALL four teams enter today's final round of the Jamaica Football Federation's All-Island Confederation Play-offs with a chance of gaining promotion to...
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Waterhouse capture KSAFA U-20 title
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Waterhouse capture KSAFA U-20 title
Livingston Scott 
June 12, 2010
GOALS from Alvin Nelson, Darren Mattocks and Ashani Walker carried Waterhouse FC to a 3-1 win over Harbour View in the final of the KSAFA Under-20 Cha...
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Tigers, Cutters locked in keen battle
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
June 12, 2010
Kingston Tigers and St Ann Cutters are locked in a keen tussle for first-innings honours in their rescheduled third-round fixture of the Jamaican Supe...
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 IRENE, South Africa (AP) — Italy have another key injury concern just three days before their World Cup opener. Daniele De Rossi sat...
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National Junior Trials on today
DANIA BOGLE 
June 11, 2010
THE two-day Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) National Junior Championships will take place today and tomorrow at the GC Foster College of P...
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Thrilling start – South Africa in spirited draw with Mexico
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Thrilling start – South Africa in spirited draw with Mexico
June 11, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Host nation South Africa got their continent's first World Cup off to a thrilling start by scoring the tournament's...
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Drogba trains, but remains doubtful for opener
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Drogba trains, but remains doubtful for opener
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June 11, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 SHARPEVILLE, South Africa (AP) — Didier Drogba joined his Ivory Coast teammates for practice yesterday, but remains in doubt for the...
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AP) — Injured midfielder Andres Iniesta remained in doubt for Spain's opening World Cup match after tra...
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Soccer-loving ‘birdie’
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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 The bird crosses the Rand Stadium field where Serbia's national soccer team was training in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. S...
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Veronica Campbell-Brown blazed to a world-leading time to beat American Allyson Felix in the women’s 200m at Saturday’s adidas Grand Prix, the fifth s...
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