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  • Injury concerns force Blake to withdraw from Nationals

    Injury concerns have forced double Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake to pull out of the Jamaica National Senior Championship scheduled to begin on Thursday. Manager Cubie Seegobin says the Jamaican sprinter has not fully recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered in April to run the 200m rounds this week. "Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the National Championships," Seegobin confirmed ...

  • Jamaica seeks closer ties with diaspora to boost business investment

    The Jamaican government is seeking to forge stronger ties with its diaspora, estimated by the World Bank to have some 5.4 billion USdollars in savings, to spur its economic growth and development.Emulating some successful models such as Israel, China and India,Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller earlier this week pledged to put in place the necessary framework."We are resolutely ...

  • Sports Briefing | Track and Field Blake Out of Jamaican Track Nationals

    The sprinter Yohan Blake withdrew from ...

  • Jamaican track and field under a cloud

    JAMAICA, sunlit home of the world's finest sprinters, was cast into shadow on Tuesday after confirmation that the Caribbean island's most successful female sprinter has failed a drugs test. Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, the first Jamaican to win a global 100 metres title, was provisionally suspended by the national federation after a positive test for a ...

  • Injured Blake out of Jamaica track and field trials

    Bill Frakes/SI KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury. Agent Cubie Seegobin says Blake has not recovered from the injury. He says Blake is "steadily improving" but he's "not at the level for a national championship." Blake ...


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    Kingston's MobileLite Wireless gives Apple and Android devices unlimited access to any media stored on USB flash-drives or selected memory cards. After setting up a Wi-Fi (802.11g/n) connection with the device it essentially works as a wireless reader, enabling you to plug in flash-drives to the USB port or use microSD or SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. Once connected, whatever you have stored ...

  • IAAF Confirms Jamaican Campbell-Brown Tested Positive for Doping

    Monte Carlo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today confirmed the doping case of the Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown, but described it as a lesser offense. We confirm that there is a case, but according to the evidence so far seems to be a minimal violation of our rules, said IAAF spokesman Nick Davies to the German press. The official noted ...

  • IAAF Jamaican case appears to be lesser offense

    LONDON (AP) -- The IAAF says the doping case involving Jamaican sprint star Veronica Campbell-Brown appears to involve a ''lesser'' offense. The three-time Olympic gold medalist was suspended by Jamaica's national federation on Tuesday pending an investigation into a positive drug test. Jamaican officials said Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned diuretic at a ...

  • Injured Blake withdraws from Jamaica championships

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury.Agent Cubie Seegobin says Blake has not recovered from the injury. He says Blake is "steadily improving" but he's "not at the level for a national championship."Blake won the 100 meters at the 2011 World ...

  • Jamaican champion sprinter suspended after failed doping test

    Veronica Campbell-Brown. (Getty Images) One of the world's most decorated sprinters has been suspended by her home nation's athletics association over concerns about possible doping. Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic champion, has been provisionally suspended as a result of an ongoing case against her, according to the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association. ...

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