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  • Smith to lead Windies A in T20s against Sri Lanka A

    West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith will lead the West Indies A team against Sri Lanka A in two Twenty20 matches this week at Arnos Vale here. Smith, a prolific scorer in the just ended Indian Premier League (IPL), is one of four members of the West Indies World T20 champion team named in the regional A team for the series, reports CMC. The others are Lendl Simmons, allrounder Andre Russell, and ...

  • Report Jamaican national team defender OBrian Woodbine with DC United for a four-day trial

    Jamaican national teamer O'Brian Woodbine has a chance at becoming a member of the D.C. United, according to the player's Twitter feed. Woodbine, who has played Stateside with USL PRO side Charleston Battery in 2009 and 2010, tweeted Tuesday that he was with D.C. for a four-day ...

  • Jamaica eyes its expatriates as investment source in efforts to kick start economic growth

    By Alwyn Scott and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing launched a larger version of its flagship Dreamliner aircraft at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday, intensifying ...

  • Jamaica sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown suspended as officials probe alleged doping case

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica is serving a provisional suspension after failing a drug test. The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association announced Tuesday that the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion at 200 metres is provisionally suspended while a panel reviews the case. Campbell-Brown's manager, Claude Bryan, says the accusation "is a shock ...

  • Raw sewage flooding homes in Jamaica Queens

    NEW YORK (WABC) -- A nasty situation is taking over several homes in Queens. Raw sewage is now backing up and flooding basements in the Jamaica section. Residents are upset and angry and wondering why and how this is happening. "I'm so tired, two nights, two days, no sleeping," a resident said. People in this neighborhood in Jamaica have been trying to keep up with the dirty ...


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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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  • Athletics-Sunny Jamaica cast into shadow after new drugs bust

    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 ...

  • Campbell-Brown apologises for doping mess

    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) - Jamaican sprint star Veronica Campbell-Brown, embroiled in a doping scandal that rocked her homeland, issued an apology Tuesday but also said she was shocked to have tested positive.Three days after Jamaica's Gleaner newspaper and Television Jamaica said Campbell-Brown had tested positive for the banned diuretic lasix, Jamaican track officials confirmed she had ...

  • Jamaican lottery scam investigation leads to Mississippi

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  • FACTBOX Athletics-Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown

    (Reuters) - Factbox on twice Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, who was suspended from competition on Tuesday after testing positive for a banned diuretic. Born on May 15, 1982 in Trelawny, the same parish as triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt. Married to fellow-Jamaican ...

  • Jamaican track star Veronica Campbell-Brown suspended

    Veronica Campbell-Brown, shown in this file photo, was suspended on Tuesday by the Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association. (File/Getty ...

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