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  • Veronica Campbell-Brown denies knowingly taking drug

    Olympic and World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has denied knowingly taking a banned substance Lasix, which also goes by the name Furosemide. Brown's first public reaction came in the form of a statement released by her On Track Management (OTM) group following reports that she has tested positive for the banned drug. The OTM statement says Brown is determined to clear her name and included ...

  • 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. ...

  • Jamaicas doping record demands we be sceptical ahead of Glasgow 2014

    Doug Gillon However, Jamaican media last week revealed that she has tested positive for a notorious agent used to mask performance-enhancing drugs. Sentence is expected this week, but given the doping code's imposition of strict liability on an athlete for whatever they have in their system, there can be but one outcome – a two-year suspension which would focus most unwelcome ...

  • Sports Briefing | Track and Field Jamaican Sprinter Suspended Over Drug Test

    The Olympic 200-meter winner Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica is serving a suspension while antidoping officials rule on a recent positive drug test. Her manager said Campbell Brown was ...

  • Blake out of Jamaican champs to run just 100 metres at worlds

    Jamaica's Yohan Blake celebrates as he won the men's 100m race during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich August 30, 2012. REUTERS/Pascal ...


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Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

For the past few months, the trailer has promised us that, In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will Kill Bill. It turns out that wont be the case because, as is now widely known, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantinos expansive, ambitious grindhouse homage, his first film in six years, has been split into two parts, Volume 1 and Volume 2, the latter of which wont bow in theaters until next ... ...

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  • Athletics Yohan Blake withdraws from Jamaican national championships

    Jamaica Olympic double sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake will only run the 100 metres at the world championships in Moscow after he withdrew from this weekend's Jamaican national titles.Blake suffered a hamstring injury in April and due to fitness issues was withdrawn from the Jamaican championships.He automatically qualified for the 100m in Moscow because he is the defending champion ...

  • Jamaica international Woodbine trialling with DC United

    Woodbine, who has played for such clubs as Charleston Battery and Finnish pair VPS and HJK Helsinki, is currently contracted to Jamaican club Reno FC where he began his career back in ...

  • 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 ...

  • Oly sprinter Campbell-Brown suspended amid probe

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Veronica Campbell-Brown's agent insists one of the cornerstones of Jamaica's wide-ranging sprint success "is not a cheat," even though the test results disagree.While her case is being decided, the three-time Olympic gold medalist will sit out and her country will try to make sense of one of its longest-held fears: a high-profile track star getting busted ...

  • 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 ...

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