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They Are Targeting Us Coach Stands Up For…

André Lowe, Gleaner Senior Staff Reporter Top Jamaican track and field coach Glen Mills, while admitting that there is room for improvement in Jamaica's anti-doping efforts, blasted sections of the…

Veronica Campbell-Brown clear to compete after…

Two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has been cleared to compete again five months after a positive doping test. The Jamaican who won gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, tested…

Bolt and Fraser-Pryce shortlisted for…

MONACO, Wednesday October 2, 2013, CMC- Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been shortlisted among 10 male and ten female athletes for the 2013 World Athlete of the Year…

Bolt renews contract with PUMA

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, Wednesday September 25, 2013, CMC - German kit-maker PUMA announced on Tuesday that it was renewing its sponsorship deal with Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man. The…

Bolt Backtracks … On Plan To Retire After…

LONDON (AP): Quick as can be, Usain Bolt is backtracking on his retirement plans. Less than three weeks ago, the Olympic champion said he planned to stop sprinting after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro…

Kirani James receives EC$500,000 for Olympic…

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, September 10, 2013 - Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has received a cheque valued at EC 100,000 dollars, the first part of EC 500,000 dollars promised to him by the…

Pre-trial dates set for Jamaican athletes

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Pre-trial dates have been set for five Jamaican athletes, who were said to have returned adverse analytical findings, at the National Senior and Junior Championships in…

Bolt to quit after Rio Olympics

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said yesterday. But any plans for going out to grass at the age of 30…

Press Conference Gives Update on Upcoming 10 K Run

By: Curtis Morton The grand 10k run which will be held as part of the activities for Independence 30, is well and truly on. A press conference was held at the Administration building’s conference room…

Italian Probe Of Powell, Simpson Moving Forward

ROME (AP): The criminal doping investigation into former 100-metre world record-holder Asafa Powell, Jamaica teammate Sherone Simpson and their trainer has been delayed by bureaucratic problems, but…

Wada warns Jamaica it faces expulsion from…

By Ben Rumsby Wada director general David Howman urged the island’s government to investigate claims by the former executive director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission that its drugs-testing…

Usain Bolt wins 200m gold at World Athletics 2013

By Aimee Lewis BBC Sport in Moscow Olympic champion Usain Bolt defended his 200m title with ease and took his tally of World Championships gold medals to seven. The Jamaican set a world leading time…

Superwoman Shelly – ‘Pocket…

André Lowe, Gleaner MOSCOW, Russia: Jamaica added two medals on yesterday's seventh day of competition at the IAAF World Champion-ships in Athletics - one, a display of pure class; the other, a reward…

Lloyd Gomes and His Nevis Connection

By: Curtis Morton His name is Lloyd Gomes and his surname seems to hint towards a Trinidadian connection. However, the youthful hurdles ace actually claims Nevis as home. The young sprinter is…