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Usain Bolt puts fastest-man title on the line

Usain Bolt finishes first ahead of Tyson Gay, centre, and Asafa Powell in the 100 metre final during the world athletics championships in Berlin on Aug. 16, 2009. REUTERS FILE PHOTO RALEIGH, N.C.–Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, the...

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McCook says HPTC needed more space

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is the new home of the IAAF regional High Performance Training Centre (HPTC), replacing the University of Technology (UTech), which had hosted the programme since its inception in...

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Bolt, Richards recipients of IAAF's top honor

MONACO (AP) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and 400-meter runner Sanya Richards of the United States won their second IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards on Sunday. Bolt retained the honor by winning the 100- and 200-meter...

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Dwain Chambers to miss Diamond League because of previous doping offences

Dwain Chambers looks set to miss out on next season's inaugural Diamond League series following "an agreement in principle" by the 14 meet directors not to invite athletes who have been found guilty of a serious doping offence....

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2nd Caribbean Awards Sports Icons A Success

Sports Administrator Mike Fennel from Jamaica, legendary boxer Emile Griffith from the Virgin Islands, Cricketer Sir Vivian Richards from Antigua, and Bahamian NBA Champion with the Los Angeles Lakers...

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Bolt, Gay to lock horns in Diamond League

MONACO (AP) Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meets next year. Track and field's governing body said on Saturday that the two...

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It should be Bolt again

Published: Sunday | November 22, 2009 Anthony Foster, Gleaner Writer Monte Carlo: Sprint king Usain Bolt, The Gleaner's Man of the Year, is expected to walk away with his second male Athlete of the Year award at tonight's IAAF...

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Sprinters headline Diamond League

Head-to-head duels between sprint stars Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will headline the new IAAF Diamond League series next year. The world's three fastest 100 metre performers in history have been contracted to...

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The best of the rest: OSM's alternative awards

Who mistimed their holiday, who admired Hitler, and what's Bradley Wiggins shouting about? They're all here in our celebration of sport's stranger moments in 2009 The Prince Philip Award for Tact BBC presenter Clare Balding. To...

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Golden girl parties up her birthday

Published: Sunday | November 15, 2009 Chester Francis-Jackson, Gleaner Writer Marie Williams and her friend Maia Chung Smith sport contrasting black and white. - Photos by Barbara Ellington For many, last year's performance by...

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