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Challenges! ... but Boyz arrive in Haiti for Qualifiers
Jamaican striker Luton Shelton (left) checks emails and listens to music on his laptop computer yesterday at the Miami International Airport, while teammate Adrian Reid looks on. The Under-23 team was on its way to Haiti for the crucial CFU second-round Olympic qualifiers against the hosts and The Bahamas. (Photo: Paul Reid)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Jamaica's Olympic team arrived in Haiti yesterday and immediately encountered what was described as a "minor setback" by team manager Howard Bell as they get ready for their opening CFU Olympic qualifying Group H game tomorrow.

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Ghana-Jamaica game officially called off
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
THE proposed friendly international between Jamaica and Ghana has been called off, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) confirmed at a media briefing in Accra yesterday, according to a report on the ghanafa.com website.
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St Ann Bauxite retain Sandals Business House title
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
ST Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners retained the Sandals Grande St Ann Business House Football League title for the second straight year when they defeated National Water Commission (NWC) 3-1 in the final played before a fair-sized crowd at Drax Hall last Thursday.
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Dwayne Pagon wins in WATA Amateur Tennis Champs
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Dwayne Pagon won in the Men's Class One of the Wata Amateur Tennis Championship, which ended on Saturday at the Liguanea Club.
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Burrell lashes slow-paced Football Academy
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Captain Horace Burrell has lashed the absence of a National Football Academy despite ground being broken for the construction of the facility in November 2003 in Portmore.
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Jamaica's Special Olympians secure 32nd medal
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
SHANGHAI, China - Jamaica picked up four more medals yesterday on the track to push their medal tally to 32, five short of the record 37 won in Ireland in 2003, at the 12th Special Olympics Summer Games here yesterday.
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Caribbean champs win at Pan Am Juniors
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) - Regional Under-19 champions Chris Binnie and Cheri-Ann Parris collected two rare Caribbean wins as the Pan American Junior Squash Championship served off Monday.
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Denbigh, Rusea's win big in daCosta Cup
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Denbigh High swept past Claude McKay High 8-0 to register the biggest margin of victory in yesterday's latest round of matches in the rural area daCosta Cup football competition.
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Morton named to lead Leewards KFC Cup squad
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - Test batsman Runako Morton will lead the Leeward Islands in the regional KFC Cup limited overs competition, as regular captain Sylvester Joseph takes a break from competitive cricket.
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Chanderpaul signs up for cash-rich IPL
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
NEW DELHI, India (CMC) - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is one of 11 players who have signed up to play in the multimillion-dollar Twenty20 Indian Premier League, organisers announced yesterday.
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Simmons smashes ton as Windies Legends win
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - Phil Simmons created history by hitting a swashbuckling century to set up a narrow eight-run victory for the West Indies Legends against the England Masters in the fourth and final encounter as the fourth Grenada Cricket Classics ended Sunday.
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Jones faces further action from IOC, IAAF
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
LONDON, England (AP) - Even though she's handed back her Olympic medals, the shaming of Marion Jones isn't over yet.
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Jamaica move medal tally to 28 at Special Olympics
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Jamaica's medal tally improved to 28 yesterday, after another day of competition at the 12th Special Olympic World Summer Games in China, as the land of wood and water garnered three gold and two silver medals on the day in Bocce and Roller skating. The medal breakdown thus far reads nine gold, eight silver and 11 bronze.
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Charlie Smith slam three past Ascot in mud-fest
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
EARL Palmer netted a double to lead Charlie Smith to 3-0 victory over Ascot in muddy conditions in their Group 'E' ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup football encounter yesterday at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex.
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Young Boyz leave to continue Olympic quest in Haiti
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Jamaica will take another step in realising their dream of an unprecedented appearance in the football segment of the Olympic Games when the Under-23 outfit takes on hosts Haiti and the Bahamas in the CFU second round play-offs.
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Five shortlisted for Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The Selection Committee for the Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence has released the names of five nominees contesting the prestigious award in the name of sportsman extraordinaire, Ambassador at Large Courtney Walsh.
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Late Reno equaliser hurts champs H'View
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Reno ..........................1 Quarrie (90+) Harbour View ............1 G Taylor (48th)
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