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| Trinidad
and Tobago's Kelvin Jack (left), Dennis Lawrence (centre) and Marvin
Andrews (right) celebrate at the end of their match after beating
Bahrain during the second leg of the FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying
play-off at Bahrain National Stadium in Manama yesterday. Trinidad
won 1-0 to advance to the World Cup. - REUTERS |
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| Australia's
Brett Emerton (centre) is tackled by Jamaica's Desmond Breakenridge
(left), as Archie Thompson runs in during their international friendly
soccer match at Craven Cottage, London yesterday. Jamaica lost 0-5. |
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Veronica Campbell of Jamaica (right)
sprints away to win the 100 metres of the IAAF World Athletics
Final in 10.92 seconds in Monaco yesterday. Campbell won ahead
of Christine Arron of France (left) and United States world champion
Lauryn Williams (centre).
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| Jamaican Trecia
Smith celebrates after winning the
women's triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in
Helsinki, Finland, yesterday. Smith recorded 15.11 metres with her
fifth attempt to seize the title on Sunday. Cuban Yargelis Savigne
took the silver medal with a personal best of 14.82, four centimetres
ahead of Russian Anna Pyatykh. |
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| Jamaica's
doubles team of Ryan Russell (left) and Damar Johnson in action during
their Americas Zone group two Davis Cup tie against Cuba at the Liguanea
Club.JUNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Larry Watson (second
right), managing director of Wray and Nephew's distribution division,
hands the National Premier League (NPL) Championship Trophy to Portmore
United's coach, Paul Young (centre), at Monday night's awards ceremony
at UWI. Looking on from left are Andrew Price, communications and
promotions manager at Wray and Nephew, Portmore's skipper, Kevin Deerr,
and Crenston Boxhill, president of the Jamaica Football Federation.
WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Brigitte Foster-Hylton
(left) and Delloreen Ennis-London (centre) going over the final hurdle
in women's 100m event at the National Stadium last night. Both women
hit the finish line in 12.59 seconds as the race ended in a thrilling
dead heat. Andrea Bliss (right) was fifth in 12.83.RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| International
XI captain Brian Lara (right) is clean bowled as Asia XI wicket keeper
Kumar Sangakkara looks on during their charity tsunami relief game
at the Oval in London yesterday |
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| Waterhouse
striker Kevin Lamey (centre) tries to dribble from the midst of Portmore
United's Ryan Powell (right) and Leon Williams during the second leg
semi-finals of the Wray and Nephew National Premier League at the
National Stadium last night. Lamey scored for Waterhouse, which lost
3-1 to Portmore. PHOTOS BY IAN ALLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| The
world's fastest man, Jamaica's Asafa Powell, is embraced by his mother
Cislyn Powell while his brother, Nigel Powell, beams in in the background.
Powell arived in the island yesterday afternoon after setting a new
world 100-metre record, 9.77, in Athens, Greece on Tuesday. junior
dowie |
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| Boys'
Town's Michael Campbell (left) fires pass Alrick Henry of Seba, to
give Boys' Town a 1-0 lead in their National Premier League playoff
game at Collie Smith yesterday. Seba came from behind to win 3-1.
CARLINGTON WILMOT/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Village
United goalkeeper Elvis Hart is comprehensively beaten by a shot from
the boot of Tivoli Garden's Christopher Nicholas (not seen) for his
second of four goals at the Edward Seaga Stadium yesterday. Tivoli
won the game 4-0.UNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| West
Indian fans celebrate a long-awaited Test victory as the team crushed
Pakistan by 276 runs in the first Test match of the Digicel Series
at Kensington Oval, Barbados, yesterday. |
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| RIGHT:
Sonita Sutherland (A) celebrates as she crosses the line to lead Holmwood
Technical to a win in the High School Girls' 4x400m relay on the second
day of the 111th Penn Relays. Holmwood won in a time of 3:40.37 as
Sutherland ran a brilliant 52.7 seconds split. Behind her is Edwin
Allen's Sherene Pinnock (E) who was second, while in third place is
West Catholic of Philadelphia anchored by 400m hurdles champion Nicole
Leach. |
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| World
leading 100 metres sprinter Asafa Powell (left) is approached by a
doping control officer after clocking an astonishing 9.84 seconds,
a new national record, at the Jamaica International Invitational Track
Meet at the National Stadium on Saturday night. IAN ALLEN/STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Athens
Olympics 200m champion Veronica Campbell (centre) at the Hilton Kingston
Hotel yesterday. Campbell who will compete in the 200m at today's
Jamaica International Invitation meet is flanked by meet organiser
Donald Quarrie and Minister of Local Government and Sport Portia Simpson-Miller.
Quarrie is also an Olympic 200m champion. He won gold at the Montreal
Games in 1976. NORMAN GRINDLEY/DEPUTY CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
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| Da-vid
and Danique Cargill stand in front of their mother, Avril, the widow
of Peter Cargill, at the funeral for the former national player at
the National Arena yesterday. RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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| Veteran
sculptress Kay Sullivan (centre) was honoured for her work in the
arts at the Courts Jamaica Oaks Raceday at Caymanas Park on Saturday
April 23. Presenting her with the citation are William Chin-See, chairman
of Caymanas Track Limited; and Judith Forth-Blake, director of marketing
at Courts Jamaica Ltd. RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Tivoli
Garden's Fabian Davis (left) fights for possession of the ball with
Kemeel Wolfe of Portmore during their last encounter at the Ferdie
Neita Park. Portmore won. RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER |
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| Nicardo
Folkes of Village United (centre) tries to scramble the ball away
while on one knee before the Arlington player Xavier Watt could get
to it in the first half of their Wray and Nephew National Premier
League game at the Elliston Wakeland Centre on Sunday. Village won
1-0. |
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| Striker
Onandi Lowe (left) is presented with his team kit by Michael Deer
of Arnett Gardens Football Club during yesterday's official unveiling
of the former Coventry City player. Lowe will play his first match
of the season for Arnett Gardens this afternoon in the Red Stripe
Champions Cup Knockout against Los Perfectos. JUNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Jamaica's
Veronica Campbell wins the 200M to give the island's its first gold
medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games in a personal best and world
leading time for 2004 of 22.05s,Aleen Bailey was 4th in 22.42s
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Jamaica's
Veronica Campbell shows her bronze medal for the women's 100 metres
at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games yesterday. Campbell took bronze
on Saturday behind Belarus's Yuliya Nesterenko and Lauryn Williams
of the United States.
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| Jamaica's
Danny McFarlane, Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez and France's Naman
Keita (L-R) pose on the podium during the men's 400 metres hurdles
medal ceremony at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August 26, 2004.
Sanchez won the gold in a time of 47.63 seconds ahead of Jamaica's
Danny McFarlane and France's Naman Keita. REUTER |
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| Double
Olympic gold medallist in 2004, Veronica Campbell, shakes hands with
Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke at the Gleaner Company yesterday.
Ms. Campbell received a Gleaner Honour Award for Excellence in the
field of sports. Campbell and Danny McFarlane were last night named
Carreras Sportsman and Sportswoman for 2004. IAN ALLEN/Staff Photographer
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