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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 4 mins read Ackera Nugent became the second Jamaican athlete to win a Grand Slam Track title after claiming victory in the 100m to secure the women’s short hurdles group in Miami on Saturday. The event, held at the Ansin Sports Complex, marked the second of four meetings in the inaugural Grand Slam Track season — a new series aiming to shake up the athletics landscape with large prize purses and a star-studded line-up of international talent.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An Olympic track medallist is charged in Florida with punching a woman, a hurdler who also competed in the Olympics. A Broward County Sheriff’s Office arrest report says that Fred Kerley, 29, allegedly hit Alaysha Johnson with a closed fist at a hotel near Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. Kerley is charged with misdemeanor battery in the incident that left Johnson with a bloody nose.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 3 mins read Jamaica’s Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson was edged out by South African sprint star Akani Simbine in his first 100m race of the year at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Shanghai/Keqiao, China on Saturday. Simbine clocked 9.98 seconds to maintain his outdoor win streak this season, just 0.01 seconds ahead of Thompson, who last year set a personal best of 9.77.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read Aston Villa boosted their chances of Champions League qualification with a 1-0 victory over Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday. Youri Tielemans’ first-half header settled the game at Villa Park and moved seventh-place Villa level on points with Chelsea in fifth and Nottingham Forest in sixth. The top five teams in the division will qualify for next season’s Champions League, with just four points separating third-place Manchester City and Villa.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 3 mins read SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had just produced one of his fantastic flurries to get Golden State right back in the game when Fred VanVleet started the fourth quarter with a four-point play that stole the momentum right back.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
MARYLAND, USA – More than 30 athletes from four Jamaican high schools are set to compete at the fourth edition of the East Coast International Track and Field Showcase on Saturday at Morgan State University’s Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. This marks the first time the one-day meet will be held at the historically Black university. Previous editions took place at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Summerfield, Maryland.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 4 mins read Masai Russell and Tia Jones stormed up the 100m hurdles all-time list by achieving the second- and third-fastest performances in history at the Grand Slam Track meeting in Miami on Friday. Olympic champion Russell ran a North American record of 12.17 (2.0m/s) to hold off Jones by just 0.02, those marks respectively moving them to No.2 and No.3 all time behind Tobi Amusan who set her world record of 12.12 in Oregon in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Jamaica Women began their title defence in positive fashion by brushing off the Windward Islands Women by seven wickets in the Women’s T20 Blaze on Thursday. The victory was set up by outstanding bowling by Jamaica’s trio of Chedean Nation, Nicole Campbell and Vanessa Watts, with each claiming three wickets to restrict the Windward Islands to 85 in 18.3 overs after they elected to bat first at the Arnos Vale Playing Field.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 2 mins read TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica Titans suffered a six-wicket defeat at the hands of the Trinidad & Tobago Legions, who delivered a clinical performance in the seventh match of the West Indies Breakout T20 League at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Wednesday. Sent in to bat, the Jamaica Titans faced early setbacks and never fully recovered, managing only 127 for 8 in their 20 overs.
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1 week ago | 
loopnews.com | Melton Williams
Sports 3 mins read INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With the Los Angeles Clippers’ season on the brink, Tyronn Lue took the unusual step of checking in with several players by phone on their off day. The coach said he “took a lot of temperatures,” making sure they were mentally ready to fight for their playoff lives. In Game 6, the Clippers answered his call.
