BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter
OLYMPIC champion Melaine Walker gave Jamaica its third medal at the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics yesterday after posting a season's best 52.73 seconds to capture silver in the women's 400m hurdles
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Daegu, Korea - On the day Usain Bolt returned to the track in the 200 m heat and the semi final Jamaica’s women took their first sprint gold medal in these championships. It was Veronica Campbell-Brown who won the 200m in 22.22.
While Jamaican sprin
Ever since he set world age-group records for the 400m as a 14 and 15 year old, the names James and Bolt have been linked like twins.
CARMELITA JETER of the United States beat Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown into silver in the women's 100 metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea today.
Jeter in 10.90 seconds saw off a strong finish from Campbell-Brown i
Tim Layden, SI.com, DAEGU, South Korea
Here was the moment, the only moment that truly matters beyond the four walls of a flagging sport. It was 8:41 Sunday night in a stadium set among green hillsides outside this industrial city. The seats were no
NEGRIL, Westmoreland
THE Sandals Foundation is intensifying its drive to get students under its Care for Kids programme more involved in community outreach projects.
"We feel they (students in the programme) should demonstrate leadership quality and
Bolt’s first 100m defeat in a little over a year was evident less than three strides after the starter’s gun sounded a second time. The 25-year-old Jamaican didn’t need to wait for the judge to show him the red card to realise that the lapse in judgm
“What do I do?” Dara Tayo laughs incredulously at the scope of the question. “It would be easier for me to tell you what I DON’T do! I do everything under the sun.”
Tayo is the newly appointed Operations Manager of the all-male T&T Police Service So
As a child, the last of three girls, Camille Wardrop Alleyne used to sit on the trunk of her father’s car at night and stare at the stars above. Her young mind whirred with curiosity about the vastness of space but little did she know, at age seven,
A strengthening Hurricane Irene is lashing the northern coast of the Dominican Republic and it was moving toward the west-northwest on Tuesday morning.
At 5 a.m., the Nati
Since collaborating with Kanye West on the chart-topping hit “American Boy” three years ago, Estelle has won a Grammy, created a limited-edition jewelry collection with Rachel Roy and partnered with Diane von Furstenberg on the designer’s “Proud to
With more nude beaches than any other Caribbean island, Jamaica is the perfect place to bare it all. Our au naturel beaches range from sedate and relaxing, to wilder and more self-indulgent. So it’s just a question of packi
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday August 15, 2011 – The Government has signaled its intention to join its regional neighbours and sign off on the full implementation of the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement soon.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of F
Hydration is something we're inclined to worry about in the summertime, when we sweat more and can be at risk of heat exhaustion if we don't get enough fluids. And while most doctors say water is the ideal fluid for rehydrating, coconut water, the la
Krista Henry , Staff Reporter
A little painter from Jamaica who has had a big life could easily describe fine artist Natasha Pasmore. The 39-year-old painter has dabbled far and wide with her artistry and is now a self-proclaimed "reformed wild chi
Not even the inclement weather last Friday could dampen the sweet melodious sounds which emanated from the birdsong Panyard as students of the GTECH sponsored birdsong Academy held their Open Mic event at the birdsong Steel Orchestra panyard in Tun
