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ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jamaicans suspected of doping will not compete
Five Jamaican athletes who tested positive for doping in July before being cleared and allowed to compete in the Berlin world championships will not run after all, since the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission appeals panel has still not ruled.
ATHLETICS
Powell and five team-mates cleared to compete in championships
In a surprising U-turn, former world record holder Asafa Powell and five other team-mates have been reinstated to run in the World Athletics Championships after previously being barred by the Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA).
ATHLETICS - DOPING
Jamaican athletes cleared for Berlin championships
Jamaica's anti-doping commission has cleared four athletes who had failed a drug test just days before the start of the athletics World Championships. Commonwealth 100m champion Sheri-Ann Brooks (pictured) had earlier been cleared.
ATHLETICS
Five Jamaican athletes fail anti-doping tests
Five Jamaican athletes have reportedly tested positive for a banned substance during Jamaica's national selection event at the end of last month. None of the country's top sporting stars such as Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell are concerned.
Jamaica - literature - music
Ernest Ranglin, the man who invented ska
In this edition of the culture magazine: Eve Jackson's is joined by Jamaican legend Ernest Ranglin, and a report on Lady Gaga's memorable performance.
ATHLETICS
I can run 100 metres in 9.5 seconds, says 'Lightning' Bolt
If Usain Bolt can get back his medal-winning Olympic form, the 22-year-old Jamaican predicts that he will run the 100 meters in 9.5 seconds. Nicknamed "Lightning" Bolt, he won the Beijing Olympic 100-metre medal with a time of 9.69 seconds.
ATHLETICS
Bolt runs fastest 150m in history
In a street race on Sunday held in a chilly and windy Manchester city centre, triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran the fastest 150m in history (14.35sec). He also confirmed that he was looking to beat the 400m world record at some stage.
JAMAICA
Gunman surrenders, releases remaining hostages unharmed
A lone gunman who had seized a Canadian airliner carrying 182 people during a stopover in Jamaica's Montego Bay has surrendered to police after releasing six hostages he had detained unharmed.
JAMAICA
Gunman holds crew on passenger jet after releasing passengers
Six crew members are still being held hostage by a gunman on a plane bound for Canada at Jamaica's Montego Bay airport. The plane's other passengers have been released, airport sources tell FRANCE 24.
CRICKET
England disintegrate as West Indies turn on the heat
England collapsed in spectacular fashion in the searing Caribbean heat as a rampant West Indies stormed to victory in the first Test. The Windies' Jerome Taylor claimed five wickets for 11 runs as England were bowled out for just 51.
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