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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Kirk Diamond and Bob Di Builda nominated for Juno Award

Kirk Diamond (left) and Bob Di Builda

CURTIS CAMPBELL, STAR Writer

Overseas-based reggae artistes Kirk Diamond and Bob Di Builda have been nominated in the category of ‘Reggae Recording of the Year’ at the Canadian 2015 Juno Awards.

Both artistes are members of Canadian reggae group Don Dem. However, their independent collaboration, Love Inna Wi Heart, soared ahead of other releases to nab a spot on the nomination list.

Produced by France-based Galang Records, the nostalgic ode to the ’90s has reaped several successes, steadily climbing various international charts such as the popular Canadian chart Rebel Vibez, where it held the number one spot for more than eight weeks. Also nominated in the ‘Reggae Recording of the Year’ category are Exco Levi, Mikey Dangerous, Steele and Tasha T.

It has been an eventful year for both Kirk Diamond and Bob Di Builda, who have released separate solo projects and collaborations under Don Dem’s umbrella.

Speaking on the nominations, Bob Di Builda stated: “Heading to the Juno nomination announcement, I was pretty nervous, this is big and this day can change our lives. All the hard work is starting to pay off. My brother Kirk Diamond promised me a Juno two years ago and I’m happy for us. We’ve been waiting for this day.”

A proud and humbled Kirk Diamond added: “It’s overwhelming, really. I don’t know if it has sunk in as yet. I’m truly happy and grateful”.

A video was recently filmed and directed in Jamaica by Nellie Roxx and Xtreme Arts. The effort has so far received more than 10,000 views within a week on YouTube.

“The song was written based on actual events that were going on in and around my life. So, the words are factual, but writing the song was a way for me to get through a negative situation,” Kirk Diamond revealed.

The 44th annual Juno Awards will take place in Hamilton, Ontario, during Juno Week celebrations March 9 to 15.

The awards will be broadcasted on CTV from First Ontario Centre on Sunday, March 15.

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Kaliese Spencer wins on Diamond League circuit again

Three time Diamond Trophy winner Kaliese Spencer was the lone Jamaican winner after producing another command performance in Monaco on Friday.

Spencer clocked 54.09 seconds to win comfortably ahead of World Champion Zuzann Hejnova of the Czech Republic, who was 7th in her first race of the season in 55.86 seconds.

Meanwhile, Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.97 and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce a season’s best 11.01 were 2nd and 6th respectively in the women’s 100 meters. New American sensation Tori Bowie upstaged her more celebrated rivals speeding to a world leading 10.80 seconds to win.

American Justin Gatlin produced a personal best and world leading 19.68 seconds to win the men’s 200 meters ahead of Jamaica’s Nickel Ashmeade who was 2nd in 19.99.

National Champion Andrew Riley with a season’s best 13.18 was 5th in the men’s 110metre high hurdles behind top Frenchman Pascal Martinot Lagarde who clocked a national record 12.95 to win.

National Triple Jump champion, Kimberly Williams leapt to a season’s best 14.59 meters to place 3rd in the women’s event. The mark came on her third attempt. The event was won by Colombian Caterine Ibarguen with a world leading and Diamond League record 15.31 meters.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Unycorn, Macka Diamond release single

Unycorn – Contributed

Dancehall artiste Unycorn has teamed up with Macka Diamond for a new single called Swear.

The deejay says the moral of society has decayed in recent times, due to the negative messages that are being sent in some dancehall songs and hopes Swear will give controversial artistes a wake-up call.

“Since this year start a pure eat this and eat that and one bag of taboo freaky things a gwaan inna the music. If you know 90s dancehall well, you will realise that the icons dem used to bun out certain messages but now the youth dem push the bar too far,” Unycorn said.

According to the deejay who received popularity for the chart-topping single, Think Bout Mi which also featured Macka Diamond, this recent project is already receiving rave reviews.

“Inna the dancehall this is one of the popular songs. Its on every mix tape, and trust mi, it’s a breath of fresh air because the real dancehall lovers dem tired a di nastiness wey a gwaan now,” he said.

Swear is available in both explicit and clean versions and up for purchase on iTunes and Amazon among other digital outlets. The deejay is also promoting other singles 18 And Over as well as Haffi Get It.

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Unycorn, Macka Diamond release single

Unycorn – Contributed

Dancehall artiste Unycorn has teamed up with Macka Diamond for a new single called Swear.

According to the deejay who received popularity for the chart-topping single, Think Bout Mi which also featured Macka Diamond, this recent project is already receiving rave reviews.

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Unycorn, Macka Diamond release single

Friday, July 4, 2014

Jamaican athletes face the sword at latest Diamond League meet

Jamaican athletes found the going tough at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Lausanne with only two podium finishes.

National 100m champion Nickel Ashmeade was well beaten over 200 meters, posting 20.06 secs behind Panamanian 2009 world silver medallist Alonso Edward who produced a quick 19.84. Yohan Blake faded to sixth in a pedestrian 20.48 seconds, signallig he’s far from his best after returning this season from a hamstring injury.

Andrew Riley was a third place finisher in the 110 meter high hurdles. Fresh from winning his third national title, Riley produced a late surge to clock a season’s best 13.23 behind winner Pascal Martino Lagard of France who won in a personal best 13.07 seconds.

Kemar Bailey-Cole could only manage 5th in the men’s 100 meters which was dominated by Americans. Justin Gatlin lowered his own world leading time to 9.80 with Tyson Gay, in his first race back from drug suspension clocking a fast 9.93 for second.

Michael Frater 10.44 was second in the “B” race won by Great Britain’s James Dasaolu in 10.03.

The performance of the night came in the men’s 400 meters, where olympic champion Kirani James produced a Grenadian record 43.74 secs to turn back American world champion Lashawn Merritt 43.92 into second.

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Stewart wins 100m at DN Galan Diamond League meet

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Kerron Stewart was the only winner of 10 Jamaicans at the DN Galan Diamond League meet when she won the women’s 100 metres here, yesterday.

The Jamaican clocked a modest 11.24 seconds to edge Alexandria Anderson of the United States by just 0.01 seconds. Barbara Pierre of the United States finished third.In the women’s 400m hurdles, Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic won in 53.70 seconds ahead of Jamaica’s Kaliese Spencer and Dalilah Muhammad of the United States.Meanwhile, LaShawn Merritt won the men’s 400 metres in 44.69 seconds, more than a half-second clear of Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the bronze medallist at Moscow. Pavel Maslak of the Czech Republic was third.David Oliver of the United States won the men’s 110-metre hurdles in 13.21 seconds, 0.14 seconds ahead of Sergey Shubenkov of Russia.And Svetlana Shkolina of Russia repeated her triumph from Moscow in the high jump, winning at 1.98 metres in a countback from countrywoman Anna Chicherova in front of the audience of 12,814 people. Another Russian, Mariya Kuchina, was third.Sweden’s Emma Green Tregaro — who created headlines in the Moscow qualifying heats for painting her fingernails in rainbow colours to support gay rights — once again competed with rainbow-coloured nails.Green Tregaro was forced to compete with red nails in the final of the World Championships after track officials said the earlier gesture might violate the meet’s code of conduct. The gesture had prompted Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva to complain that Green Tregaro was disrespecting Russia, which has recently introduced a law that bans gay “propaganda” for minors.Four-time world champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand won the women’s shot put with a throw of 20.30 metres, breaking her own stadium record from last year, while Russia’s Mariya Abakumova set a venue mark in the women’s javelin at 68.59 metres.In a men’s 200m field with no big names, Serhiy Smelyk of Ukraine won in 20.54 seconds, 0.04 seconds ahead of Jaysuma Saidy Ndure of Norway. Jamaica’s Rasheed Dwyer was 0.1 seconds back in third.In the distance events, Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti won the 1,500 metres in 3:33.59, ahead of Silas Kiplagat and Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba of Kenya. World champion Asbel Kiprop finished sixth.Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya won the women’s 800 metres in 1:58.84, edging Alysia Montano of the United States and Malika Akkaoui of Morocco. Abeba Aregawi, the 1,500 metre world champion from Sweden, placed sixth.Three athletes earned a one-carat diamond during the early part of the programme after setting stadium records at the venue used for the 1912 Olympics.Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart (right), wins the women’s 100m ahead of USA’s Alexandria Anderson during the IAAF Diamond League track and field meet at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday. See related stopry on Page 57. (PHOTO: AP)The USA’s Francena McCorory (centre), wins the women’s 400m ahead of Jamaicas Novlene Williams-Mills (right) and Christine Day of Jamaica during the IAAF Diamond League track and field contest at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden here, yesterday. (PHOTO: AP)

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Bolt among sixteen Jamaicans at London two-day Diamond League meet

Bolt dominates Diamond League 100m in 9.85

Brutal Bolt - Usain, Weir star at London Diamond League meet

LONDON, England (AFP) — Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100m at the London Diamond League meeting yesterday as he returned to his brutal, stunning best.

The Jamaican superstar warmed up for his World Championships bid in Moscow next month by sparkling in front of a packed crowd at the London Olympic Stadium. He won in a seasonbest 9.85sec despite making a lacklustre start and performed a lap of honour in front of a packed 60,000 crowd.Returning to the scene of his golden Olympic treble a year ago, the fastest man on earth blew his rivals away with at the Anniversary Games event.American Michael Rodgers (9.98) and Jamaica’s Nesta Carter (9.99) also dipped under 10 seconds.“I love coming here. The fans give you so much energy and this is what makes me run faster,” said Bolt.“I felt good tonight and I am pleased with the time I did even if I was a little slow off the blocks and I had to play catch up. There is a lot of room for improvement. I am getting there and Moscow is going to be great.”Having been beaten by American Justin Gatlin in Rome earlier this year, Bolt was a man on a mission. And he did not let down his worldwide fan club.The global audience may have been a fraction of the near one billion armchair supporters who watched in awe last summer, but there was still a special atmosphere inside the stadium.Bolt, who 24 hours earlier spoke openly about his despair at the latest drugs controversy to rock athletics with sprint rivals Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell implicated, had been paraded around the stadium beforehand.The 26-year-old, six-times Olympic gold medallist stood on a mock fighter jet and held the Jamaican flag aloft, taking the applause of the sun-drenched supporters as he was driven around the stadium.Bolt had already seen compatriot Warren Weir win the 200m.Weir finished a tenth of a second ahead of another Jamaican, Jason Young in a time of 19.89.Olympic champion Kirani James beat a high-class field to win the 400m.The Grenadian timed his run to perfection to surge through down the straight and win in 44.65.Nick Symmonds beat American rivals Duane Solomon and Brandon Johnson to win the men’s 800m in 1:43.67.Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko leapt to high jump success, but failed with two audacious attempts at a new world record of 2.47m.Poland’s Piotr Malachowski won the men’s discus with his third round throw of 67.35m.Czech star Zuzana Hejnova set a new season’s best of 53.07 in the women’s 400m hurdles as she powered her way to victory to beat Britain’s Perri Shakes-Drayton for the third time this year.American Brenda Martinez convincingly won the 800m in 1:58.2, while Kenya’s Mary Kuria produced a strong run to deny Morrocan rival Ibtissam Lakhouad in the women’s 1,500m.American Shannon Rowbury surged to a season’s best of 8:41.46 in the women’s 3,000m, while Cuban Yarisley Silva proved strongest in the pole vault with a new Diamond League record of 4.83m.Usain Bolt of Jamaica (right), wins the men’s 100m against Kim Collins (centre) of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Nesta Carter (left) of Jamaica during the Diamond League athletics meet at The Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, yesterday. (PHOTO: AP)

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Bolt among 29 Olympians for London Diamond League

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Usain Bolt is among 29 London 2012 Olympic Games medallists, including 12 champions and four world record-holders, who have so far, been confirmed for the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London, the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, on July 26 and 27.

The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) says Bolt will compete in the 100m on Friday evening and in the 4x100m on Saturday afternoon in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a meeting being staged one year on from the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games.He will compete at the IAAF Diamond League in London for the first time since 2009, in the last major meeting before IAAF World Championships in Moscow, which will be held between August 10 and 18.Bolt says he is excited by the prospect of returning to the stadium where he won three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m Relay, the latter event seeing Jamaica break the world record.“I’m looking forward to coming back to the UK, especially with it being a year since winning three gold medals in the Olympic Stadium. The crowd was amazing at the Games, and I hope they will be out again in their numbers at the end of July.“I haven’t competed at the London Diamond League since 2009 but it has always been a great meet with lots of Jamaican support; it almost feels like running at home.”The IAAF also announced that St Kitts’ 2003 World champion Kim Collins, will run against Bolt in the 100M. Despite being 11 years older than Bolt, Collins is determined to prove that he can still mix it with the best sprinters in the world after having missed out on the Olympics.“My story from London was well documented and to have the opportunity a year on to run in the stadium is something that I’m really grateful for. The support I get from the British crowds every year is incredible and I’m looking forward to hearing that roar when I come out on to the track in July. This is my Olympic final, and I’m going to take full advantage of the occasion and show that, even at 37, I’m still a force to be reckoned with,” Collins said.In what promises to be one of the most highly anticipated events of the weekend, Australia’s World and Olympic 100m Hurdles champion Sally Pearson will face a field which includes the US pair of 2011 World Championships silver medallist Danielle Carruthers, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Kellie Wells and Great Britain’s Olympic Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis.The men’s 110m Hurdles is also set to be a mouth-watering encounter as the USA’s Aries Merritt, the Olympic champion and World record-holder, goes head-to-head with the two men who finished directly behind him in London: USA’s 2011 World champion Jason Richardson and Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment.American 2012 Olympic gold medallist Sanya Richards-Ross headlines the women’s 400m as she continues her rivalry with her predecessor as Olympic Champion, 2012 silver medallist and local London hero Christine Ohuruogu.Great Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah will run in the 3000m while Farah’s training partner, Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Galen Rupp, will join fellow US athlete and Olympic 1500m silver medallist Leo Manzano in the historic Emsley Carr Mile. US sprinter Carmelita Jeter, the second-fastest woman ever in the 100m, will star in the women’s 100m after winning 4x100m gold, 100m silver and 200m bronze in last summer’s Games.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Fraser-Pryce leads Caribbean charge in Birmingham Diamond League

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – About a dozen Caribbean athletes led by double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are down to compete at the Diamond League meeting at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Sunday.

Fresh from her victory at the Jamaica National Championships last weekend with a world leading time of 22.13 seconds, Fraser-Pryce will renew rivalry with American Carmelita Jeter, her first race since an injury in Shanghai in May, and the consistent Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria.Sherone Simpson of Jamaica and the young Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas will also provide a strong Caribbean challenge.Fraser-Pryce, the winner of the last two Olympic Games over 100m, insists that she thrives upon the rivalry with her American counterpart and is ready for her Birmingham return after being based in the city prior to her Olympic triumph.“Birmingham has been a very good city for us as Jamaicans as they were so welcoming and warm last year. So I’m excited to be back and having fun in the 200m against all the other girls lined up in the event,” she said.“For us as athletes, it’s about competing against the best and Carmelita is one of those. She’s thrown down lots of good times, and racing her is something that has been rewarding for me as well. We bring out the best in each other. I like competing against people that are aggressive and hungry like me.”The women’s 400m also promises some fireworks with Jamaican champion Novlene Williams-Mills and compatriot Stephanie McPherson will challenge Botswana’s Amantle Montsho, former World and Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Regina George of Nigeria.The reigning men’s 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene will be tested at home and against a field which includes Olympic champion Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic, Olympic bronze medallist Puerto Rican Javier Culson, the world leader American Michael Tinsley and national champion of Trinidad and Tobago Jehue Gordon.In one of the non-Diamond races on Sunday’s programme, the men’s 110m hurdles also promises an exciting clash of in-form hurdlers including Olympic champion and world record-holder Aries Merritt of the United States, 2009 World Champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, national record-holder of Trinidad and Tobago Mikel Thomas and Dwight Thomas of Jamaica.The men’s 100m puts Jamaicans Nesta Carter and Kimmari Roach, along with Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis and Keston Bledman of Trinidad and Tobago. Briton Mark Lewis-Francis and Japanese teenage sensation Yoshihide Kiryu provide a competitive line-up.Overall a total of 30 medallists, including 11 reigning Olympic champions, will star at the Sainbury’s Grand Prix.Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – About a dozen Caribbean athletes led by double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are down to compete at the Diamond League meeting at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom on Sunday.Fresh from her victory at the Jamaica National Championships last weekend with a world leading time of 22.13 seconds, Fraser-Pryce will renew rivalry with American Carmelita Jeter, her first race since an injury in Shanghai in May, and the consistent Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria.Sherone Simpson of Jamaica and the young Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas will also provide a strong Caribbean challenge.Fraser-Pryce, the winner of the last two Olympic Games over 100m, insists that she thrives upon the rivalry with her American counterpart and is ready for her Birmingham return after being based in the city prior to her Olympic triumph.“Birmingham has been a very good city for us as Jamaicans as they were so welcoming and warm last year. So I’m excited to be back and having fun in the 200m against all the other girls lined up in the event,” she said.“For us as athletes, it’s about competing against the best and Carmelita is one of those. She’s thrown down lots of good times, and racing her is something that has been rewarding for me as well. We bring out the best in each other. I like competing against people that are aggressive and hungry like me.”The women’s 400m also promises some fireworks with Jamaican champion Novlene Williams-Mills and compatriot Stephanie McPherson will challenge Botswana’s Amantle Montsho, former World and Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Regina George of Nigeria.The reigning men’s 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene will be tested at home and against a field which includes Olympic champion Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic, Olympic bronze medallist Puerto Rican Javier Culson, the world leader American Michael Tinsley and national champion of Trinidad and Tobago Jehue Gordon.In one of the non-Diamond races on Sunday’s programme, the men’s 110m hurdles also promises an exciting clash of in-form hurdlers including Olympic champion and world record-holder Aries Merritt of the United States, 2009 World Champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, national record-holder of Trinidad and Tobago Mikel Thomas and Dwight Thomas of Jamaica.The men’s 100m puts Jamaicans Nesta Carter and Kimmari Roach, along with Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis and Keston Bledman of Trinidad and Tobago. Briton Mark Lewis-Francis and Japanese teenage sensation Yoshihide Kiryu provide a competitive line-up.Overall a total of 30 medallists, including 11 reigning Olympic champions, will star at the Sainbury’s Grand Prix.

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