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Dixon, Cephas retain places in Reggae Boyz starting team
Kaheim Dixon and Renaldo Cephas
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Dixon, Cephas retain places in Reggae Boyz starting team

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kaheim Dixon and Renaldo Cephas have retained their places in Jamaica’s starting team to face the British Virgin Islands in their Concacaf World Cup second round Zone E game at the AO Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town on Saturday.

Both players started both games in last weekend’s Unity Cup tournament in London and will be joined by Arnett Gardens striker Warner Brown in the team named by head coach Steve McClaren.

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FOOD insecurity remains one of the biggest challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. But it doesn’t affect everyone equally: Women are still the ...
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Brown scored 21 goals to lead all scorers in the recent Jamaica Premier League.

McClaren made five changes to the team that played against Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-final and Nigeria in the final, with goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake, central defender Damion Lowe, wing back Greg Leigh, Demarai Gray and Brown coming in.

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The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has labeled as a “farce” the Opposition People's National Party’s promise of greater access to beaches for Jamai...
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Also retaining their place in the starting team are Cavalier SC captain Richard King, Dexter Lembikisa, Mason Holgate and Jon Russell.

Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey, Ravel Morrison and Dwayne Atkinson were among those listed among the substitutes.

Charles Jr disappointed over absence of veteran interpreter from national debate
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr has voiced concern following the Jamaica Debates Commission’s (JDC) dec...
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Starting team:
Andre Blake, Dexter Lembikisa, Damion Lowe, Richard King, Mason Holgate, Greg Leigh, Jon Russell, Demarai Gray, Warner Brown, Kaheim Dixon and Renaldo Cephas

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