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Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards postponed
THE Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards programme originally scheduled for Sunday, September 18 has been postponed and will now take place at a date to be announced in late October.
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Fastest growing racquet sport finds a place in Bahamian sun
IT is a game called “Pickleball,” yet it has nothing to do with pickles. The sport is a hybrid of ping pong, badminton and tennis, and very approachable for players of all kinds.
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Pitch In For Youth Baseball makes inaugural visit to The Bahamas
PITCH In for Youth Baseball, a non-profit organisation created to assist with the collection and distribution of baseball equipment throughout the Caribbean and South and Central America, made its inaugural visit to the Bahamas over the weekend.
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‘Major Pain’ to run for president
MEACHER ‘Major Pain’ Major, whose Major Boxing Club is preparing to stage the inaugural Frederick Sturrup Boxing Championships on September 24 at the National Boxing Gymnasium, has decided to put his name in the hat for the post of president of the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas.
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Young stars emerge at inaugural Frederick Sturrup Boxing Show
THE inaugural Frederick Sturrup Boxing Show on Saturday night saw a brief relief of Meacher ‘Major Pain’ Major, a full recovery of Tyrone Oliver and the emergence of some bright young stars, led by Maleko Davis.
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Battle 4 Atlantis all set to continue in paradise
COMING off an historic 2021 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis that saw the return of its decade-long men’s tournament and the debut of its first-ever women’s tournament, the Atlantis resort has announced that the 2022 edition will continue in paradise.
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Legends of Boxing supports Meacher Major’s bid for federation president
MEACHER Major’s campaign to transition from the ring to local administration has begun to garner support from the wider boxing community.
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Record number of Lyford Cay scholarship applications
A RECORD number of applications for scholarships have been received by the Lyford Cay Foundations - with STEM programmes leading the way.
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Food Network warns of a hunger crisis
THE Bahamas Feeding Network has expressed concern about the recent rise in hunger, calling it a “crisis” to which all Bahamians must pay attention.
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FRONT PORCH: Managing a crisis while building the future
IN an April 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order”, Henry Kissinger advised world leaders of the crises the pandemic might unleash and the urgent need to meet the complex of challenges with clarity and imagination.
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PETER YOUNG: Gorbachev reforms in Russia short-lived
AMIDST the huge international media coverage of the passing last week of the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, perhaps one of the most telling headlines was one by the BBC calling him ‘a warm-hearted, decent and generous man’.
