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Sports tourism to get boost as Bahamas hosts NCAA postseason

SPORTS tourism in the Bahamas achieved another milestone when it was announced that the Bahamas was one of two new venues set to host NCAA postseason games in 2014.

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Team named for Jr Pan Am Championships

AFTER much debate about whether the Bahamas would in fact be able to field a team for the Junior Pan Am Championships, a four-member team was finally named just days before competition.

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Thomas set to fly high in Diamond League

Following a performance at the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships which proved he’s still among the elite at the international level, Donald Thomas will be back amongst the talented field which produced one of the most thrilling finishes in Moscow last week.

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COCACAF Under 15: Bahamas lose to Cayman Islands

ANOTHER loss at the inaugural CONCACAF Boys Under-15 tournament places the Bahamas fourth in Group A after four games.

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Giants beat Bradley University 77-74

THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s ‘Summer of Thunder’ is just over three weeks in and local teams have already achieved unprecedented success, with three wins in the summer-long series against top tier NCAA Division I teams.

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Centrobasketball team 'a force to reckon with'

THE Bahamas was one of four teams to finish the 2013 Centrobasket Under-17 Championship with a single loss on their record and, despite a fifth place finish, established themselves as a force to reckon with in the region.

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BRENT STUBBS: No medals but Bahamas did well for small nation

MOSCOW, Russia — The 14th IAAF World Championships didn’t end the way Team Bahamas expected.

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Hosts Bahamas ‘should stack up very well’ at inaugrual IAAF World Relays

MOSCOW, Russia — With the 14th IAAF Worlds over and done with, the focus now switches to the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ hosting of the inaugural IAAF World Relays next year.

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National record for men's 4x100 relay team, women's team disqualified

MOSCOW, Russia — The time: 38.70 seconds. It was posted as a national record for the quartet of sprinters Adrian Griffith, Warren Fraser (he was under the weather over the past few days), Jamial Rolle and Shavez Hart as they clinched third place in the last of three heats in the semifinal of the men’s 4 x 100 metre relay.

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Cleare pleased with 'reservoir of talent'

MOSCOW, Russia — There were no medals but a tie with seven other countries for 30th place in the standings after a fourth and a sixth place in two finals was all that Team Bahamas could muster as the changing of the guard was quite evident in a number of events at the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championship.

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Simone Pratt wins girls 18 championship in St Lucia

A very hot summer for young tennis ace Simone Pratt continued on the court with another tournament title on the ITF Junior Circuit over the weekend.

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Brown 'not calling it quits' just yet

MOSCOW, Russia — Some things were just not meant to be.

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Bahamas fifth overall with win over El Salvador

DESPITE a single loss to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas was relegated to the fifth place game in the 2013 Men’s Under-17 Centrobasket Championships.

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CONCACAF: Bahamas enjoys 8-0 win

AFTER a pair of defeats to open tournament play in regional competition on the soccer pitch, the Bahamas finally scored its first victory at an inaugural CONCACAF event.

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Heartache for women's relay team, men fail to qualify despite new record

MOSCOW, Russia: After the disqualification of the women's 4 x 100 metre relay team on a lane violation, there was some consolation for Team Bahamas at the 14th IAAF World Championships when the men's 4 x 100 relay team broke the national record for the third time this year.