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Knowles celebrity tennis event a blast

MARK Knowles, not yet feeling the effects of being a retired professional tennis player, was pleased with the support he got from his peers for the 12th version of his Celebrity Tennis Invitational that was held at the Atlantis Tennis Center on Paradise Island over the weekend.

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Five young Bahamians in Florida tennis tourney

FIVE Bahamians competed over the weekend in the Lil Mo International Open Tennis Tournament at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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WITH the shortened regular season completed, the Baptist Sports Council is slated to begin its postseason in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Tuesday night.

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Free-for-all Christmas basketball camp in Pinewood

JEFF Rodgers, who has ran a successful summer basketball camp for more than 20 years, is lending his expertise to Khaalis Rolle as the Member of Parliament for Pinewood hosts his first Christmas Basketball Camp in the area.

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What must national volleyball team do to receive recognition?

It’s a pity that the men’s national volleyball team’s gold medal performance at the Group A of the NORCECA 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship qualifier in Willemstad, Curacao, came at a time where the sporting community was mourning the loss of the greatest Bahamian track and field athlete.

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Father Marcian Basketball Tournament has new format

TEAMS participating in the 28th Father Marcian Peters Invitational Basketball Tournament will have a new format to compete in when the week-long event for primary and junior boys and girls as well as intermediate boys and senior girls gets underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gym today.

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Querry, Davenport in Mark Knowles Invitational

THE 12th annual Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational is here and with the amount of top notch players taking part this weekend at Atlantis on Paradise Island, host Mark Knowles said everybody will be in for a real treat.

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Renaldo's Ramblings: NFL Picks - week 14

My power circle of athletes - Peyton Manning, Usain Bolt, Lebron James. I’m completely irrational when it comes to them and I refuse to look at anything objectively.

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'The greatest athlete the country has ever produced'

NATIONALLY regarded as “the greatest athlete the country has ever produced,” dignitaries from every walk of life in Bahamian society turned out to pay final respects to the life and work of Thomas Augustus Robinson.

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Blue Flames win second title in league history

It was a storybook ending for the Our Lady’s Blue Flames basketball team as they closed out the Catholic Diocesan Primary Schools Basketball League with a two game sweep to claim the second title in league history.

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Fireman's invite set for April 13

Chris “Fireman” Brown feels that it was a blessing in disguise that his Bahamas Invitational Track and Field Meet didn’t come off.

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'Pain' to face undefeated Mexican in lightweight showdown on Dec. 15

AFTER having his four game winning streak snapped with an injury to his right wrist in his last bout on May 12, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major has decided to return to his long-time American coach Anthony ‘Chills’ Wilson in Hollywood, Florida, to prepare for his next fight.

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'We are playing pretty good right now'

COACH Sherman Smith has the Carlton E Francis boys and girls primary school basketball teams on a roll.

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Giants rout the Crimestoppers 113-94

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants proved why they are the defending New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions as they pulled off their biggest challenge so far this year by defeating the Royal Bahamas Police Force Crimestoppers 113-94 at CI Gibson Gym Monday night.

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Bahamas wins gold

Prince Wilson, Renaldo Forbes and Byron Ferguson came up big as they helped the Bahamas men’s national volleyball team to go undefeated and win the gold medal in Group A of the NORCECA 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship qualifiers over the weekend.