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Team Bahamas in training for Rugby Sevens, WCup qualifiers

AS the local rugby season comes to an end, the Bahamas Rugby Football Union (BRFU) is focused on the national team development process for competition in the NACRA region.

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Martial arts schools to face off in Sports Blast

IT'S going to the fourth version of the Young Champions Boys Club's Sports Blast Saturday as the various local martial arts schools come together to compete in the Open Karate Tournament. Scheduled for Bahamas Faith Ministries on Carmichael Road, the event is slated to begin at 9am and will show competitors in kata - hard and soft, point sparring, continuous fighting, extreme kata and grappling.

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Giants a series win away from 3-peat

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net The Commonwealth Bank Giants are now just one series win away from three-peating as the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions. At DW Davis gym Monday night, the Giants retur

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'I believe this young lady is ready to run extremely fast'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER watching her spectacular season-opening performance over the weekend, coach Henry Rolle says sprinter Anthonique Strachan is definitely ready for a big showing this year. Strachan, who

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BaptistBasketballLeagueheats up

MACEDONIA Baptist and Temple Fellowship split their head-to-head match-up Saturday as the Baptist Sports Council continued its 2012 Basketball League at Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. In the 15-and-under division, three-time defending champions Macedonia

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Henry Rolle to co-ordinate relay coaching staff

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHEN Team Bahamas heads to this year's Olympics, coach Henry Rolle said they are going to make every effort to ensure that all four relay teams are present at the Games in London, England. R

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Player dies after collapsing on field

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Fans and members of the New Providence Old-Timers Softball Association (NPOSA) suffered a big shock when versatile player Kent Forbes collapsed during

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Carifta: Team Bahamas 'to give Jamaica a run for their money'

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HEAD coach Dianne Woodside said she's confident that this year's Carifta team will perform exceptionally well in Hamilton, Berm

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Cuckoos get second straight victory over rival Baillou

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net After a slow start to its 2012 season, the Bahamas Rugby Football Union (BRFU) ended its league play with a flurry, setting the stage for

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Jay Phillippe named scholar athlete

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net FOR the second consecutive year, Bahamian collegiate basketball player Jay Phillippe has been honoured for his work on the court and in the classroom. Phill

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Carifta team ratified

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) has ratified a full 70-member team to represent the Bahamas next month at the 41st Carifta Games in Hamilton, B

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Olympics: Anthonique qualifies for 100, 200

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Anthonique Strachan came home and proved that she's fit and ready to compete this year. Strachan, who is now at Auburn training under coach Henr

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Fifth place for juniors in Davis and Fed Cups

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THEY fell short of repeating an historic feat last year but both the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup teams still managed to deliver encourag

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Wozniak gets the victory

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net The finale of the second Bahamas Open Women's Tennis Tournament featured a thrilling, two-set match that went down to the wire. And it ended with a title win from Cana

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Boomer G Angels take 2-1 series lead

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net WITH floor general Latoya Thompson limited by a nagging groin injury, the defending champions now find themselves facing a deficit in the New Providence Wo