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Rising hoops star Rhema Collins happy to return home

AFTER helping Webb School clinch their second consecutive senior girls basketball title in Cookeville, Tennessee, rising young basketball sensation Rhema Collins was happy to return home to spend time with her family and get some good old home cooking.

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Local chess community hosting several masters of the sport, 3 grandmasters

ORJAN LINDROTH MEMORIAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

THE local chess community is currently hosting several masters of the sport from across the globe at the Orjan Lindroth Memorial Open Chess Championship.

Flowers: Clubhouse will separate juniors from the adults

WITH the driving range and nine-hole golf course now in full operation, businessman Craig Flowers said they will now focus on the construction of a clubhouse that will separate the juniors from the adults.

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Cyclists continue season with 30-mile cycling race around Clifton Heritage Park

THE New Providence Cycling Association continued its cycling season on Sunday with a 30-mile cycling race around the Clifton Heritage Park site.

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Hield moves into 50th place in career 3-pointers made

‘Buddy’ ranks 2nd in NBA in 3-pt field goals this season

Chavano “Buddy” Hield has reached another career milestone as one of the premier shooting guards in the NBA.

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Byron Murray leads Knights to win

BYRON Murray’s day at the plate led his Lynn Fighting Knights to a much-needed win over the Nova Southeastern Sharks in the series finale.

UB Mingoes men’s soccer enjoy Sunday scrimmages

AS competition is slowly coming back on stream, The University of The Bahamas men’s soccer team is getting ready for competition with a series of scrimmages.

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9th annual Bahamas Youth Olympic Championship sails in Montagu Bay

THE ninth annual Bahamas Youth Olympic Championship was held March 26-27, hosted by The Bahamas National Sailing School and The Nassau Yacht Club, with sailing in Montagu Bay.

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Burrows and Tigers to face No. 5 Queen’s Gaels in the quarterfinals

SHAMAR Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers learned their possible path toward a championship in the upcoming U Sports Men’s Final 8.

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Devynne celebrates with her alma mater

Shares World Indoors 60 metre hurdles silver medal

As part of the celebrations for her first global track and field meet, women’s national record holder Devynne Charlton shared her IAAF World Indoor Championships 60 metres hurdles silver medal with her alma maters at St Francis/Joseph and St Augustine’s College.

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‘Golden girl’ Shaunae has eyes on World Outdoors

COMING off her World Indoor Championship gold medal performance a couple weeks ago, there’s one more major title Shaunae Miller-Uibo wants to add to her résumé and that is the World Outdoor Championship crown.

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Athletes get set for CARIFTA trials starting Friday

IN anticipation of the finals trials this weekend and subsequently the CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend, the top sprinters eligible for Team Bahamas got a chance to go through a block start session.

Unfinished business: NPBA to resume postseason play at AF Adderley Thursday

WITH some unfinished business from the 2019/20 season that was interrupted because of COVID-19, the New Providence Basketball Association is scheduled to resume its postseason play starting on Thursday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Small Schools Athletic Association basketball postseason underway

THE Bahamas Small Schools Athletic Association is now into its basketball postseason at the Michael “Scooter” Reid Sporting Complex at the Hope Center.

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Flowers: ‘What an amazing person Anita Doherty was’

LONG before she made her mark in the sporting community in New Providence and Grand Bahama, businessman Craig Flowers said he got a first hand view of the late Anita Doherty’s sporting prowess and administrator skills in Liberia.