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Miller has ‘muscles’ set on Mr Olympia

SINCE earning her professional bodybuilding card in 2017, Lakeisha Miller has been battling through a series of injuries, but is now looking forward to her first international appearance later this year.

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Anthonique Strachan wins runoff to compete in 200m

IT came down to a runoff between Anthonique Strachan and Grand Bahamian collegian Brianne Bethel to settle the dispute as to who of the four qualifiers will occupy one of the three lanes for the Bahamas in the women’s 200 metres at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Kai Jones: ‘I think I fit all the qualities of the new age big’

Kai Jones’ lifelong NBA dream will come to fruition in mere hours and the 20-year-old highly touted prospect said his approach will remain the same, irrespective of which organisation calls his name to welcome him into their franchise.

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Olympic dispute over Team Bahamas’ list of entrants for women’s 200 reaches ‘a tipping point’

THE dispute surrounding Team Bahamas’ list of entrants for the women’s 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has reached a tipping point just days before the athletics competition gets underway in Tokyo.

Bahamas Golf Federation team hopes to bring home Hank James trophy

THE Bahamas Golf Federation will send its junior national team to the Dominican Republic from Thursday, July 29th through August 4th to compete in the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships with hopes of bringing home the overall Hank James trophy.

CAC Bodybuilding: Federation selects 7-member team Bahamas

THE Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation has selected five males to their seven-member team for the Central American and Caribbean Championships next month in San Salvador, El Salvador, with two others pending.

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Bastian 36th overall in 200 breaststroke

It wasn’t the type of performance he expected, but swimmer Izaak Bastian will leave Tokyo, Japan, with a life-long experience as a 2020 Olympian.

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Lacarthea’s Olympic dream killed by COVID

HIGH school sensation Lacarthea Cooper was all packed and ready to make the trek to Tokyo, Japan, as a part of the Bahamas women’s 4 x 400 metre relay pool when her COVID-19 test results shattered those dreams.

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OLYMPICS: JOANNA EVANS 18TH OVERALL

The delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, has been a momentous experience for Grand Bahamian swimmer Joanna Evans.

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Roker signs with Acunsa Gipuzkoa in Spain’s LEB Gold League

AZARO Roker’s first step on his professional basketball journey will begin in Spain.

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Ellison Hanna II earns opportunity to enter professional baseball ranks

ELLISON Hanna II earned an opportunity to enter the professional baseball ranks with the Missoula PaddleHeads of the Pioneer League.

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Fania Johnson: ‘I’m hoping this is the pro card, year for me’

FANIA Johnson is hoping that the third time around will be the charm for her at the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships.

Ashley Sturrup honoured to represent Bahamas at CAC Bodybuilding Championships

ALTHOUGH she considers bodybuilding a hobby, attorney Ashley Sturrup said she’s honoured to be able to make the team to represent the Bahamas at the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships.

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Hopefuls seek to muscle way onto the team

WITHOUT an actual show to fall back on because of the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation staged a screening for competitors wishing to make the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship team.

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Jones: Let’s set our sights on Paris

WHILE Team Bahamas is in the midst of competition in swimming and athletics at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Kai Jones became the second Bahamian NBA player to lend his voice to the growing sentiment that Bahamas basketball could join the other disciplines at the Paris 2024 Games.