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Kierro Stubbs qualifies for ISCA Swim Championships

MAKO Aquatic Club’s collegian Kierro Stubbs is making a splash for the Montverde Academy Eagles’ swim team in Orlando, Florida.

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Munnings: ‘We thought COVID-19 would have been a passing bug’

IT was one year ago on Thursday, March 12, 2020 on day one of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National High School Track and Field Championships that Director of Sports Tim Munnings announced that the three-day meet had to be halted.

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Team Bahamas named for first World Cup qualifier in Qatar 2022

THE Bahamas Football Association has announced the names of the men’s national soccer team expected to represent the island nation in its first qualifying World Cup match for Qatar 2022.

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‘Buddy’ scores 23 but Hornets rally for 122-116 win over Kings

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Terry Rozier scored 26 points, Gordon Hayward added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 122-116 last night for their fourth straight win.

Bahamians eye NCAA Div I basketball title

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament’s 68-team field has been selected and several Bahamians will have their programme’s featured in the bracket to chase the 2021 National Championship.

Ole Miss Rebels in National Invitational Tourneys

BOTH Ole Miss Rebels basketball programmes feature Bahamians and both will be headed to National Invitational Tournaments in their respective divisions.

In the discus, Oriakhi qualifies for CARIFTA

ANN-Marie Oriakhi became the latest athlete to qualify for the postponed CARIFTA Games, attaining the standard at the RC Athletics Throwers Meet on Saturday.

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Lathaniel Bastian and Cardinals on winning streak, top NJCAA Standings

LATHANIEL Bastian has recently taken on a bigger role for his Trinity Valley Community College Cardinals and the team is in the midst of a winning streak that vaulted them atop the NJCAA Region XIV Standings.

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More than 800 track and field athletes get set for inaugural Red-Line Classic

MORE than 800 athletes are expected to participate in the inaugural Red-Line Athletics Track Classic all set to be held on Saturday under the patronage of St Augustine’s College principal Sonja Knowles.

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Charisma record breaker

It was a good day in the triple jump pit on Saturday as Bahamians Charisma Taylor booked a Bahamian national record and Tamar Greene earned All-American honours at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division One Indoor Championship.

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Sprinter Denisha Cartwright makes her presence felt

MINNESOTA State Mavericks’ sprinter Denisha Cartwright felt like an energiser bunny as she “kept going and going” in her four final appearances at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships on Saturday.

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Amron Sands suffers 3rd round TKO, first loss of his pro boxing career

AMRON Sands stepped back into the ring for the first time in over a year and suffered the first loss of his professional career.

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Decius-Norius emerges as overall champion of women’s physique

IT turned out to be the Serena Salis Decius-Norius show at the NPC 2021 CJ Classic and Sunshine State Bodybuilding Bikini Physique Figure Fitness Classic on Saturday.

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Daunte Stuart hits his fourth home run in six games

DAUNTE Stuart continues his power hitting display for his Northwestern State Demons with his fourth home run in the last six games.

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Streaks come to an end for ‘Buddy’ Hield, Deandre Ayton

SATURDAY’s NBA schedule featured the end of a five-game winning streak for Deandre Ayton’s Phoenix Suns and the end of Chavano “Buddy” Hield’s four-game streak scoring at least 20 points.