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Heartbreaking loss for Bahamas

THE Bahamas men’s national team dropped a heartbreaking 84-81 loss to Mexico and now they are automatically eliminated from contention of winning the CentroBasket Tournament in Panama.

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Joanna evans makes a cut for the Rio Olympics

JOANNA Evans was waiting for this time for a long time. She came home and finally posted her A qualifying time in the women’s 800 metres for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August.

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Devine Parker qualifies for the IAAF World Juniors in 100m and 200m

DEVINE Parker completed the sprint double and dipped under the qualifying standard for the 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships in both events.

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‘Buddy Buckets’ goes to Pelicans at No.6

BROOKLYN, New York — The New Orleans Pelicans drafted arguably the best shooter in the NBA Draft and an entire new fanbase of about 400,000 Bahamian fans.

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BREAKING NEWS: Buddy Hield picked by New Orleans Pelicans in NBA Draft

BAHAMIAN Chavano ‘Buddy’ Hield was taken by the New Orleans Pelicans as the sixth pick in the first round of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on Thursday night in Brooklyn, New York.

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Top juniors shine bright

Samson Colebrooke and Devine Parker emerged as the top male and female sprinters in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Junior Track and Field Championships, while Parker joined high hurdlers Tavonte Moss, Sasha Wells, Charisma Taylor and thrower Serena Brown in surpassing the qualifying standards for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Poland in July.

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Buddy just hours away from being selected in NBA draft

NEW YORK, New York — Years of hard work, execution and performing at the top of his craft have led to this moment as Buddy Hield is just hours away from the life-changing experience of being selected in the NBA Draft.

Baseball nationals underway

THE Bahamas Baseball Federation’s 14th Grand Bahama Port Authority Andre Rodgers National Baseball Championships is currently underway at the EMERA Baseball Complex in Grand Bahama.

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‘THE MOST IMPORTANT DRAFT IN BAHAMIAN HISTORY'

FOR most of you, this is really your first NBA Draft.

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Vanderpool-Wallace looks to make another splash

WHEN the Bahamas Swimming Federation/Royal Bank of Canada 2016 National Swim Championships kick off today at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, multi-national record holder Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace intends to make another splash.

Swimming Nationals will have some international flavour

THE Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2016 Royal Bank of Canada National Swimming Championships has added some international flavour.

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McIlroy opts out of Rio over Zika concerns

ONE OF the world’s top golfers, Rory McIlroy, became one of the most high-profile sports stars to opt out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer because of concerns about the Zika virus, saying yesterday it is “a risk I am unwilling to take”.

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Paul De Souza sets his sights on 2020 Japan Olympics

TOP young Bahamian sailor Paul De Souza is setting his sights on the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan after winning his fifth consecutive Junior Laser Nationals win earlier this month.

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Dominican Republic gets 87-80 win over Bahamas

After getting blown out in the first half, the Bahamas men's national team regained their composure in the second half and cut the deficit to two before eventually losing down the stretch to the Dominican Republic 87-80 on day three of the CentroBasket Tournament in Panama.

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Bahamas’ Olympic boxing bid thwarted

THE Bahamas’ bid to have a boxer qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August was thwarted after Rashield Williams suffered a second round loss at the 2016 World Qualifying Event in Baku, Azerbaijan.