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Cybots champions

The Mail Boat Cybots have returned as New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions.

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Knights senior girls, boys win GSSSA soccer titles

IT was a sweep of both divisions for the CR Walker Knights as they proved to be the dominant senior soccer programme in the Government Schools Secondary Sports Association.

Damian Neville suffers spinal injury in rugby training accident

DAMIAN Neville, a well known local sportsman, suffered a serious spinal injury on Tuesday night after an accident during the Bahamas rugby team’s preparations for their match with Mexico next month.

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Olympic highs reward for years of hard work and dedication

THE Bahamas Olympic Association’s (BOA) fourth and current president, Sir Arlington Butler, can be considered the country’s keeper of the Olympic flame.

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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: A ‘lacklustre’ first round in NBA playoffs

THE NBA playoffs are officially underway, with all eight of the first-round series through two games.

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Launching Team Bahamas

MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson officially launched Team Bahamas yesterday by introducing some of the bright young people in the country, including those in the realm of sports, junkanoo, drama, politics and art.

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TahjNeé gets full athletic scholarship to Fresno State

Versatile TahjNeé Thurston is all set to head off to California to attend Fresno State University on a full athletic scholarship.

2022 Vision: Meeting to prepare for Commonwealth Youth Games

IN preparation for the Commonwealth Youth Games, the Bahamas Commonwealth Games Association will host the first Americans and Regional Meeting this weekend as the event takes on its own brand heading into the hosting next year in the Bahamas.

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Natasha Newbold ‘was a strong-minded individual who never felt that she would fail’

NATASHA Newbold played a pivotal role in the sport of bodybuilding and powerlifting. She was a strong-minded individual who never felt that she would fail or not be able to finish a race.

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CASJA shocked by sudden death of Barbadian journalist

NASSAU, Bahamas — The Caribbean Sports Journalists’ Association (CASJA) is shocked by the sudden passing of colleague journalist Petra Gooding of Barbados.

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Jeffery Gibson gives schools a visit

BAHAMAS national record holder in the 400 metre hurdles and World Championships bronze medallist Jeffery Gibson recently visited students of Queen’s College and St Anne’s School.

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Giants blow out Cybots, force game six

The Commonwealth Bank Giants, refusing to roll over and play dead for the second consecutive game, blew out the Mail Boat Cybots by 22 points to stay alive in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series at the AF Adderley Gymnasium last night.

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Ferguson helps his team advance to championships in Greece

ALTHOUGH he didn’t play the full season, Bahamas men’s national team player Byron Ferguson has helped the Foinikas Syrou volleyball team advance to the championships of the Greece Volleyball League.

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‘Superheroes’ take to the streets for Atlantic Medical Fun Walk/Run

MORE than 1,400 “superheroes” took to the street on Saturday morning for the 18th Atlantic Medical Insurance Fun Walk Run, the company’s premier fundraising effort in support of the Bahamas Diabetic Association and the Cancer Society of the Bahamas.  

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: ‘Black Jack’ comes up trumps with wrestling family legacy

GOING quietly under the radar last week, unnoticed by many who were probably mesmerised by Kobe’s farewell ‘60’ or the start of the NBA playoffs, maybe it was MLB baseball that caught their eye.