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New 20-sec. game clocks for the NPWBA thanks to Adrian Fox

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association got a chance to show off their new game clocks that they got courtesy of Adrian Fox during the postseason at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

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World-class meet ‘my gift to the Bahamian people’

When the 2nd Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational is held on Saturday at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, Chris “Fireman” Brown said the public can expect to see some keenly contested match-ups in just about every event that will be staged.

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‘BB’ wins long jump at Tiger Track Classic

NATIONAL record holder Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart, getting ready to come home to compete in the second Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational on Saturday, led a group of Bahamians in action at various track and field meets over the weekend, including Shaquania Dorsett, Danielle Gibson and Carlisa Russell as they all posted victories in their specialties.

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Canadian Olympian donates 50 uniforms to Bahamas Judo

ROMAN Hatashita, 1992 judo Olympian and multiple times Canadian national champion, visited the Bahamas this week and donated 50 Fuji uniforms to the national training centre.

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Abraham’s Bay students get set for national High School Track and Field Championships

A six-member team from the Abraham’s Bay High School out of Mayaguana are off to Grand Bahama to compete in the National High School Track and Field Championships.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Naughty’s Top 10 NFL Draft Busts of all time

AS the NFL Draft draws even closer, a question that was put to me keeps popping up in my mind.

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Stars to come out at Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational

DESPITE not having the Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational for the past two years, meet promoter Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown said it was an easy sell to entice an extensive line-up of international stars to come to the Bahamas to compete at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Saturday.

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Bahamas falls to Switzerland

The men’s national team lost both of their matches against the world’s number sixth ranked Switzerland in the Kalik Light Cup International Friendly over the weekend at the Bahamas Football Association’s beach soccer facilities on East Bay Street.

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Cybots face Giants tonight in NPBA championships opener

THE last time they met two years ago, the Commonwealth Bank Giants came from a 3-0 deficit to post a four-game back door sweep over the Mail Boat Cybots to win the New Providence Basketball Association men’s title.

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Buddy Hield wins John R Wooden Award

UNIVERSITY of Oklahoma senior guard Buddy Hield was announced as the 2016 John R Wooden Award winner Friday night, presented annually to the nation’s top men’s college basketball player.

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Water polo team brings home the silver from CARIFTA

THE Bahamas’ 30 member strong water polo team concluded three days of competition this weekend at the 2016 CARIFTA Water Polo championships in Trinidad & Tobago.

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Olympics fever building with the BOC eager to let the Games begin

The Olympic Games in Brazil are 116 days away and preparations for Team Bahamas are already well underway. Brent Stubbs, The Tribune’s Senior Sports Reporter, starts the countdown with a look at how the Bahamas Olympic Committee is working to give the country’s athletes the best possible competitive chance in Rio in August.

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‘Choo Choo’ and ‘Pain’ return as Bahamas squares off with Jamaica

IN the Caribbean Showdown, the Bahamas versus Jamaica, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major and Jermaine ‘Choo Choo’ Mackey made their return to professional boxing with two impressive victories at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Friday night.

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Operators sweep Truckers for title

THE Bommer G Operators ended a three-year drought, sweeping the defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers to complete the first perfect season in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association.

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Emily Morley awarded wild card for Olympics

For a number of years the sport of sailing, led by legendary Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles, represented the Bahamas as an open water sport at the Olympic Games. Now rowing is making its breakthrough, thanks to the outstanding performance of Emily Morley.