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Three new champions crowned in Baptist Basketball Classic

THREE new champions, one from St John’s and two from the Eagles Nest, were crowned on Saturday as the Baptist Sports Council concluded its 2014 Basketball Classic at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

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Donald Sterling is banned for life by the N.B.A.

NEW YORK (AP) — Issuing about the strongest rebuke that he could, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life on Tuesday for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, the first step toward forcing a sale of the club and permanently removing Sterling from the league.

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Inmates giving Baillou Hills Sporting Complex 'facelift'

AFTER a massive construction of a new sporting facility at Her Majesty’s Prisons, Fox Hill, Senator Greg Burrows decided to engage the prisoners in a facelift for the softball facilities at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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A 'dazzingly successful tour' of Queen's baton through Nassau

THE Bahamas Commonwealth Games Association, the Commonwealth Games Federation and the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture have staged a “dazzlingly successful tour” of the Queen’s Baton through the streets of New Providence, in preparation for the XX Games, scheduled to begin on July 23 in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Shaquille Cleare makes move to Big 12

After a pair of disappointing seasons, Bahamian collegiate basketball player Shaquille Cleare will continue his NCAA career with a new programme in the Fall 2015 semester.

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CARIFTA coach: It was a total team effort

HEAD coach Andy Knowles said he knew sooner or later the Bahamas would emerge as champions of the CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

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Who will be the national basketball champions?

BEFORE the attention shifts to international play this summer, the battle for local basketball supremacy and the bragging rights of national champions will be decided when the Bahamas Basketball Federation hosts its marquee event.

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CARIFTA history makers come home in triumph

The 2014 CARIFTA Swimming Championships will go down in the annals of Bahamian sports history as the event which officially solidified the country as a regional powerhouse in the sport.

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Olympic judoka joins Queen's Relay

IN addition to being the first Bahamian to win a judo match at an Olympic competition, 19-year-old Cynthia Rahming this week found herself in the international spotlight when she participated in the Queen’s Baton on its relay around the world ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Scotland this July.

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Sailing to success at Family Island Regatta

EXUMA was the venue for the 61st National Family Island Regatta over the weekend, with sailors and spectators flocking to the event.

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'Golden Knights' link up for victory over U.S. again

THE men’s 4 x 400 metres struck another blow to the United States as the same quartet of Michael Mathieu, Demetrius Pinder, Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Ramon Miller pulled off the victory at the Penn Relays over the weekend in Philadelphia.

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Epworth Hall renamed The Sir Duward Knowles Auditorium

THE Ebenezer Methodist Church family showed their appreciation to Sir Durward Knowles for his support, not only to their church, but to the community at large.

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Max X Orange wins inaugural 12-and-under all-star game

IN just a few swings, the inaugural Gatorade Maximum Development Sports Academy 12-and-Under All-Star Game went from a defensive struggle to a power-hitting display for rising star James Rolle.

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Bahamas CARIFTA swimmers make history with win

The Bahamas swimming team has made history by winning their first CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Aruba.

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GOLD RUSH: Team Bahamas earns 38 medals, 16 gold

Team Bahamas continues its stellar performance at the 29th CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Aruba and appears on pace to claim the overall meet title headed into the final day of competition today.