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Ambrister looking for bigger and better 2014

AFTER joining the Racers Track Club last year in Kingston, Jamaica, in her pursuit to become one of the top sprinters in the world, Cache Armbrister is back and she’s looking forward to bigger and better things this year.

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Waltiea makes a move to the NBL

Just when she was looking forward to getting back to the Czech Republic to help lift the DSK Karlin out of their doldrum, Waltiea Rolle had to pack her bags and leave for Bulgaria where she will end up completing the season for Haskovo in the Bulgaria National Basketball League (NBL).

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Hewitt: I felt great out there

AUSTRALIAN born Lleyton Hewitt won his first career title as an unknown teenager in Adelaide in 1998. Sixteen years later, the Bahamian resident with ties to the Bahamian Brewery Beverage Company won his 29th title in Brisbane.

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Sprinter Burns looking forward to IAAF World Relays

MARC Burns, one of the promising sprinters to come out of Trinidad & Tobago since four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon, is looking forward to coming to the Bahamas to compete in the inaugural IAAF World Relays at the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium in May.

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Richardson prepares for next phase of career with the Yankees

AS he prepares to head into the next phase of his minor league career with the New York Yankees, Antoan Richardson continues to receive accolades from his winter league play.

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Winston 'Gus' Cooper was a pacesetter, trailblazer

Winston ‘Gus’ Cooper, best known as a visionary leader of the Valley Boys junkanoo group, was also remembered for the role he played as a former athlete and administrator in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture as a long-time director of sports.

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Ingraham's best ever season open jump

IF Saturday’s performance was any indication, high jumper Ryan Ingraham could be looking ahead to a banner year.

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Miller: My wish for sports this year

Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) president Wellington Miller is confident that the Bahamas will have another banner year in sports in 2014.

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'What a year it has been'

Just as quickly as we pulled down the curtain, leaving behind all of the bizarre occurrences of successes and failures as well as triumphs and defeats in 2013, we open the door to 2014 with its blank sheet of expectations.

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2013: A year of great achievement for high school athletes

THIS year was a year of great achievement for Bahamian athletes at the high school level.

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Waltiea Rolle prepares for WNBA

Waltiea Rolle is eager to return to the Czech Republic. She has some unfinished business to take care of with the DS Karlin before she embarks on her debut in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Bahamas takes centre stage at Dolphins game

WITH the backdrop of the Miami Dolphins’ dwindling playoff hopes, the Bahamas took centre stage halftime at Sun Life Stadium Sunday afternoon in a major sports tourism campaign.

2013: A year to remember in local sports

THE local sporting community includes Bahamians from every segment of the community. Everyone from weekend warriors to former collegiate and professional athletes were represented and collaborated to make 2013 a year to remember in local sports.

Swift swimmers lower national records in 50 breaststroke

IN the last two opportunities in December, the Orca meet and a Bahamas Swimming Federation time trial, two Swift swimmers lowered the Bahamian record in the 50 breaststroke.

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'His whole life was about giving and helping people'

IF there’s ever a Bahamian befitting the image of an icon, it’s ‘King’ Eric Gibson, who was remembered for his dedicated service to the music industry and his commitment to growth and development in the sporting world of golf and sloop sailing. In his passing on Saturday at Doctors Hospital, the legendary Gibson was considered as a man for all seasons, a towering strength and a source of inspiration.