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BAISS championship series tip-off

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools basketball championship series tipped off in all four divisions last night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Game two in each series is scheduled to take place starting at 4pm today.

Former Governor General speaks at Majority Rule service

MASTERS of literature and poetry as well as holy scribes have left us a vast treasury of advice as to the importance of remembrance and memorialisation.

Bahamas’ biggest names in track and field get set for Nationals

THE country’s biggest names in track and field are set for competition this weekend as they vie for spots on various national teams and embrace a rare opportunity to compete in front of the Bahamian crowd.

Bahamas’ 12 member team gets set for the IAAF World Youths

THE top juniors in athletics will take centre stage on the IAAF circuit this week in what is expected to be the biggest international athletics event to be held in South America.

‘People thought it couldn’t happen, but I proved them wrong’

WHATEVER happens in the final of the men’s triple jump tonight, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands will take solace in the fact that he already made a triumphant return to international prominence.

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Class of 2014 inducted into National Sports Hall of Fame

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame at Government House on Friday night.

Tureano Johnson: ‘I’m here to take over this division’

TUREANO ‘Reno’ Johnson left Madison Square Garden Theater with the World Boxing Association’s International and vacant World Boxing Council’s silver titles around his waist. He simply punished Colombian Alex Theran for five rounds before he was declared the winner with his 13th technical knockout.

Big Red Machine roll over Bluewaves

The runs came in bundles as the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine opened defence of their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ softball titles with abbreviated victories over the St Anne’s Bluewaves.

Pros stun the Giants 105-96

THE Island Luck Pros surprised the defending champions to join the Read Deal Shockers with a perfect two wins, no losses record for the season on Saturday night in New Providence Basketball Association play at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Cybots beat the Giants 78-76 in game 1 thriller

IN meetings during the regular season, coach Wayde Watson and his Mail Boat Cybots couldn’t find a way to beat the Commonwealth Bank Giants. On Monday night, they finally got the monkey off their back as they sneaked the opener of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.

Galanis: PM bordered on delusional

FORMER Progressive Liberal Party MP Philip Galanis yesterday chastised Prime Minister Perry Christie over his recent assertion that the party could become unstable without him at the helm, saying this was the “height of nonsense” and bordered on “delusional”.

Serena fourth in discus, erases Eve’s national record

Serena Brown came back from lowering Chafree Bain’s junior national record two days earlier to advance to the final of the women’s discus by erasing her mentor Lavern Eve’s national record for a fourth place in the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Miller and Gibson shine in Jamaica

FOR the second consecutive year, Shaunae Miller gained another impressive victory in the women’s 200 metres at the Jamaican Invitational.

McKay: ‘We had a rough start, but our team is getting better over time’

THERE’S nothing like being home for the holidays.

Devynne Charlton ready for Worlds

As she gets set to compete in her fourth World Championships, Devynne Charlton is hoping that she will finally get her breakthrough as a medallist in the women’s 100 metres hurdles on the senior global stage.

Charlton and Cartwright star at Larry Wieczorek Invitational

ALTHOUGH she doesn’t have a major indoor championship to compete in this year, national record holder Devynne Charlton said she’s pleased with her progress so far in the women’s 60 metres hurdles.

Appeal application for bail denied for murder accused

THE Bahamas Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal application of murder accused Dentawn Grant, who was denied bail by a Supreme Court judge for his own safety after attempts were made on his life.

Leevan Sands on NCAA Outdoors: ‘It was our best showing since 2012’

WHILE he basked in the success of the Florida State Seminoles men’s track and field team, Olympic bronze medallist Leevan “Superman” Sands was just as in awe from what he saw from the Bahamian athletes competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s National Outdoor Championships.

Swimming teams named for CCCAN, Fina and Pan Am Games

WITH the completion of the Aliv National Championships over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre, the Bahamas Swimming Federation is preparing for their swimmers to compete in four international meets. • On Thursday, the first team

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