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Hitmen pull off first victory of season, Lady Truckers stop the COB Caribs

THE New Providence Softball Association men’s champions Ira Dez Hitmen, with slugger Hosea Hilton back in the line-up after more than a year of inactivity, pulled off their first victory of the season with a 10-9 come-from-behind walk-off victory over the first year Jmel Panthers on Saturday.

Nagico T20 cricket tourney at Windsor Field this weekend

AS countries around the Caribbean make a concentrated effort to reinvigorate the development of cricket in the region, the Bahamas will be a major part of that process when they host the Nagico T20 tournament for the second consecutive year.

‘Tureano Johnson would have a hell of a fight with Golovkin’

ALTHOUGH Tureano Johnson has been denied a shot at WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin thus far, his promoter Gary Shaw was back on the stump petitioning for Johnson to receive that opportunity.

Bahamian student to take on National Spelling Bee in Washington

CHARLES Hamilton will be among 285 hopefuls when he represents The Bahamas in the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, next week.

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Sprinter/hurdler Devynne Charlton in spotlight for Boilermakers

DEVYNNE Charlton clearly remembers the growing pains she endured as a freshman on the collegiate scene. Now, in her sophomore year, the sprinter/hurdler has emerged as one of the top performers for the Purdue University Boilermakers women’s track and field programme.

16-year-old charged with shooting man dead

A TEENAGER and a 24-year-old man appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday separately charged in connection with a number of serious criminal cases, including murder.

Defending champs Hitmen, Wildcats lose season openers

The new look Sunshine Auto Wildcats and the Iradez Hitmen collected their rings as the women’s and men’s champions respectively of the New Providence Softball Association’s 2014 season on Friday night, but they both left the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex with season-opening losses to the Johnson’s Lady Truckers and the Commando Security Truckers as the league started its 2015 campaign.

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BREA ‘emergency’ on ex-minister’s legal win

The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) Board will tomorrow hold “an emergency meeting” to determine its response to losing a legal battle with a former Cabinet Minister.

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Mystery over 49th murder of the year

A MAN became the country’s latest murder victim when he was fatally shot in his chest yesterday.

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No bail for Fox Hill shooting accused

A JUDGE yesterday denied bail to one of three men awaiting trial in connection with the fatal Freedom Park, Fox Hill, drive-by shooting that killed four people and injured seven others.

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THE FINISH LINE: We certainly want to make World Relays another ‘Bahamazing’ experience for all

IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.

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‘Fireman’ clocks fifth fastest 400m time in world so far this year

ALTHOUGH he just got his season opener this past weekend, quarter-miler Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown showed that he’s in tip-top shape and ready to lead Team Bahamas at the IAAF/BTC Bahamas World Relays at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium this weekend.

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‘Golden Knights’ finish behind US without Brown

While Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown was leaving his mark at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, his ‘Golden Knights’ team-mates were making their presence felt at the Penn Relays over the weekend where Tabernacle Baptist and St Augustine’s College high school teams and the College of the Bahamas also got some success in Philadelphia.

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Bahamas to defend title in Nagico T20 cricket tourney

THE Nagico T20 Cricket Tournament is all set for May 24-25 at Windsor Field.

World Relays homecoming for Golden Knights

WHILE the public can look forward to seeing sprinters Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin put on a show for Jamaica and the United States, the Golden Knights have confirmed that they will be coming home to make their presence felt at the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015.

‘Reno’ seeks alternate path to coveted boxing titles

EVER since Tureano ‘Reno’ Johnson left Madison Square Garden Theater with the World Boxing Association’s International and World Boxing Council’s silver titles around his waist, the public wondered what was the next step.

Athletes shine at Miami Hurricanes’ Alumni Invitational

QUARTER-milers Shaunae Miller and Michael Mathieu, high jumpers Ryan Ingraham and LaQuan Nairn and sprinter Tynia Gaither led a Bahamian contingent of elite and collegiate athletes at the University of Miami Hurricanes’ Alumni Invitational over the weekend.

‘It’s very difficult to close gap between us and Jamaica’

IT was a tremendous turnaround for Team Bahamas at the Silver Jubilee CARIFTA Games in St Kitts and Nevis over the weekend.

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CARIFTA: More concerted effort needed with local track coaches

I’m not sure whether the announcement that Usain Bolt is coming to town or the success at the CARIFTA Games was the biggest news this past week.

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Delight for colouring contest winners

A POPULAR fixture on The Tribune’s calendar for 15 years, the Easter Colouring Contest brought nine excited young children to the newspaper’s office last week as the winners of the 2015 were declared.