Bhupathi and Nestor win in straight sets
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India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner from Bahamas Daniel Nestor have defeated French pair Richard Gasquet and Eduardo Roger-Vasselin 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the men's doubles first round at the ATP World Tour Miami Masters here. The third-seeded Indo-Bahams pair had a tough time forcing the first-set tie-break, but they were in complete control in the second set to take it and the match in an hour ...
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Man recovering after Bahamas shark bite
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A police spokeswoman in the Bahamas says a US man is recovering after being bitten by a shark while visiting the island chain.Inspector Chrislyn Skippings of the Royal Bahamas Police Force says the visitor was fishing on the island of Eleuthera when he was bitten on the left leg.The 50-year-old from Rochester, New York, went to a local clinic on his own and was airlifted to a hospital in the ...
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Ross Taylor joins CPL
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New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has become the latest international cricketer to link up with the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) set to begin in July. Taylor, one of the hottest commodities in Twenty20 cricket, has been confirmed as the tournament's third international franchise player, organisers announced Thursday, reports CMC. The former New Zealand captain has played in the Indian ...
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Nassau DA Man in alleged golf attack charged with hate crimes
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Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Grant Smith, 48, of Long Beach, leaves Nassau Police Headquarters in Mineola. He was charged with two counts of assault and two counts of menacing after he hurled racial slurs at two fellow golfers and then attacked one of them with his golf club, police said. (April 12, ...
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Mexico to spend $366 mn on 2014 Central American Games
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Mexico will spend some 4.5 billion Mexican pesos ($366 million) in organising the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014, the organising committee announced. Dionisio Perez Jacome, director of the organising committee, said at a press conference in Mexico City Thursday this amount is mainly for improving sports infrastructure, reshuffling installations, reports Xinhua. Perez ...
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Gayle Pollard among marquee players of CPL
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Seeded Caribbean players are being assigned to various franchises as preparations continue ahead of the July start of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL). West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will be the seeded player based in Port-of-Spain while his Trinidadian colleagues Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine go to Barbados and Guyana, respectively, the Trinidad Guardian has reported. Chris ...
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Royal Caribbeans revitalized Grandeur of the Seas begins sailing from Baltimore
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Royal Caribbean's renovated Grandeur of the Seas started sailing on Friday out of Baltimore.
Royal Caribbean International on Friday unveiled $48 million in upgrades to Grandeur of the Seas, a ship that will begin year-round voyages out of the Port of Baltimore this weekend.
The vessel replaces the Enchantment of the Seas and offers six- to 10-night cruises to Bermuda, the Bahamas, Eastern ...
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Jamaica blown away by El Salvador in beach soccer
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Jamaica were blown away by El Salvador, 2-7, in their opening match of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship here. Two goals each from Walter Torres, Augutin Ruiz and Frank Velasquez and one from Elmer Robles sealed the victory for the Central Americans Thursday, reports CMC. Gregory Simpson and Phillip Peddie scored Jamaica's consolation goals. The victory puts El Salvador ahead in group C ...
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