By Tenajh Sweeting QUEEN’S College

Comets will seek to dethrone their rivals St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine at the 2023 Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) track and field championships.

The two athletic private schools have been longtime competitors with the Comets defeating the Big Red Machine in 2019 which was also their last time competing in the track and field

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Baiss Rivalry Reignites Between The Qc Comets And Sac Big Red Machine

meet due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the long hiatus, QC Comets head coach Edward Frazier has high expectations for the school’s track team.

“QC expectations always remain the same, we always come out to win championships that has always been our objective and as long as I am here as head coach our goal is always to come out, win and compete,” Frazier said.

Although they have been absent from track and

“Football pays off when you work like he does.”

Foden converted a cross from Mahrez in the seventh minute to give City the lead and then provided the side-footed finish — via a deflection from a covering home defender — to make it 2-0 in the 74th.

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field, the school has been able to repeat as BAISS swim champions and won the junior boys’ softball championship.

The secondary school will look to build on this momentum at this week’s three-day meet.

The Comets were met with some challenges preparing for the major event after their two-year absence.

“The process has been new, long and hard, it’s like starting all over and like starting a whole new relationship, you [are] trying to get to know these kids and it’s like a lot of new faces, a lot of new kids and trying to figure out what talents they have,” Frazier said.

Frazier remains positive despite the new setbacks this year because of the new faces and untapped potential he has to work with.

“One thing I am excited about we have a lot of new kids, and a lot of new talent and we also have talent here

PHOENIX (AP) —

Kevin Durant is expected to make his Phoenix Suns debut tonight against the Charlotte Hornets.

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The Suns made the announcement on social media yesterday. The 13-time All-Star came to Phoenix on February 9 in a blockbuster trade that sent Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four first-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets. Durant hasn’t played for the Suns while recovering from a sprained knee ligament.

includes Chris

Paul, Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton. Phoenix

NPBA: GIANTS TOP REBELS 82-65, PRODUCE EXPRESS BEAT CYBER TECH 86-62

Bahamian Equestrians Take Florida Circuit By Storm

BAHAMIAN equestrian athletes took the Florida equestrian circuit by storm this weekend, winning ribbons and championship honours in major competitions across the state from Palm Beach to Ocala.

At the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, 15-year-old Sienna Tinker got off to a successful start riding Pella VD Wolfskooy (owned by Cassandra Orpen) to a 7th place finish in the 0.80m Training Jumpers, then moved on to compete at 0.90m and finally in the 1.0m Low Children’s Jumper Classic, where she and Pella jumped clear but off the pace, finishing 3.207 seconds over the time allowed and gaining 4 time faults.

Further north in Ocala, FL, a contingent of Bahamians were making a splash at the World Equestrian Center Winter Spectacular VIII competition.

Under the guidance of trainer Erika Adderley of Mariposa Stables, Katerina Coello piloted Hazelbrook Farm’s Manhattan to reserve champion in the 0.80m Child/Adult Jumpers and then moved on up several divisions to finish with a 5th place in the 0.90m Novice Children’s Jumper, while Sienna Jones, riding Aliza Guerreiro’s Kavalier V/D Brouwershoeve, was Reserve Champion in the 0.70m Child/Adult Jumpers.

Other riders finishing in the ribbons were Isabella Coello (5th place, 0.80m Jumpers), Amber Lleida (4th place, 0.80m Jumpers, 8th place, 0.90m Adult Jumpers), Henricia Beauchesne (5th place, 0.65m Child/Adult Jumpers), Elle O’Brien (7th place, Low Adult Hunters), and 11-year-old Charlotte Rose, who brought home a clutch of rosettes, placing 3rd and 6th in the 11 & Under Equitation and 4th, 5th and 6th in the Short Stirrup Hunters.

Also competing at Ocala was Virginia-based Bahamian junior rider Kacy Lyn Smith, who rode her own Chicago M. to a tie for champion in the 1.30/1.35m

Medium Junior Jumpers Division and then stopped by to socialise with the other Bahamian riders.

The weekend was a milestone for Bahamian

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“I feel 100% fit now and comfortable,” Foden said. “(It has) been one of the worst parts of my career but everyone goes through them and it is how you react.”

De Bruyne curled in City’s best goal of the game in the 81st from outside the area.

City has reached at least the semifinals in five of the last six seasons.

LEICESTER STUNNED

There will be at least one non-Premier League team in the last eight of the FA Cup. Blackburn, which plays in the discipline, one of only three equestrian disciplines recognised by the IOC.

“Our goal is to build a junior team for second-tier Championship, provided the shock of the evening by winning 2-1 at Leicester, the 2021 champion.

Tyrhys Dolan capitalised on a sloppy pass out from the back by Daniel Amartey to open the scoring for Blackburn before Sammie Szmodics dribbled through the soft centre of Leicester’s defence before poking in a finish shortly after halftime.

Kelechi Iheanacho scored his customary FA Cup goal — it’s now 18 in his last 24 appearances in the competition, more than any other player in that time — but Leicester couldn’t grab an equaliser. Leicester can now focus all its attention on staying in the international competition,” said federation president Cathy Ramsingh-Pierre.

“Focusing on the jumping discipline is therefore

Premier League. The team is only three points above the relegation zone.

FULHAM’S SENSATION

Manor Solomon scored for a fourth straight game to help Fulham beat Leeds 2-0 and continue its excellent season, in which the London club is also impressing in sixth place in the Premier League.

Solomon is an Israel winger who joined on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk in the offseason but missed almost the entire first half of the season because of injury. Now that he is healthy, he has been starring off the bench — his previous three goals came as an essential step towards this goal.

“Congratulations to all riders on their strong efforts.” a substitute — but was handed a start against Leeds and scored again after playing a one-two with Aleksandar Mitrovic and curling into the far corner.

Joao Palhinha’s opening goal was even better, the Portugal midfielder intercepting a pass out from the back by Tyler Adams and bending in a shot off the post from 30 meters.

In the second half, there were five U.S. internationals on the field at Craven Cottage — Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson for Fulham and Weston McKennie, Brenden Aaronson and Adams for Leeds. Fulham reached the last eight for the first time in 13 years.

THE TMT Giants and the Produce Express won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday. In the men’s division one feature contest, the TMT Giants won over the Rebels 82-65 and in the division II opener, the Produce Express knocked off the Cyber Tech 86-62.

Giants 82, Rebels 65: Daniel Hall came up with a game high 26 points in 34:58 minutes with six rebounds for TMT as they improved their win-loss record to 4-6 in division one play.

Randy Miller had 18 points with 12 rebounds, Donovan Dean had 10 points with seven rebounds, three steals and two assists and Rashad Sturrup ended up with eight points, 11 rebounds and a pair of assists and steals.

Theo Ferguson had 18 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a leading role for the Rebels, who dropped to 2-9.

Deniro Kemp also had 18 points with six rebounds, Edvardo Burrows had 11 points, three assists and steals and two rebounds, Lance Posey had eight points and 11 rebounds and Robert Carey also contributed eight points with four rebounds.

Produce Express 86, Cyber Tech 62: Maleak Johnson exploded for a game high 26 points as he shot 13-for-19 from the field in 24 minutes and 49 seconds, and he added 12 rebounds with four steals and three assists to pace the Produce Express, who pushed their front running division II record to 12-1.

Randy Blankford helped out with 12 points, 10 rebounds and three assists, Jefferson Oliver had 11 points with a pair of assists and Rumalo Ellis chipped in with 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals.

In a losing effort for Cyber Tech, who fell to 4-8, Tyrese Porter had 24 points with seven rebounds and two assists, Daniel Bethel had 22 points and two rebounds, K’Jay Nixon added seven points, seven rebounds and three assists and Warren Miller had six points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Tonight 7pm - RC Liquors vs Your Essential Store (DII)

8pm - Sand Dollar vs Tucker Boys (D1)

Friday 7pm - University of the Bahamas vs Zulu Media Marketing (D1)

8pm - Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets vs Sand Dollar (D1)

Saturday 7pm - Tucker Boys vs Commonwealth Bank Giants (D1)

8pm - Caro Contractors Shockers vs Leno Regulators (D1)

BRIGHTON ADVANCES

Brighton advanced to the quarterfinals for the fifth time in its history and the first time since the 2018-19 season, when the team lost to Man City in the semifinals.

A 30th-minute goal from Evan Ferguson, who tapped in from Kaoru Mitoma’s square ball, earned a 1-0 win at second-tier Stoke.

DRAW FOR QUARTERFINALS

The draw for the quarterfinals takes place today after the remaining last-16 matches are completed. Those games include Manchester United hosting West Ham and Tottenham visiting second-tier Sheffield United.