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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018

Charlton signs 3-year contract with Puma

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ALTHOUGH she didn’t go out as she anticipated, 100m hurdles specialist Devynne Charlton is eagerly looking forward to life after college as she prepares for her professional career in track and field.

Already, the Purdue University Boilermaker star, who graduated last month, has inked her name on a three-year contract with shoe company Puma as she begins her trek towards to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

“It’s a really good developmental contract with a lot of opportunities, as I get better as an athlete, to grow with my contract as well,” Charlton told The Tribune.

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for her debut in Barcelona, Spain, on July 11. That will be the first of two meets in Europe before she goes on to represent the Bahamas at the Central American and Caribbean Games, scheduled for Barranquilla, Colombia, July 19 to August 3 and the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC), set for August 10-12 in Toronto, Canada.

“I want to lower my PR (personal record) this season and also get the national outdoor record.

That has always been my goal, to hold both the indoor and outdoor national records this season,” she pointed out. “That’s just this season, but in terms of next season, I just want to have a good showing at the World Championships

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Sydney advances, Jacobi out

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

s the number two seeded player in the girls’ draw, Sydney Clarke wanted to make sure that she played up to the expectations for the Junkanoo Bowl International Junior Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Centre.

Meanwhile Jacobi Bain, unseeded, knew that he would have to play far better than any expectations as he faced the boys’ top seeded player, Alexandre LeBlanc of Canada, in Tuesday’s second round of the main draw.

When it was over, Clarke got through with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 victory over Kayla Solagnier from Aruba. However, Bain fell in straight set scores of 6-1, 6-2 to LeBlanc.

Clarke, 16, was the lone Bahamian on the girls’ side to advance after she watched Grand Bahamian Abigail Simms go down 6-0, 6-0 to American Rachel Gailis, the No.8 seed.

“The match was good.

I was pleased with my play. My opponent played very well,” Clarke said.

“She was very consistent at times and she played a lot of balls. When we were tied at 2-2, I got very concerned because she started to come back.

“But I kept calm and I kept poised and I just played more aggressive.”

As she moves on to the quarter-final for the second straight year, her goal this

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PLAY ACTION: Bahamian Sydney Clarke (left) and Canadian Alexandre LeBlanc in action yesterday in the second round of the main draw of the Junkanoo Bowl International Junior Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Centre.

Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff year is to get to the final and hopefully win it. She will have to get past Dharani Niroshan of Canada today, who pulled off an upset yesterday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over No.5 seed Kriti Williams from the US.

“I expect more good things. I just need to be more consistent and just be more confident, shake off the nerves and just play my game,” pointed out Clarke, the Bahamas’ top female junior player who is ranked at 468 in the world.

In his match against 17-year-old LeBlanc, southpaw Bain, 15, knew that he would have his hands full.

The 6-foot, 4-inch LeBlanc, ranked at 306 in the world, left nothing for chance as he dominated

the first set, going up 5-0 on a pair of breaks.

Bain, at 6-1, managed to break to get on the scoreboard but he was broken again to complete the first set.

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CAZOVA: BAHAMAS WOMEN CART OFF INDIVIDUAL TITLES

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FOR the second time in two straight games, the Bahamas met Barbados, this time losing the bronze medal as the CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Women’s Championship concluded at the Ismay van Wilgen Sport Hall in Paramaribo, Suriname, on Monday night.

The Bahamas lost a marathon 25-23, 21-25, 25-19, 24-26 and 16-14 decision to finish fourth – carting off four individual titles as Brittany Deveaux and Ashley Webb were awarded the number one and two blockers respectively, while Rachel Knowles was the best opposite player (right side hitter) and best digger was Chandra Mackey.

Trinidad & Tobago won the gold medal, beating host Suriname in three straight games.

Head coach Covance Mortimer said it could have easily been the Bahamas playing for the gold, but they are content with their fourth place finish, considering that it was a relatively young team that they took to Suriname for the tournament.

Despite the make-up of the team, Mortimer said the players performed at their best. “The team performed at a very high level, especially since we got off to a slow start,” Mortimer said.

“We came back with a lot of resilience and was able to fight right to the end. So I’m very happy with the team effort.”

With a team averaging about 19-20 years of age, Mortimer said it showed in their performances in certain game situations.

But he said they kept their composure and even though they didn’t get into the final, they will enjoy the third place finish.

He said they will now have to go back to the drawing board and get prepared for the Caribbean Volleyball Championships.

The team returned home yesterday and Knowles said they will enjoy the fourth place finish. “I felt we did well, considering the circumstances because a lot of us are in school and so it took us a little while to get used to playing with each other again,” she said.

‘If you have weak competition, you’re not going to get better’

By MARCOS MEJIAS FIBA Basketball

SINCE he was very young, Buddy Hield knew that to improve his game he would have to face a superior level. For this reason, he took the decision of leaving the Bahamas, but he has never forgotten his roots.

The Sacramento Kings’ shooting guard is back with the Bahamas’ national team for the third qualifying window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup

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China 2019. The last time that Hield played for his country was at the 2014 Centrobasket, and a lot has happened since that moment.

He is no longer a college ball player – now he is a regular in the demanding NBA league.

Born in the city of Freeport, Hield stood out since he was very young in his country’s basketball. He managed a variety of individual achievements and was destined to be a great promise for Bahamian basketball. But to achieve his dream, Hield took the decision of moving to the United States to develop his game.

“Every basketball player who has a dream, be them from the islands or the rest of the world, they want to go to America to be at a higher level of basketball training. You want to be where the best basketball’s at, that’s the only way to get ready. If you have weak competition, you’re not going to get better,” said Hield to FIBA.basketball.

“That was my dream, to be in the best competition every night and the best I could get of myself.

That was able to get me the

chance to go to school and pursue my dreams,” added Hield, who has a very tight-knit relationship with his mother.

Hield uses retired player Kobe Bryant to take more seriously his work as a basketball player. He watched how Bryant electrified each venue he visited and that became the motivation for the 24-year-old.

“Just watching the game, watching Kobe Bryant. Seeing how much he loved the game and how much he put on... the fun, the fans, everything. This is what I do, this is my passion. I thank God for allowing me to have the opportunity.”

Hield went to study at the Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas and was then recruited by the Oklahoma Sooners for collegiate basketball. He played all four years of college level, something rare for players with good performance. As every season came and went, he improved his game —to the point of averaging 25.0 points and 5.7 rebounds in his last year with the Sooners.

Hield wishes that this experience serves as an example for the

BUDDY HIELD youngsters that are taking their first steps in Bahamian basketball.

“It was an opportunity to play better, a great opportunity, with great players, and you want to learn from the best. We want to give kids in the Bahamas a chance to know that anything is possible, that you have to believe in working hard and if you put God first, you can make it. You just got to go there and execute and have fun. If you fail, you fail, but you go out feeling big because you had the

opportunity to do it,” added the 6’4” player.

After his stay at Oklahoma, Hield was the sixth pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, getting called by the New Orleans Pelicans.

During his first campaign he was exchanged to the Kings.

For next season, Hield will have a compatriot in the United States League, with the draft of promising centre DeAndre Ayton.

The 19-year old big man was the Draft’s first pick by the Phoenix Suns. Because of his rookie commitments, Ayton could not play this window with the Bahamas, but in the future, the national team will be able to have an inside and outside attack force thanks to Ayton and Hield.

“It’s really important. It’s all about having pride for your country. Hopefully we have guys like DeAndre Ayton that will belong to the team, to get this thing rolling,” said Hield, who has a lot of hope that the Bahamas will turn into a strong team for the next international events. “We’re going to make a sound. We have

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England finally wins penalty shootout at the World Cup

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer MOSCOW (AP) — After three haunting failures, England finally won a penalty shootout at the World Cup. And it happened under a coach who for 22 years has taken the blame for a previous shootout loss at a major tournament.

England advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals by beating Colombia 4-3 in a shootout following a 1-1 draw yesterday, sending Gareth Southgate running onto the field to celebrate the end of the national team’s years of misfortune.

“It will never be off my back, sadly. That’s something that will live with me forever,” Southgate said of his 1996 shootout failure. “But today is a special moment for this team. I hope it will give belief to generations of players that follow, because they can see what is possible in life.”

England will next play Sweden on Saturday in Samara. The 1966 champions have reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since the David Beckham era, when a golden generation exited in the last eight in 2002

and 2006. “We have to see what is possible and not be hindered by history or the expectations,” Southgate said. “I think these young players are showing that.”

Eric Dier scored the decisive kick after a scrappy game went through 30 minutes of extra time, denying Colombia a second consecutive trip to the quarter-finals.

“It was a nervous one,” Dier said. “I’ve never really been in a situation like that before.”

Harry Kane scored his tournament-leading sixth goal to give England the lead with a penalty kick in the 57th minute. Colombia scrambled for an equaliser and finally got it when Yerry Mina headed in a corner in the third minute of stoppage time.

“To get knocked down at the end like we did at the end, it’s difficult to come back from that,” Dier said.

“But we were ready for that. We were calm. We stuck to our plan.”

England trailed 3-2 in the penalty shootout after Jordan Henderson’s shot was saved by David Ospina, but Mateus Uribe hit the bar and England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford then stopped Carlos Bacca’s

Colombia nearly lost Wilmar Barrios to a red card late in the first half.

But after a video review, Barrios was given a yellow for knocking his head into the chest of Jordan Henderson.

ENGLAND goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saves a penalty yesterday during the round of 16 match against Colombia at the World Cup in the Spartak Stadium in Moscow. (INSET) - England’s Harry Kane celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal.

(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) kick. “I did a whole bunch Championship semi-finals great,” Kane said. “So, it’s of research,” Pickford said. and the quarter-finals in nice to get that one off our “Falcao is the only one who 2004 and 2012 on penalties. back and we’ll have huge didn’t go his way. I don’t The country’s only shootout belief moving forward.” care if I’m not the biggest success came earlier at keeper in the world. I have Euro ‘96.

SCRAPPY the power and agility.”

Southgate’s penalty in There was edginess from Pickford succeeded the 1996 shootout at Wem- the start, with Colombia where Peter Shilton, David bley against Germany was forward Juan Cuadrado Seaman and Paul Robinson stopped, a failure he has and England defender failed as the 1990, 1998 and lived with for 22 years.

Harry Maguire involved 2006 World Cups ended in “Penalty shootouts are in a spat before Radamel shootout losses. On top of lot about mentality and Falcao barged into Kieran that, England was knocked obviously we know England Trippier, sparking the Engout of the 1996 European in the past haven’t done land defender to retaliate.

ENGLAND’S LEAD England was awarded its penalty when Kane was knocked to the ground by Carlos Sanchez.

Of his six goals, three have come from the penalty spot. He also netted England’s first in the shootout.

Kane is the first England player to score in six straight games since Tommy Lawton in 1939.

“It’s a big night for England,” Kane said.

COLOMBIA COMPLAINTS Colombia had 23 fouls and six yellow cards while England had 13 fouls and two yellows.

Still, Colombia coach Jose Pekerman wasn’t happy with the English approach. “When there are so, so many fouls and interruptions, I think that’s not good,” Pekerman said.

“We shouldn’t only look at Colombian players. People should also look at England’s players.”

FORSBERG, THE QUIET HEIR TO IBRAHIMOVIC, DELIVERS FOR SWEDEN

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer ST PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Shy, diminutive and without that distinctive ponytail, Emil Forsberg couldn’t be more different than the larger-than-life Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

They share an ability to conjure something out of nothing on a soccer field, though, as Forsberg showed in leading Sweden into the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 24 years.

Forsberg dropped his shoulder to create space at the edge of the area and scored with a deflected shot to earn the Swedes a 1-0 victory over Switzerland yesterday.

“It brings tears to my eyes,” Forsberg said, “and makes me so proud.”

The 26-year-old Forsberg arrived in Russia shouldering much of Sweden’s creative burden following the international retirement of Ibrahimovic, who ruled the national team for more than a decade and is the greatest player the country ever produced.

Forsberg was quiet in the group stage but the attacking midfielder’s skills and slick movement stood out against Switzerland in an otherwise scrappy game between two of Europe’s less-decorated nations.

“He has developed in terms of the holistic approach to his game,” Sweden coach Janne Andersson

said. “Even if he doesn’t succeed in every dribble, in every part of his game he contributes in so many ways and he has those decisive moments.”

Forsberg didn’t get much power behind his shot and it was likely heading straight for Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer.

However, it took a deflection off the foot of centre back Manuel Akanji and bounced up and into the net.

Sweden became the fifth European team to reach the quarter-finals and will next play England on Saturday in Samara.

Limited but with a highly effective game plan, the Swedes should not be underestimated.

This was another opportunity spurned by the Swiss, who have reached the last 16 in four of their last five appearances at the World Cup only to be eliminated without scoring a goal. They haven’t scored in a knockout game in soccer’s biggest tournament in 64 years, when they last reached in the quarter-finals at home in 1954.

They finished the game with 10 men after right back Michael Lang was sent off in stoppage time for a professional foul on Sweden substitute Martin Olsson.

The referee initially awarded a penalty kick but later gave a free kick on the edge of the area after a video review.

Switzerland was fortunate to still be in the match at that point.

Their build-up play was sloppy, with the best effort falling to Remo Freuler with a late header that was saved by Robin Olsen.

“They have done precisely what they’re very good at,” Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic said, “and that might have been enough to beat us. “When they score a goal, it is always extremely difficult to crack that tough nut.”

The last time Sweden made it this far at the World Cup was in 1994, when the team reached the semi-finals.

SWEDEN’s Emil Forsberg celebrates the opening goal during the round of 16 match against Switzerland at the World Cup in the St Petersburg Stadium, in St Petersburg, Russia, yesterday.

(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ibrahimovic, now 36 and playing out his illustrious career in the United States, would surely have put away some of the first-half chances created by his countrymen against a fragile Switzerland defence which was missing the suspended Fabian Schaer and Stephan Lichtsteiner.

Striker Marcus Berg was the biggest culprit, spurning two openings in quick succession, while Albin Ekdal volleyed over with the goal at his mercy.

The Swedes were limited but played to the strengths that got them past Italy in the two-leg World Cup playoff and to the top of a group containing defending champion Germany, Mexico and South Korea. Their long balls forward caused panic and they were more bullish in their tackling in midfield.

The Swiss certainly weren’t playing like a team ranked No. 6 in the world and with only one loss in their previous 25 games.

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SUSPENDED Sweden right back Mikael Lustig will miss the quarter-finals after collecting his second yellow card of the tournament for a tug on Switzerland striker Josip Drmic in the first half.

The team will have Sebastian Larsson back from a ban, however, and the holding midfielder should go straight back into the starting lineup.

BIG BLUNDERS A low-quality match featured some of the worst finishing seen so far at the World Cup, and two efforts stood out.

In the first half, Lustig dragged a long-range attempt sideways and it went out for a throw-in.

Then, in the second half, Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka lined up a shot from outside the area and very nearly whiffed.

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BAHAMAS BASH LACROSSE TOURNAMENT WAS A SUCCESS

BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net THE second consecutive Bahamas Bash Lacrosse Tournament was held in Grand Bahama June 29 to July 1 and attracted some 100 players, parents and coaches from Florida to the island.

The event, organised by Bo Lamont, director of Bahamas Bash Lacrosse Tournament, helps to promote the sport of lacrosse.

This year’s tournament was dedicated to the late “Mama Rose” who ensured “that there were diversity and inclusion where underprivileged students received opportunities as the privileged students around them.”

Bahamian athletes were also taught how to play the sport from professional players and team coaches attending the tournament. Among them, Kodia Rolle, 12, found it fun and a great way to keep physically fit.

Nuvolari Chotoosingh, manager of Niche Markets, Ministry

of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) in Freeport, said the tournament helps to promote sports tourism on Grand Bahama.

“I’d like to thank Bo Lamont for returning to Grand Bahama Island once again this year for the second consecutive year. This tournament represents another event on the island that brings in a number of athletes,” he said.

Mr Chotoosingh reported that the number of athletes this year has doubled. “That represents growth where there are more booked hotel rooms and vendors benefitting from the event,” he added.

He commended the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture for assisting in facilitating the event, and working with partners to give the group the best rates.

The tournament caters to a mixture of boys and girls teams which travelled to compete in this year’s tournament. “It’s a pleasure to come here, we really enjoy spending time and interacting with the people,” said Mr Lamont.

LACROSSE players (also shown above) get suited up and ready to play.

The tournament aims to grow the sport, and organisers hope to continue bringing the sport to The Bahamas, and gathering support from other teams in the US. Said Mr Lamont: “We’d like to grow.

More people came this year who are excited and want to spread the word when they go back and tell people that they should come to The Bahamas to play lacrosse. So, I would imagine next year we’ll have certainly more boys and girls teams in both divisions, so we hope to at least double in size.”

The sport of Lacrosse originated from Native America and is known as the healing game because of their belief that the game was given to them by the Creator for enjoyment and to promote healing to settle disputes and to help their spiritual development.

Chivvaun Smith, an MOTA representative, noted that the event was primarily focused on giving back, and the 2018 tournament added a humanitarian dynamic to the prestigious sport.

Devynne Charlton signs three-year contract with Puma FROM PAGE 1 and eventually the Olympic Games in two years.” Charlton, 22, was a redshirt senior who capped off her career for the Boilermakers, coached by Bahamians Lonnie Greene and Norbert Elliott, by winning the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year.

This year, Charlton was a first team All-America honour after her second-place finish at the NCAA Championships with a time of 12.77 seconds in the pouring rain. She was the highest finisher on the track of any individual in the conference.

At the Big Ten Championships, Charlton defended three titles as she won the 100m dash, 100m

hurdles and was a member of the gold-medal 4x100-metre relay team. That performance earned her the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships. She led the conference with 24.5 points scored at the Big Ten meet.

Also this year, Charlton broke school records in the 100m dash and 100m hurdles. Her top time in the dash was 11.22, while her top hurdle time was 12.70. Both were regional qualifying times, though she only entered in the hurdles.

At the regionals, she finished with the second best time to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

While she has produced a lifetime best of 12.70 in 100m with a winded time of 12.67, Charlton’s 11.22 in the 100m and 23.61 in the 200m (23.05 wind aided), are

her PRs in the sprints. Indoors, she holds the Bahamian national record at 7.89 in the 60m hurdles and has ran PRs of 7.26 in the 60m, 23.99 in the 200m and 39.37 in the 300m.

In addition to her success as a Boilermaker, the two-time national 100m hurdles champion (2017 and 2018) has also represented the Bahamas at the IAAF World Indoors where she was 8th in the 60m hurdles in March in Birmingham.

She was a sixth place finisher in the 100m hurdles at her first appearance at the NACAC Championships in 2015 where she also ran on the women’s 4 x 100m relay team that placed fourth.

Like she did for Purdue University, Charlton has also ran

on both the 4 x 100 team at the Pan American Games in 2015 where they placed seventh and was on the Pan American U-20 Championships’ 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays that won and got the bronze respectively in Miramar, Florida in 2011.

Now it’s full fledge onto the pro ranks for Charlton, the second of three daughters of parents Laura and David Charlton. She admits that it’s going to be a journey she is looking forward to contesting.

“I think it’s going to be much harder now because there are more pros running at a higher level and they have more time to devote to track and field whereas in college, you are running against student-athletes, who are only athletes half of the time

and students the other half,” she pointed out.

“But I think I’m ready for it, considering that a lot of the meets I raced against professionals in the World Champs and in the collegiate meets, so I think I’m ready for it. When I think about it, there isn’t a professional athlete that I haven’t ran against in the hurdles that is up at the top.”

As she begins her pro journey, Charlton will be training in Montgomery, Alabama, under the tutelage of Chuck Ryan, who also coaches Christina Manning. She will be the only Bahamian in the camp.

“I’m definitely excited. I look at it as a new chapter, so I’m really excited about this one,” she stated.

Junkanoo Bowl: Clarke advances, Bain out FROM PAGE 1 In the second set, down a break, Bain held for a 3-1 deficit and he held again for a 4-2 margin. But LeBlanc regained his composure and proved why he was the player to watch as he held and broke to close out the match, thanks to Bain’s three double fault serves in the final game.

“My match was pretty good, but the guy I played was the No.1 seed and he played pretty good all around,” Bain said. “I tried my best. I didn’t hit my first serve percentage, but other than that, everything was great.”

All except his serve.

“I tried my best,” Bain chuckled. “I just have to get better and improve on my forehand and get in a better serve percentage.”

As for LeBlanc, who is making his debut here in the Bahamas, the match started out pretty good.

“I was confident. I played a solid match, not too many mistakes and I was being aggressive and so I was happy with the match in general,” he said. “It’s really hot here, so I tried to get through the match as quickly as I could. “But he (Bain) played very

well. I know he’s two years younger than me, but he has a lot of potential. He has a good tennis game.”

LeBlanc said he’s here for one thing and that is to win.

Also winning on the girls’ side was top seed Tara Malik from the USA with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Gabrielle Leslie from Barbados. No.3 seed Zoe Hitt, also from the USA, won 6-0, 6-2 over Aleska Marquez from Peru; No.4 Nikita Vishwase, another American, won 6-2, 6-1 over Erica Chavarria from Costa Rica; No.6 seed Sandra Alonso from Spain won 6-4, 6-0 over American Kayla Dean and No. 7 Anika Jaskova from Slovakia won 6-1, 6-0 over American Kathryn Sturgis.

The only other seeded player on the boys’ side was American Adam Neff at No.7, who won 7-5, 6-1 over Christian Felipe Winsted of Costa Rica. One other match was held with Credit Chaiyarin from Thailand winning over Nikolas Tvedt from Norway 6-2, 6-2.

The remainder of the matches played were doubles.

Only the Grand Bahamian sisters combo of Abigail and Gabrielle Simms survived as they

BAHAMIAN Jacobi Bain in action yesterday during the Junkanoo Bowl International Junior Tennis Tournament.

Photo: Terrel W Carey/ Tribune Staff teamed up to win 6-3, 6-1 over the American-Bahamian duo of Peyton Lynn Anderson and Donesha Gibson, also of Grand Bahama.

Bahamians Sydni Kerr and Emma Weech lost 6-1, 6-1 to Ericka Chavarria and Gabrielle Leslie and Bahamians Kinza Johnson and Perjae Major went down 6-0, 6-1 to Dharani

Niroshan and Gabriela Singer.

On the boys’ side, Bahamian Donte Armbrister and Mexican Santiago Diaz Tolivia lost 6-3, 6-1 to the No.4 seeded team of Max Hartenstein from Germany and Nikolas Tvedt from Norway; Bahamian Kofi Jyles Bowe and Italian David Polo lost 6-4, 6-0 to American Arun Venkat

Guruswamy and Bahamian Jacobi Bain and Alejandro Jose Gandini from Dominican lost 1-6, 6-1 (12-10) to the American No.3 team of Leighton Allen and Harrison Gold.

The top seeded team of Alexandre LeBlanc of Canada and Adam Neff from the USA won 6-0, 6-1 over Francisco Tomas Geschwind from Argentina and Christian Felipe Winstead from Costa Rica and No.2 seeds Russell Berdusco and Quinn McLeod, both from the USA, won 6-1, 6-3 over Alexandru Flip Bucurescu from Romonia and Hideki Matsuoka from Japan.

Today when the action starts at 9am, in addition to Clarke taking on Niroshan in the girls’ singles, No.8 seed Donte Armbrister will play his quarter-final match on the boys’ side against American Jack Anthrop.

In doubles later in the day, Clarke will be back teaming up with American Kriti Williams as the No.1 seed on the girls’ side against Niroshan and Singer.

The Simms sisters, Abigail and Gabrielle, will take on No.3 seeds Zoe Hitt from the USA and Aleska Marquez of Peru.

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to get the pieces together in the right time. Everybody’s busy, like DeAndre with the Draft. We just gotta go there, execute, have fun and play for each other,” Hield said.

It’s not new that the Bahamas has outstanding basketball players.

Many years before Hield and Ayton were born, the country saw how Mychal Thompson was the first pick of the 1978 NBA Draft, and won two titles with the Los Angeles Lakers.

These cases are evidence that there’s talent in the Bahamas and Hield gave the key for developing more first-class players.

“Better training. Once you have guys and people who know how to work with kids, we all can get on one page and get better.

There’s a lot of talent here. It’s hard to go from the Bahamas to America and play. [We need] better training and better opportunities,” Hield said, assuring that he will continue to wear the uniform of his national team. “For sure. The goal is to keep representing the country and try to get the limit.”

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FINCH BREAKS OWN T20 RECORD SCORE AS AUSSIES CRUSH ZIMBABWE HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Aaron Finch smashed 172 off only 76 balls and broke his own world record of highest individual score in a Twenty20 as Australia crushed Zimbabwe by 100 runs in tri-series cricket yesterday.

Finch plundered 10 sixes and 16 boundaries, and powered Australia to 229-2. He also featured in a recordbreaking 223-run first-wicket stand with D’Arcy Short, who made 46 as they raised the first double-century stand in a T20. Zimbabwe was overwhelmed for the second straight match and restricted to 129-9 in 20 overs. Andrew Tye took 3-12 and Ashton Agar picked up 2-16.

Australia sits on top of the table with two victories from two matches after it also defeated Pakistan by nine wickets on Monday.

Finch held the previous record of highest individual knock when he made 156 against England at Southampton in 2013.

“This innings is right up there. They don’t happen very often, so very pleased with it,” Finch said after receiving his man-of-the-match award.

“It was nice to get a few in the middle and break the record.”

Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza won another toss, but his bowlers couldn’t find the right lengths against the fluent stroke-making of Finch. “We thought it couldn’t get tougher than the first match, but here it was — got tougher,” Masakadza said.

“Credit to Finch, he struck it from first ball. Think we can bowl a bit better.

We’ve conceded few too many in the powerplay.”

BOSTON Red Sox starting pitcher Rick Porcello (22), right, celebrates with Boston Red Sox third base coach Carlos Febles after hitting a three run double during the second inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park yesterday in Washington.

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

PORCELLO HELPS RED SOX BEAT SCHERZER, NATIONALS 4-3 WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Porcello hit a three-run double off former teammate Max Scherzer and pitched six effective innings, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night.

Porcello got his first career extra-base hit came in the second inning on a 0-2 pitch after the Nationals intentionally walked Jackie Bradley Jr. Porcello drove Scherzer’s 96-mph fastball over the head of Juan Soto in left center for his first RBIs since 2009.

Scherzer and Porcello were teammates for five seasons with the Detroit Tigers.

Porcello (10-3) allowed two runs and seven hits.

Craig Kimbrel got four outs for his 25th save.

Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon and Daniel

Murphy homered for the Nationals. Scherzer (10-5) struck out nine in six innings.

INDIANS 9, ROYALS 3 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, powering Cleveland to the road win.

Indians ace Corey Kluber (12-4), who failed to make it out of the second inning in his previous start at St. Louis, allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings.

Lindor belted a grand slam in the fourth and a three-run shot in the sixth.

Whit Merrifield homered on Kluber’s third pitch for his fourth career leadoff home run. Kansas City has lost 23 of their last 28 games. Royals right-hander Jakob Junis (5-10) was

tagged for nine runs, eight earned, and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3 PHOENIX (AP) — Yadier Molina homered, Carlos Martinez pitched six effective innings and the Cardinals ended a fourgame losing streak.

Molina hit a two-run single in the Cardinals’ four-run first inning against Robbie Ray (3-1) and hit his 12th homer off the lefthander in the sixth.

Jedd Gyorko also homered and had two RBIs to end Ray’s nine-game winning streak, dating to last season.

Martinez (5-4) allowed two runs and six hits. Bud Norris worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save.

Paul Goldschmidt had four hits and an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have lost four straight.

BRAVES 5, YANKEES 3 (11 INNINGS) NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning that nicked the glove of a leaping Aaron Judge in right field, and the Braves beat the Yankees in a matchup of two of baseball’s best teams.

Johan Camargo homered early and Jesse Biddle (2-0) pitched out of a late jam for the NL East leaders, who earned their fourth consecutive victory. A.J. Minter got three outs for his fourth save.

The 20-year-old Acuna also doubled and drove in three runs, four years to the day after the touted rookie signed with the Braves (49-34).

Judge hit his 23rd homer for the Yankees (54-28), and second in two nights.

David Robertson (5-3) got the loss.

BREWERS 6, TWINS 5 (10 INNINGS) MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brad Miller drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning, sending Milwaukee to the win.

Nate Orf, playing in his first major league game, was hit by a pitch from Zack Littell (0-2) leading off the 10th.

Manny Pina followed with a single and Keon Broxton walked.

Hernan Perez then bounced into a fielder’s choice before Miller’s walk ended the game.

Corey Knebel (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for the Brewers, who trailed 5-1 after Robbie Grossman hit his first career grand slam in the fifth.

REDS 5, WHITE SOX 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Alex Blandino’s double in the eighth inning completed Cincinnati’s four-run rally.

The Reds loaded the bases with one out against Chris Volstad (1-5). Adam Duvall grounded to first baseman Matt Davidson, who was indecisive. He took several steps toward first before throwing home too late to get Scooter Gennett scoring from third base.

Billy Hamilton followed with a sacrifice fly that tied it at 3, and Blandino’s pinch-hit double put the Reds in position for another comeback win. They’ve trailed in seven of their last 10 victories.

Dylan Floro (3-2) retired two in the eighth. Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances.

TIGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 2 TORONTO (AP) — Jose Iglesias hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Tigers earned their second straight victory following a seasonlong 11-game losing streak.

Niko Goodrum tripled off Seunghwan Oh (4-3) with one out and scored the winning run when Iglesias followed with a fly ball to right.

Jeimer Candelario had three hits for the Tigers, who won the season series against the Blue Jays for the first time since 2013. Joe Jimenez (4-1) got the win despite giving up the tying run in the ninth.

After Buck Farmer gave up a leadoff single in the 10th, Blaine Hardy finished for his first career save.

DODGERS 17, PIRATES 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Kemp tied a career high with five hits, Joc Pederson and Max Muncy hit back-to-back homers to highlight a six-run fourth inning, and Los Angeles routed Pittsburgh.

Kemp hit a three-run homer in the sixth and drove in four runs for the second straight game. He came up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Kemp also scored four runs.

Cody Bellinger homered in the third, leaving the Dodgers with 116 homers this season after they slugged a major leagueleading and franchise record 55 in June. They already have five long balls two days into July.

Alex Wood (5-5) allowed one run and six hits in six innings. Caleb Ferguson pitched three innings to earn his first major league

save on his 22nd birthday. Nick Kingham (3-3) gave up seven runs — five earned — and eight hits in three-plus innings.

San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner (1-3) was charged with three runs, two earned, and seven hits in six-plus innings.

ROCKIES 5, GIANTS 2 DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland turned in another sizzling start at Coors Field and Colorado scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a throwing error by shortstop Brandon Crawford.

Freeland (8-6) settled in to go seven strong innings after surrendering a homer to Gorkys Hernandez on the first pitch of the game.

It was Freeland’s 12th quality start of the season.

Wade Davis worked his way around a one-out double by Buster Posey in the ninth for his 24th save.

He struck out Crawford to end the game.

MARLINS 3, RAYS 2 (10 INNINGS) MIAMI (AP) — Yadiel Rivera’s infield hit in the 10th inning scored Brian Anderson, lifting Miami to the victory.

Anderson walked against Ryne Stanek (1-2) and took third on a single by J.T. Realmuto. Rivera, who entered as a defensive replacement in the ninth, then pulled a one-hopper up the line.

Third baseman Matt Duffy backhanded the ball and double-clutched in foul territory before making a wild throw home.

But the play was ruled a hit.

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LeBron James’ arrival transforms Lakers back into glamour show

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — From George Mikan to Kobe Bryant, superstars have been the Lakers’ lifeblood for decades.

LeBron James is already the biggest star of his generation, and he followed a familiar path to Los Angeles’ bright lights when he decided to sign with the Lakers as a free agent.

It’s no coincidence that this glamorous, 16-time champion franchise has consistently attracted already great players with outsized ambition. The 33-year-old James has taken on the challenge that Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal all accepted near the primes of their careers.

Becoming a basketball superstar is one thing, and nobody is bigger than James after 15 prolific NBA seasons and three championships. Succeeding with the Lakers is something different, according to many of the men who have worn this gold jersey.

Just ask Bryant, who won two Olympic gold medals as James’ teammate while spending his entire 20-year career with the Lakers.

“The NBA does better when the Lakers are at their highest potential,” Bryant, who retired in 2016, told Fox Sports Radio on Monday. “And for the city of LA, it’s important for us to have that star power.

Jerry (West) was here.

Elgin Baylor was here. Wilt was here. Magic was here.

Cap (Abdul-Jabbar) was here. Shaq, myself, and now let’s carry it forward again. You’ve got LeBron here now. It’s his turn now.

Hopefully he can — which

he will — take this franchise back to prominence.”

Given the Golden State Warriors’ addition of DeMarcus Cousins to what was already a ludicrously loaded roster, a championship seems logically out of reach for anybody else in the NBA. James already was aware of the upstate challenge he’ll face after losing three of the last four NBA Finals to the Warriors in Cleveland.

And with innumerable variables still to be settled before the regular season, it’s impossible to predict what James will be able to accomplish with a revamped Lakers roster.

But at least the worst half-decade in franchise history should become a bad memory for Lakers fans, who seethed through five irrelevant seasons highlighted mostly by Bryant’s retirement tour. The Lakers’ 35 victories last year were their best performance during five years without a postseason game for a team that had never missed the playoffs more than two seasons in a row.

After James announced his decision to join the Lakers on a four-year, $153.3 million deal Sunday, the Lakers’ jersey sales skyrocketed and prices spiked on the secondary ticket market. Fans gathered among the statues in Star Plaza outside Staples Center, tossing chalk into the air in a simulation of James’ famed gesture.

Los Angeles also made a flurry of complementary moves as Johnson attempted to assemble an immediate playoff contender on the wreckage of five playoff-free years.

Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee and Lance Stephenson are joining along

IN this file photo, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, right, and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James hug before the start of a game in Los Angeles. (AP)

IN this file photo, former NBA player Magic Johnson reacts as he talks with Eastern Conference’s LeBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, during the first half of the All-Star game in New Orleans. (AP) with James. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is staying, along with — for now — the young core of Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart.

Julius Randle, Isaiah Thomas and several others are out. The Lakers will build around James, and they’ll continue to attempt to land Kawhi Leonard or another superstar to team up with him over the next year.

With Randle’s departure, the Lakers will have no

Warriors add a 5th All-Star in centre DeMarcus Cousins

By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — As he has long desired, DeMarcus Cousins will finally get a chance to play for a winner once he’s healthy from a torn left Achilles tendon.

When Boogie returns to the court this season, the volatile big man will give the Golden State Warriors five 2018 All-Stars in their starting lineup to chase another title — with Cousins trying for his first after never appearing in the playoffs.

The centre, who has had his problems with technical fouls, will sign with the two-time defending champions after the moratorium period is lifted Friday, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract is yet to be completed.

Cousins is set to join a starting lineup of two-time MVP Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, who is fresh off his second straight NBA Finals MVP, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

“The 3rd splash Brother,” Curry posted on Twitter with a series of happy crying emojis. “Let’s go @ boogiecousins.”

Cousins’ Pelicans lost to the Warriors in a fivegame Western Conference semi-finals while Cousins was injured. The 27-yearold Cousins played in New Orleans for coach Alvin Gentry, a top assistant for Steve Kerr when the Golden State won the 2015 championship — the franchise’s first title in 40 years — and still a close friend and confidant of Golden State’s head coach.

Cousins tore his Achilles in late January and

players left on their roster who played with Bryant in his final game in 2016. The Lakers are steaming toward a new future, with little tying them to the lamentable recent past.

But with the signing of a free-agent superstar, the Lakers already have followed through on the most important part of the plan set forth 16 months ago by Magic Johnson when he took over the club’s basketball operations. Although he spent his entire career

IN this file photo, Cavaliers forward LeBron James, left, shoots as Lakers guard Lonzo Ball defends.

(AP Photo/Mark J Terrill) with LA, Magic knows the magnitude of the Lakers’ lure.

Chamberlain made this move in 1968, with the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player requesting a trade from Philadelphia to join Baylor and West.

Abdul-Jabbar did it in 1975 after requesting a trade from Milwaukee to a cosmopolitan city, and he went on to become the NBA’s career scoring leader during 14 seasons with the Lakers.

O’Neal went west as a free agent in 1996, embracing the advantages of living in Hollywood while

moonlighting as an actor and rapper.

James is arguably bigger than them all, a multimedia star with a legitimate entertainment production company already churning out content for the likes of NBC, the History Channel and Starz.

When James suits up for the season opener, six of the top eight scorers in NBA history will be Lakers.

“This is a special place,” Johnson said recently. “We know what’s special about this franchise.

“The people we choose to come here are going to know that, too.”

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IN this file photo, New Orleans Pelicans centre DeMarcus Cousins (0) shoots a free throw in the first half of a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Cousins will be ready to play at some point this season. And when he is, the two-time defending NBA champions will be waiting. Adding a fifth All-Star to their already glitzy lineup, the Golden State Warriors have come to terms with Cousins on a one-year, $5.3 million deal - not the biggest money move on Day 2 of the NBA Free Agency period, but the most intriguing.

(AP Photo/Brandon Dill) underwent surgery. He has posted regular updates on social media with the hash tags “The Resurgence” and “0 Doubt.”

“I been grinding since a youngin in the trenches this ain’t nothing new to me,” he wrote last month on Twitter .

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Warriors would be the first team since Boston in 1975-76 to play five All-Stars from the previous season at the same time. That group was Jo Jo White, Charlie Scott, Dave Cowens, Paul Silas and John Havlicek.

Durant has again agreed to a two-year deal with a player option to sign a more a lucrative contract next summer, which also provides the Warriors financial flexibility as general manager Bob Myers builds the roster to go after another title. Golden State will play its final season at Oracle Arena in Oakland before a

move to new Chase Center in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighbourhood.

The Warriors lost centre JaVale McGee on Sunday to the Lakers, who landed LeBron James with a $153.3 million, four-year contract as the NBA’s free agency period began.

Green, for one, is a huge fan of Cousins.

“He’s incredible. He can score the ball,” Green said in January 2017 at Sacramento when Cousins was still with the Kings.

“I think DeMarcus is the best centre in the game. A lot of times people don’t give him that credit. A part of it is they try to downplay his status because of his reputation or getting technical fouls or things like that. He is the best big man in the game hands down. It’s always interesting to watch, interesting to play against, interesting to play with, because he’s so incredibly talented.”

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Kvitova out, Muguruza and Halep through at Wimbledon

By SAM JOHNSTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two-time champion Petra Kvitova made a stunning first-round exit from Wimbledon yesterday as she lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 to unseeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.

The eighth-seeded Kvitova entered the tournament as one of the favourites despite having withdrawn ahead of the third round at Eastbourne last week with a right hamstring complaint.

However, that didn’t appear to be affecting her as she rallied to level the match by winning the second of two closely fought sets.

Despite the 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon champion being vastly more experienced than Sasnovich — who has never been beyond the third round at a Grand Slam — Kvitova was the one overcome by nerves in the deciding set.

“The nerves were there again,” Kvitova said. “I just tried to kind of fight with myself.”

As Kvitova faltered, the other major contenders on her side of the women’s draw advanced in style.

After losing just one set on her way to the Wimbledon title a year ago, Garbine Muguruza picked up exactly where she left off, beating

British wild card Naomi Broady 6-2, 7-5 yesterday.

The No. 3-seeded Muguruza saved the only break point she faced and could have ended the encounter more swiftly had she taken advantage of her own chances. “I’m pretty happy with my serve and controlling the emotions,” Muguruza said. “You know, to be back in a Grand Slam is always difficult, so I’m excited with the way I’m playing.”

The usual adulation afforded to the reigning champion fulfilling the honour of opening proceedings on Centre Court on Day 2 of the tournament was tempered by the nationality of Muguruza’s opponent. Muguruza was shown respect but the British crowd backed Broady.

However, the 2016 French Open champion quickly dispelled any thoughts of an upset by breaking Broady’s opening service game, and did it again to take the first set 6-2.

Broady saved six break points in the second set before succumbing to Muguruza’s constant pressure in the 12th game.

Muguruza had no complaints.

“I found the crowd very fair, with both of us,” she said.

The Spaniard failed to build upon her dominant display at last

Her next opponent will be unseeded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck.

The top-seeded Halep, playing her first match since winning the French Open, recorded a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 win over Japan’s Kurumi Nara.

Johanna Konta, who knocked out Halep on the way to the semifinals a year ago, made it through to the second round by defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva of Russia 7-5, 7-6 (7).

Australian trio Daria Gavrilova, Ashleigh Barty, and Samantha Stosur all advanced with straightforward wins.

The 26th-seeded Gavrilova cruised past US lucky loser Caroline Dolehide 6-2, 6-3. She will face Stosur in the next round, after the 2011 US Open champion defeated Shuai Peng of China 6-4, 7-5.

Meanwhile, the 17th-seeded Barty defeated Swiss opponent Stefanie Voegele 7-5, 6-3 to claim her first main-draw singles victory at the All England Club. She will next face British wild card Gabriella Taylor or 2014 runner-up Eugenie Bouchard.

There were also surprise defeats on the men’s side of the draw as both David Goffin and Dominic Thiem lost.

GARBINE Muguruza of Spain celebrates winning her singles match against Britain’s Naomi Broady on the second day at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships yesterday.

(AP Photo/Ben Curtis) year’s Wimbledon as she exited the US Open in the second round and this year’s Australian Open in the fourth.

However, her best tennis — and both of her Grand Slam titles — have come during the European summer, and a run to the French Open semi-finals last month suggests that may be the case once more.

Only an inspired performance from eventual champion Simona Halep knocked her out at Roland Garros, and with grass being better suited to Muguruza, she is a major contender at Wimbledon.

“The fact that it’s different surfaces, it helps,” Muguruza said.

The 51st-ranked Matthew Ebden upset 10th-seeded Goffin of Belgium 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, before seventh-seeded Thiem retired hurt with his opponent, Marcos Baghdatis, leading 6-4, 7-5, 2-0.

Two-time champion Rafael Nadal moved into the second round with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dudi Sela of Israel.

The second-seeded Nadal hadn’t played a match since claiming his 11th French Open title last month, but showed little sign of rust as he cruised to victory against Sela.

Juan Martin del Potro improved to 9-0 in the first round of Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over Peter Gojowczyk of Germany.

The fifth-seeded Argentine will next face Feliciano Lopez, who broke Roger Federer’s record by appearing in a 66th consecutive Grand Slam singles tournament as he defeated Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev was also through after defeating James Duckworth of Australia 7-5, 6-2, 6-0.

Nick Kyrgios got a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.

Jack Sock lost to 81st-ranked Matteo Berrettini of Italy 6-7 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.

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FIBA: Team Bahamas tops Dominican Republic 83-82 TEAM Bahamas, reduced to just nine players, delivered their best performance and the team’s only win of the FIBA 2019 World Cup Qualifiers.

Buddy Hield and Travis Munnings led five players in double figures with

19 points apiece and the Bahamas escaped with an 83-82 win over the Dominican Republic to close out the third window in Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, on Monday night.

The Sacramento Kings guard shot 6-14 from the

field and grabbed eight rebounds. Munnings scored his 19 on 6-12 shooting

and also grabbed eight rebounds. Michael Carey finished with 15 points and

a team-high seven assists, Shaquille Cleare scored 11, Kadeem Coleby added nine

and Kino Burrows chipped in with six points and a team-high 10 rebounds.

Victor Liz led Puerto Rico with a game-high 23 points and Luis Montero scored 12.

ON THE REPLAY: The Bahamas men’s national basketball team (top) earned an 83-82 win over the Dominican Republic to close out the third window of the FIBA 2019 World Cup Qualifiers.