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ONE World Sports to Air CARIFTA Games This Weekend

By: Mar. 25, 2016
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ONE World Sports, America's Network for Global Sports, announced today the premiere of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games, a three-day TRACK AND FIELD event featuring world-class, aspiring juniors in the Caribbean.

Live coverage of the CARIFTA Games begins Saturday, March 26, from 2:30-7:20 PM ET and continues Sunday, March 27, from 3:30-8:45 PM ET and concludes on Monday, March 28, from 3:30-7:45 PM ET.

The CARIFTA Games were first held in 1972 and consists of TRACK AND FIELD events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track events, jumping and throwing events and relays. The Games feature two categories of participants - under 17 and under 20 - and is considered one of the best development meets in world athletics. Many of the competitors have advanced to higher competition including World Record holders Usain Bolt, Darrel Brown and World Olympic Champions Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, Kim Collins of St. Kitts-Nevis and Pauline Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas, Alleyne Francique of Grenada and Obadele Thompson of Barbados.

The CARIFTA Games are the first TRACK AND FIELD event broadcast on ONE World Sports.

About ONE World Sports
ONE World Sports is America's Network for Global Sports, producing best-in-class, captivating live sports content from around the world. With multi-platform capabilities and superior production quality, ONE World Sports is one of the fastest growing independent sports networks available throughout the United States. Currently available to more than 30 million homes nationally on cable, telco and satellite, ONE World Sports delivers live and exclusive coverage of some of America's most popular sports played professionally outside the USA basketball, baseball, golf and ice hockey plus sporting events with the largest global followings, including soccer and cricket. ONE World Sports is distributed through Verizon Fios, go90, DISH Network, Charter Communications, Sony Playstation Vue, Cablevision's Optimum TV, Mediacom Communications, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, RCN and a growing number of systems through the NCTC. In addition, the network's mobile app, Watch ONE World Sports, features a live stream of the network for authenticated subscribers and on-demand content for all users. More information on ONE World Sports and its availability in particular markets can be found at http://www.oneworldsports.com or consumers can call their television distributor. Watch ONE World Sports is available in the Apple and the Google Play stores.



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