2025 CARIFTA GAMES: Team Bahamas climbs to 23 medals after day two
After the boys' under-20 4 x 100 metre relay team got disqualified in the prelminiaries, the under-17 boys' came back and electrified the crowd in the final with the gold medal, while the under-17 and under-20 girls both came through with silver medals at the 2025 CARIFTA Games on Sunday night.
Team Bahamas builds momentum at CARIFTA Aquatics with multiple gold medals
Team Bahamas continues to make waves at the 2025 CARIFTA Aquatic Championships, racking up a total of 6 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze medals as of Sunday morning.
McKinney, Mackey medal as Team Bahamas pushes CARIFTA Games medal count to 13
Port-of-Spain: Team captain Annae Mackey surpassed the Bahamas junior national record and just missed inking her name on the CARIFTA games record in the women' Under-20 shot put with the silver medal during the morning session of day two of the three-day competition.
CARIFTA 2025: The Bahamas in close medal race with Jamaica after day one
Port-of-Spain: The Bahamas just missed tying with arch-rivals Jamaica for the most gold medals of the competition on day one of the 2025 CARIFTA Games in Trinidad & Tobago.
CARIFTA 2025: Bahamas strikes gold in javelin, sprinters advance
While there were mixed results on the track, the field was sizzling during the morning session of the first day of the 2025 CARIFTA Games with The Bahamas earning a pair of gold and silver in the under-17 boys and the under-20 girls javelin.
Swimming and track teams collaborate to open the 2025 CARIFTA Games
The 2025 CARIFTA Games officially opened today with collaboration from both swimming and track and field teams for the first time.
“Time to compete”: Archer rallies Team Bahamas ahead of Carifta opener
Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' president Drumeco Archer sent out a stern message today to the 78-member team representing The Bahamas at the 2025 CARIFTA Games in Trinidad & Tobago.
CARIFTA 2025: Team Bahamas athletes settle in ahead of action
Team Bahamas' full contingent of swimmers and track and field athletes have arrived in Trinidad & Tobago and are settling in at their respective Games Villages in preparation for the 2025 CARIFTA Games.
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The principals behind a group taking over February Point’s management yesterday said their ambition is to make it “the crown jewel of Exuma that it deserves to be”.
Ex-minister: Gov’t ‘flouted law’ over SpaceX’s EIA
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Planning battle erupts over Village Road office complex
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Tourism faces ‘very foggy crystal ball’
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Consumer watchdog solves one in four Q1 complaints
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Police still have no ID on body found in burnt car
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Cooper warns illegal jet ski operators, don’t ‘bite the hand that feeds you’
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‘Conflict of interest for Glover-Rolle to head Public Service and Labour’
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Police-involved killing of GB man ruled justifiable
A JURY returned a verdict of justifiable homicide yesterday in the 2021 police-involved shooting of Drexton Dominique Belony in Hunters, Grand Bahama.
