Local Sports

Subscribe

Tease photo

‘Golden girl’ Shaunae has eyes on World Outdoors

COMING off her World Indoor Championship gold medal performance a couple weeks ago, there’s one more major title Shaunae Miller-Uibo wants to add to her résumé and that is the World Outdoor Championship crown.

Tease photo

Athletes get set for CARIFTA trials starting Friday

IN anticipation of the finals trials this weekend and subsequently the CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend, the top sprinters eligible for Team Bahamas got a chance to go through a block start session.

Unfinished business: NPBA to resume postseason play at AF Adderley Thursday

WITH some unfinished business from the 2019/20 season that was interrupted because of COVID-19, the New Providence Basketball Association is scheduled to resume its postseason play starting on Thursday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Small Schools Athletic Association basketball postseason underway

THE Bahamas Small Schools Athletic Association is now into its basketball postseason at the Michael “Scooter” Reid Sporting Complex at the Hope Center.

Tease photo

Flowers: ‘What an amazing person Anita Doherty was’

LONG before she made her mark in the sporting community in New Providence and Grand Bahama, businessman Craig Flowers said he got a first hand view of the late Anita Doherty’s sporting prowess and administrator skills in Liberia.

Tease photo

Peyton Wong ranks 6th in High Point Rider standings

UNIVERSITY of Tampa Equestrian Peyton Wong ended her competition season ranked 6th overall in the 2022 High Point Rider standings for Zone V Region 5 of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA).

Tease photo

National high school golf champions are crowned

After a rain delay on Friday, the Bahamas Golf Federation finally got a chance to complete its National High School Golf Championships yesterday at the BGF’s Driving Range.

In NBA’s G-League, Kai Jones has career high 30 points

KAI Jones continues to put up dominant numbers in the G-League with the Charlotte Hornets affiliate Greensboro Swarm.

Sammy Hunter enters transfer portal

AFTER three years with the Ole Miss Rebels, Sammy Hunter has entered his name into the transfer portal and search for a new programme to continue his athletic and academic career.

Tease photo

Queen’s Baton Relay makes a stop in Bahamas from April 2-4

IMMEDIATELY following the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Bahamas is set to receive another Royal visit.

Tease photo

Legendary sporting icon Anita Doherty was ‘mother to all’

THERE are so many words to describe the late legendary sporting icon Anita Doherty, but her mentor Wayne Smith aptly noted that she was a “mother to all” she came in contact with.

Tease photo

Swift Athletics track club joins in worship at Holy Spirit

IN their continued effort to give God thanks before and during the track and field season, the Swift Athletics Track Club returned to church where they worshipped at Holy Spirit on Sunday.

Rangers’ Bannister assigned to spring training

ZION Bannister continues his progression within the Texas Rangers organisation and was called up to the club’s main roster for Spring Training.

Tease photo

Shaunae Miller-Uibo Fun Run/Walk, Souse Out & Wellness Day ‘a blessing’

HAVING ascended to the top of the world as a two-time Olympic and now World Indoor Championship women’s 400 metre champion, Shaunae Miller- Uibo said it was important for her to come back home and give back to the community where she got her career started.

Tease photo

Strachan dips under 11 seconds in 100 metres

Coming off her semifinal appearance in her initial World Indoor Championships on March 18 in Belgrade, Serbia, Anthonique Strachan powered her way through with a vintage outdoor debut at the Wolmer Speedfest in Kingston, Jamaica.