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Judoka Xavion Johnson secures bronze

DESPITE still painful from the injury he sustained in competition in Europe a month ago, Xavion Johnson was still able to secure a bronze medal at the Pan-American Cup in Panama over the weekend.

Sports Calendar April 8

“Arise and Shine” is the theme for the Resurrection 10K run, 5K walk, bike and breakfast fellowship as they encourage persons to “push your limits, cross the finish for change.”

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Abaco Tennis Association holds classic

THE Abaco Tennis Association (ATA) held its Annual BD Global Tennis Classic on Saturday for the 12U and 14U Boys and Girls.

Hield, Williams making waves

They have been training and travelling partners since their amateur days and now Carl ‘King Flashy 242’ Hield and Rashield ‘Raw’ Williams are making waves together in the professional ranks.

Athletes qualify at the CARIFTA trials

JUNIOR athletes made their performances count when they needed them the most at the 2025 Splice and Connect/Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) CARIFTA Trials over the weekend at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

Charisma Taylor, Terrell McCoy among the top performers in USA meets

OLYMPIAN Charisma Taylor and high school sensation Terrell McCoy were among the top Bahamian performers during a series of meets in the United States of America over the weekend.

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Lenox Lockhart - 9-year-old ‘daredevil’

Most adults would not dare to set foot in the driver’s seat of a go-kart but, for nine-year-old Bahamian Lenox Lockhart, it is always a great feeling to be behind the steering wheel and an even better feeling to emerge as a winner.

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Windsor, Lyford Cay double up as BAISS soccer champions

THE Lyford Cay International School (LCIS) Dragons and Windsor School both joined their junior teams to double up as champions in the senior division of the 2025 Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Soccer Championships yesterday at the Roscow AL Davies Soccer Field.

BBF Nationals April 24-27

WHILE the senior men’s national basketball team is preparing to participate in its first FIBA AmeriCup Tournament in 30 years, the Bahamas Basketball Federation is gearing up for its National Basketball Tournament.

Devynne Charlton BTC ambassador

The women’s 60 metres hurdles world indoor record holder Devynne Charlton has inked a $30,000 endorsement contract with BTC to serve as the company’s brand ambassador.

Menzies and Roach take home triathlon titles

MALCOLM Menzies and Kami Roach repeated as the men and women champions of the 2025 Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon yesterday at Jaws Beach.

Olympian Lamar Taylor and relay team in the NCAA record books

BAHAMIAN Olympian Lamar Taylor closed out his collegiate swimming career at the University of Tennessee by inking his name on the Volunteers men’s 400m freestyle relay team at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Swimming Championships over the weekend.

‘Coach Yo’ and her lady rebels are eliminated

COACH Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Lady Rebels women’s basketball team’s run at the 2025 NCAA Division Women’s Basketball Tournament came to an end on Saturday.

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Thompson holidng her own at Columbia College

GRAND Bahamian Rachel Thompson, who embodies hard work, dedication and determination, continues to make her presence felt with the Columbia College women's tennis team.

Shortstop Sebastian Walcott heads to AA

As one of their top minor league prospects, Bahamian shortstop Sebastian Walcott said he was thrilled to go to the Texas Rangers’ Major League spring training camp at the Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona.