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Team Bahamas defeat Panama in consolation round of World Junior Tennis Girls 14s NCAC Pre-Qualifier

TEAM Bahamas was successful in the consolation round yesterday at the World Junior Tennis (WJT) Girls 14s North, Central American and Caribbean Pre-Qualifying Tournament. They defeated Panama 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 win from No.1 Sierra Rodgers and 6-2,

City bowling: Brown and Hoyte are the MVPS

THE most valuable player (MVP) in the City Bowling League competition Monday night was Mario Brown of the Tenback Strikers-Lee’s Motor Works with a 222-second high game and a 639 high three-game series. The runner-up was Alcondo Hepburn with a 24

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Rashad Fenton gives Super Bowl a dash of Bahamian flavour

WHETHER you’re a fan or not, Bahamians will have some local flavour to pull for the Kansas City Chiefs during the National Football League’s 2020 Super Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, February 2. On Sunday, the Chiefs pulled off a 35-24 v

NPBA: Giants rout Rebels 99-56, Eagles Nest nip the Pirates 88-87

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants continued their winning streak as they highlighted the New Providence Basketball Association’s doubleheader at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night. In the feature game, the Giants routed the Patmor Rebels 99-56 to

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ITF World Juniors: Bahamas fall to Dominican Republic

The Bahamas’ three-member team’s bid to get a high ranking in the International Tennis Federation’s World Junior Tennis Tournament was thwarted after losing to the host Dominican Republic.In the first round of the girls’ main draw play in the North/C

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Macedonia Baptist Church's Family Fun Walk Race a success

REV Foster Knowles, making a surprise visit before he came to preach on Sunday, won the men’s overall title, while fitness personality Jackie Adderley emerged as the female winner of Macedonia Baptist Church’s Family Fun Walk Race. The event was hel

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Ayton posts fourth straight double double

PHOENIX (AP) — Bryn Forbes lived a shooter’s dream during the first half on Monday night, making seven 3-pointers as the San Antonio Spurs built a big early lead.

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Team Bahamas in the spotlight at World Juniors

TEAM Bahamas stood at 1-1 at the World Junior competition in Santo Domingo after the first two days of competition over the weekend. The team, coached by Marion Bain, comprised of Sierra Rodgers, BreAnn Ferguson and Sapphire Ferguson. The Bahamas o

U Sports Basketball: Bahamian players shine in Canada colleges

THE Dalhousie Tigers fell one spot in the U Sports Men’s Basketball ranking after their first loss of the season, but rebounded with a pair of wins to highlight weekend play from Bahamians in the top level of Canadian college basketball. Shemarr Bur

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NPWBA jumps into full gear

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association is now in full gear at the DW Davis Gymnasium and president Devon ‘Dee’ Johnson is anticipating a great season.With a total of five teams competing this year, Johnson said since they began a week ago,

NCAA Swim: Multiple wins for Higgs and Bastian

ALBURY Higgs and Izaak Bastian had multiple wins in their latest NCAA Division I meets as programmes prepare for their respective conference championships next month. Higgs helped her South Carolina Gamecocks to a 197-103 win over the Georgia Tech Y

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Hield scores 20 against the Heat in overtime loss

MIAMI (AP) — Kendrick Nunn scored 25 points, James Johnson added 22 on 9-for-11 shooting and the Miami Heat improved their NBA-best home record to 19-1 by beating the Sacramento Kings 118-113 in overtime yesterday.Goran Dragic scored 18 and Bam Adeba

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Coleby signs deal to join the top league in Italy

DWIGHT Coleby is on the move again after he signed a deal to join the top league in Italy for the remainder of the season. Coleby joined Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari of Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A. The club is currently the European Cup Champion

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Boothe makes history with Marathon Bahamas victory

A testament to his consistency and longevity in the sport, Delroy Boothe returned as the overall winner of Marathon Bahamas in 2020, a decade after his first win at the event.

Radshad has record setting night, reaches 1,000 career points

IT was a record-setting night of career milestones for Radshad Davis in his final season with the Texas-Arlington Mavericks men’s basketball programme.Davis posted his second double double of the year with a season-high 19 points, a career high 14 re