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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

Athletes burn up the track and field overseas

SPRINTER Samson Colebrook, jumper Laquan Nairn and quarter-milers Doneisha Anderson and Cameron Parker were among the list of Bahamians who performed exceptionally well in their various collegiate track and field meets around the United States over t

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Rattlers stop Mystic Marlins, stay undefeated

IN a matchup of unbeaten teams, the CI Gibson Rattlers staked an early claim as the GSSSA senior boys team to beat in a possible championship preview.The Rattlers used a three-point barrage in the fourth quarter to pull away and hand the Mystic Marli

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NPBA: High Flyers and rockets in win column

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action over the weekend with a series of games played at the AF Adderley Gymnasium. Here’s a summary of the games played: Flyers 84, Shockers 69 Dale Davis pumped in a double-do

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Ayton shines as Suns pound Knicks 121-98

NEW YORK (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 26 points and a career-high 21 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns pounded the New York Knicks 121-98 last night.

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Minister aims to bring unity in sports

The year 2020 has already brought some historic moments to the Bahamas with the opening of the new North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) office at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.But according to Minister of Youth, Sports and