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STARS College Soccer Showcase starts next Thursday

THE Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s Student-Athlete Resources and Support (STARS) programme will continue its mission of creating opportunities for local student athletes to showcase their skills on the soccer pitch. The second annua

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High jumper Jamal Wilson qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

COACH Ronald Cartwright feels that based on their offseason training, high jumper Jamal Wilson is on track for turning in a credible performance this year. In his first international meet in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on Tuesday, Wilson soared to a

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Team Bahamas set for inaugural Interscholastic Equestrian Invitational in Georgia on Saturday

EQUESTRIAN Bahamas is all set to record another historic milestone in Bahamian sport when it fields its first team to an international event this weekend. Peyton Wong, Elle O’Brien, Mila Sands, Maya Tilberg and Nicholas Astwood are expected to compe

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Ankle injury forces Ayton to withdraw from Rising Stars on All-Star weekend

A NAGGING ankle injury will keep Deandre Ayton sidelined during NBA All-Star weekend and forced his withdrawal from the 2020 NBA Rising Stars Game. The Phoenix Suns centre will be replaced by Nicolo Melli of the New Orleans Pelicans in the game, to

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Men's national basketball team 'one of the best' assembled

WHEN the Bahamas Basketball Federation heads to Mexico this weekend to play in the first leg of the home-and-away series in the FIBA Americup 2021 Qualifiers, president Mario Bowleg feels they will have one of the best all-around teams ever assembled

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QC boys, SAC girls are basketball champions

Both titles in the BAISS Senior divisions were decided by two-game sweeps as the SAC Big Red Machine won the Senior Girls while the Queen’s College Comets won Senior Boys at Loyola Hall last night.

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Bahamas blanked by Guatemala in Junior Fed Cup Pre-Qualifier

THE Bahamas was blanked by Guatemala yesterday as they continued play in the 2020 North/Central America and Caribbean Junior Fed Cup Pre-Qualifying tournament in El Salvador.

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Greene and J Addison win OSBA Challenge Series

PAUL Greene led his J Addison Prep basketball programme to another in-season tournament title in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association.

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Saints, Falcons stave off elimination

BOTH junior divisions will go to third and deciding games in the BAISS basketball championship series as the Kingsway Academy Saints and Jordan Prince Williams Falcons staved off elimination against the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine.

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Rattlers strike first

The CI Gibson Rattlers showed why they have the two top ranked teams in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association as they rallied from behind to take a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three basketball championship series at the Loyola Hall on Gladstone Road last night.

Ansel Ferguson, Driskell Rolle are city bowling MVPs

THE most valuable player in the City Bowling League competition Monday night was Ansel Ferguson of Carib Construction with a 224-second high game and a 630 high three-game series.

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Temple Christian Suns bring championship title to Nassau

THE Temple Christian Suns advanced to both the boys and girls finals, but only managed to come back from Grand Bahama with one of the championship trophies in the HOYTES Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee/Cecil Thompson Primary School Basketball Tournament.

Ozzie ‘The Insider’ Simmons’ high school basketball top 10 rankings

GRAND Bahamian Ozzie ‘The Insider’ Simmons has released his Top 10 rankings as the action heats up in high school basketball throughout the country.

NPBA: Specialists stop Rebels 93-85, Eagles Nest get 96-89 win over Elites

THE Uptown Cuts Specialists and the Leno Eagles Nest prevailed in the New Providence Basketball Association double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

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Theo Knowles and the Saints win title in Texas state league

THEO Knowles, making the transition from playing in the Bahamas to the United States of America, helped the Faith Christian Academy Saints win their first senior boys Texas state league basketball championship title over the weekend. “We started off