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Sailing: 16-member team to represent Bahamas

A 16-member team will represent the Bahamas as the island nation prepares to host one of the most prestigious junior regattas in the world. The Nassau Yacht Club and Bahamas National Sailing School will host the 2019 Optimist North American Champion

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Sparks knock Jones and Sun out of WNBA top spot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Riquna Williams scored 21 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat Connecticut 84-72 yesterday, knocking the Sun out of the top spot in the WNBA standings.

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Armbrister wins the doubles title, Clarke falls short

IT wasn't what Sydney Clarke, nursing a thumb injury, anticipated after she fell short of winning another title in the finals of both singles and doubles at the International Tennis Federation's Trinidad Summer Bowl.

'Last chance meet' to qualify for IAAF Worlds

With none of the Bahamas’ relay teams officially qualified to compete and a few athletes still on the bubble for the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s World Championships, Demaris Cash has once again decided to stage a Last Chance Meet.Orga

Bowling teams all set for the big lanes

OVER the next few weeks, bowling will be in the spotlight for the Bahamas with the island nation preparing for three teams to compete internationally. The first team, according to federation public relations officer Clayton Gardiner, begins their ‘a

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Swimmers making presence felt at FINA World Juniors

THE Bahamas’ three-member team of Izaak Bastian, Davante Carey and Lamar Taylor continue to make their presence felt at the 7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.Taylor, the Grand Bahamian native, got an opportunity yester

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Clarke has double dose of victory, Armbrister wins

SYDNEY Clarke had a double dose of victory yesterday as she survived in the women’s singles and doubles, while Donte Armbrister made it in the men’s doubles at the International Tennis Federation’s Trinidad Summer Bowl. In the women’s singles semi-f

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Miller-Uibo ‘training’ for the 200m final in Zurich

With her performance in the Muller Grand Prix, Shaunae Miller-Uibo is heading to Zurich, Switzerland, next week for a hat trick as the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League 200 metre champion.

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Clarke advances to quarter-finals, Armbrister ousted

OUR top-ranked junior tennis players Sydney Clarke and Donte Armbrister had mixed results yesterday at the International Tennis Federation’s Trinidad Summer Bowl in Trinidad & Tobago.

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Grab the flag: Bahamas Flag Football Youth League to kick off 4th season this Saturday

ON Saturday, the Bahamas Flag Football League will commence its 4th season of youth flag football at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, using the exterior fields.

THE PRESS BOX: News from ‘Lakerland’ – No ‘Boogie’ wonderland in LA

LAKERS centre DeMarcus Cousins’ ACL tear, and its aftermath, is coming into focus in Los Angeles.

Fidelity Bulldogs get wins over BAF Stars in the Banker's League best-of-7 softball championship

THE Banker’s League’s best-of-7 softball championship series came to a close on Saturday in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex with the Fidelity Bulldogs winning both softball games over the BAF Stars. It was a very competitive

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Rutherford prepares to secure Div. one Athletic scholarship

WITH this being his final year in high school at Providence Academy in Arkansas, JP Rutherford has decided to concentrate solely on track and field as he prepares to secure a division one athletic scholarship. Rutherford, at 6-feet, 3-inches, was al

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Swimmers make splash at FINA World Juniors

Florida State’s Izaak Bastian led the Bahamas’ three-member team yesterday at the 7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, by advancing to the semi-final of the men’s 100m breaststroke. Swimming out of the

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Former NFL wide receiver no stranger to Bahamas

FORMER National Football League wide receiver Kelvin Edwards is a regular visitor to the Bahamas. But he was even more thrilled to have been in town to watch the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder games last week.Edwards, drafted by th