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Bodybuilders earn pro cards

Veteran Lorraine LaFleur and Jimmy Norius, along with Angelika Wallace-Whitfield, Tanya Moxey-Cleare and Enderich Rahming were the latest Bahamian bodybuilders to earn their professional cards in two different competitions over the last few months.

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Sir Durward: ‘I left the world a better place than I found it’

SPORTING icon Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles, in his obituary, as he was laid to rest following his funeral service at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, penned the following words: “I can honestly say, I have lived a full life and I left the world a better place than I found it.”

High school basketball nationals all set

THE best high school basketball players in the island nation are set to showcase their skills at the third edition of the National High School Basketball Championships.

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Nashad named to All-Conference second team

IN his first season of NCAA Division II basketball, Bahamian college basketball star Nashad Mackey produced a number of career milestones and postseason awards.

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Mayaguana Police get together for fun run/walk race

IN collaboration with the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s 178th anniversary, the Mayaguana Police held their fun run/walk race simultaneously on Saturday morning.

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THE PRESS BOX: Cowboys’ wide receiving corps ‘desperately needs a facelift’

IN 2017, the Cowboys lacked any real speed on the outside offensively.

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Charlton lowers her national record in the 60m hurdles

Just as she started on Friday at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, Great Britain, Devynne Charlton finished the IAAF World Indoor Championships on Saturday running the final of the women’s 60 metres hurdles in lane eight.

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'Overall, I thought the tournament was really good'

KERRIE Cartwright was looking for better results as she started a tour in Heraklion, Greece, at the 12th Lyttos Beach International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Circuit over the weekend, but she admitted that she will take it.The island nation’s only Wo

Federation names 36-member CARIFTA swim team

THE Bahamas Swimming Federation has released the names of a 36-member team that will head to Kingston, Jamaica at the end of the month to defend the title at the 2018 CARIFTA Games. Three teams were also named for the water polo competition that will

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MLB: Bahamian players enter season highly ranked

WITH Major League Baseball spring training underway and franchises preparing their farm systems in the minors, several Bahamian players will enter the season highly ranked by their respective franchises.Jazz Chisholm is the highest ranked of any Baha

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Knights win senior track and field title

THE CR Walker Knights pulled off another Government Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships title at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Friday.The Knights, who joined the AF Adderley Fighting Tigers, who won the junior divisional crown

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Ayton and Wildcats claim PAC 12 titlewith 66-54 victory over Golden Bears

A tumultuous week that featured the Arizona men’s basketball programme in the headlines for all the wrong reasons saw a complete turnaround this weekend as the team claimed the conference title and DeAndre Ayton was named to the shortlist for college

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Devynne Charlton win hurdles heat

DEVYNNE Charlton, not perturbed by running out of lane eight, powered to victory in a season's best of 7.95 seconds in her heat of the women's 60 metres on day two of the IAAF World Indoor Championships, to advance to the semifinal with the third fastest qualifying time.

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International soccer player ban ‘a travesty’

JARED Higgs’ lawyer Vincent Wallace-Whitfield called it a “travesty of justice where due process was not followed” in trying to determine how his client could be banned for four years from the Bahamas Football Association when he was never tested for any banned substances.

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Cartwright advances to quarter-final in 12th Lyttos Beach ITF Pro Circuit

KERRIE Cartwright, playing in the first of three International Tennis Federation women’s circuit tournaments in Greece, has advanced to the quarter-final of singles in the 12th Lyttos Beach ITF Pro Circuit. However, she was a little disappointed tha