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NPWBA: Consolidated Water sponsors junior programme

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association (NPWBA) is the only remaining female league, formed out of the New Providence Basketball Association in 2003 when Mynez Cargill-Sherman spearheaded a breakaway when she found the women leagues lacked

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Royals, Lions take early leads in best-of-3 finals

Perennial title contenders in both Government Secondary School Sports Association junior divisions began their bids to repeat as champions.Both the DW Davis Royals and HO Nash Lions took early series leads as the best-of-three finals tipped off yeste

Grand Bahama basketball players of the year get their awards

GRAND Bahama Sports.com, in collaboration with GBSSAA coaches and officials, held its sixth annual awards ceremonies for the Players of the Year in basketball at Tabernacle Baptist Academy on Friday.Four players from the Falcons were named to the tea

Jiu-Jitsu academy to host five-time Super Heavyweight 'cyborg'

AFTER introducing the sport to the Bahamas in November, the Jiu-Jitsu Academy will get a big boost this weekend when they host five-time Super Heavyweight world champion Roberto ‘Cyborg’ Abreu.He is an ADCC Absolute champion, four-time No-Go world ch

31st 'Catch Me If You Can' Regatta in Montagu Bay this weekend

THE stage is set for the biggest local regatta to take place on New Providence as the 31st Catch Me If You Can St Valentine’s Day Massacre is staged in Montagu Bay this weekend.“I thank God for allowing me to see another year, 2018, to host the St Va

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THE PRESS BOX: Relax Cowboy Nation!

WITHOUT a doubt, Kellen Moore is one of those guys folks either really like or believe he’s overstayed his time in Dallas by a country mile. When this was in the wee stages of just a rumour circulating around social media, lots of folks voiced their

UB Mingoes set for first judo competition

THE University of the Bahamas will continue to spread the wings of its Mingoes’ Athletic Department on the collegiate scene in the United States this weekend when a five-member team will travel to Texas to compete in their first judo competition.The

BFA: Cavalier FC gets win over Eagles FC

THE Cavalier FC defeated the Eagles FC in an exciting match as the Bahamas Football Association continued its regular season in the Roscoe Davies Developmental Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Sunday.Behind a hat trick (three goals) fr

Fastest stage ever completed in Tour De Grand Bahama

ONE word describes Stage 3 of the GBCC 2018 Tour De Grand Bahama. It was Fast. It was a day that would go down in the history of the Tour De Grand Bahama as the fastest stage ever completed in the Tour. “I know I tend to exaggerate the speed of our c

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CAFL: Nassau jets win 3rd straight boil fish bowl title

MAKE that three consecutive Commonwealth American Football League “Bowl Fish Bowl” titles for the Nassau Jets.The Jets concluded a perfect season with a 32-6 win over the Orry J Sands Pros in the league’s championship game at the DW Davis Gymnasium o

Munnings has game high 26, career high 20 rebounds

AN historic night for Travis Munnings highlighted the weekend for Bahamian players in NCAA Division I basketball.Munnings posted a monster stat line with a game high 26 points and a career high 20 rebounds in his ULM Warhawks’ 66-64 win over Georgia

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Tamara Myers sets national indoor record in triple jump

While Tamara Myers got another Bahamian national record, Devynne Charlton and Pedrya Seymour, the country’s two premier female hurdlers, turned in almost identical times for second in two separate races and twin brothers Latario and Lathone Collie ma

BAISS annual track & field championships on this week as planned

THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) annual track and field championships will go on as planned this week, but organisers have decided to stage the first two days of competition on Wednesday and Thursday in the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium before moving to the TAR National Stadium for the final day on Friday.

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Ken Mullings Day: University of the Bahamas honours most versatile athlete

It was the Ken Mullings Day yesterday at the University of the Bahamas as they honoured their most versatile athlete for breaking the Bahamas men’s heptathlon national indoor record as a member of the Mingoes’ track and field team.

Farrington honing his skills as international tennis coach

JOHN Farrington has succeeded as a player and captain of the Bahamas Davis Cup team. Now he’s honing his skills as an international coach.