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Women's national softball team blanks Israel 10-0

THE Bahamas women’s national team went on a scoring rampage as they blanked Israel in their opening game of the XII Junior World’s Softball World Championships in Clearwater, Florida.The team, managed by Stephen ‘Bishop’ Beneby, pulled off a 10-0 win

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THE PRESS BOX: Up close and personalin the NFL's AFC South

NFL Kick Off Sunday 2017 draws even nearer and, as promised, over the coming weeks I will preview each division in the NFL. As your favourite teams head into training camp, we will bring you up close to the action with the hottest camp battles for s

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Bahamas set to face guadeloupe in FIVB world qualifier

WITH a more youthful team this time around, head coach Jason Saunders said he’s still confident that the Bahamas will perform very well at the FIVB World Championship Qualifier Round 2 and Caribbean Volleyball Championship.Saunders, assisted by Marga

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Bringing home bronze: Martin Holland shines in long jump

THE Bahamas returned from the XIX Pan American Under-20 Track and Field Championships in Trujillo, Peru, with just one medal over the weekend.

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Mixed relay gold: Bahamas victorious in 4x200m

Denvaughn Whymns was so disappointed in himself with his two individual bronze-medal performances that he was more than determined to get the gold for the Bahamas’ mixed 4 x 200 metre relay team.

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India and Scotland take home tennis titles

ZEEL Desai and Hamish Stewart captured the women and men singles titles for India and Scotland respectively as the tennis competition at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games came to a close at the National Tennis Centre yesterday.Desai, the top seeded

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Bahamas women 7th overall, men 11th and 12th in tennis

THEY may not have achieved their desired results in the final standings, but the Bahamas was able to end the beach volleyball competition with a pair of wins at the Commonwealth Youth Games.The women’s team finished seventh overall while the pair of

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Bahamas strikes for the bronze in men's beach soccer

WITH regulation time on the brink of expiration and the bronze medal on the line, Bahamas team captain Phieron Wilson provided the dramatic finish to secure a place in history for the men’s beach soccer side at the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games.Chadwi

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England captures seven boxing finals

IN a dominating performance, England captured all seven boxing finals they competed in yesterday at the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.As the competition came to a close, England secured five men and two women titles in

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JONQUEL JONES STEALS SHOW IN ALL-STAR GAME

AMONG the shining stars of the WNBA, Jonquel Jones solidified herself as one of the top talents in the league by stealing the show at the 2017 All-Star Game.The Connecticut Sun forward finished with 24 points (three three-pointers), nine rebounds and

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In its best showing ever, Bahamas 9th in swimming

ENGLAND and the Republic of South Africa finished with eight gold medals each to top the charts as swimming came to a close in the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex on Saturday night.

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‘Positive reviews after very successful games’

After six days of intense competition, Local Organising Committee chairman Romell Knowles was happy that the 6th Commonwealth Youth Games turned out to be the best ever.

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Three more medals take Bahamas total to 10

TEAM Bahamas picked up three more bronze medals on Saturday - two from Denvaughn Whymns and Shaun Miller Jr in athletics, and one from the beach soccer boys.

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Bronze medals for Bastian and Whymns

IZAAK Bastian collected his second medal – a bronze – for swimming’s third and Denvaughn Whymns claimed another bronze in athletics on Friday as the Bahamas continued their impressive showing in the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games.

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Bastian, Higgs shine in 50m breast

While lightning forced a delay in the start of the swimming competition yesterday at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, the weather conditions didn’t prevent national record breaker Lilly Higgs and Izaak Bastian from ascending the podium with Team Bahamas’ first two medals in swimming.