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COUNTDOWN TO BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP: Ecuador

Group A: with Bahamas (48), Senegal (17) and Switzerland (6).

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Richard Sherman on the move? 6 destinations that make sense

AS the long NFL offseason lingers on, here are a few stories to keep your eyes on as we draw closer to the NFL Draft.

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Buddy ties his career high 22

Nearly a week to the day when he set his career high, Buddy Hield equalled that mark last weekend as his efficient shooting continues for the Sacramento Kings.

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65-member CARIFTA team named

FOLLOWING its final trials over the weekend, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations has released a list of 65 athletes named to the team that will represent the Bahamas at the 2017 Carifta Games in Curacao over the Easter holiday weekend.

32-member team all set for the 3rd IAAF/ BTC World Relays

WHEN the third edition of the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2017 comes to the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium later this month, the Bahamas will assemble a 31-member team, focusing primarily on the men and women 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 metre relays.

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Athletes in spotlight at final trials

DEVINE Parker, Megan Moss, Denvaughn Whymns, Tavonte Mott, Shaun Miller and Bronson Rolle were among some of the outstanding performers at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ final trials for the CARIFTA Games over the weekend.

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Regulators v Cybots, High Flyers v Truckers in NPBA showdowns

THE much anticipated final matchups are all set and a thrilling series of semi-final deciding games have set the stage for the championships in the New Providence Basketball Association.

Cuckoos win Heineken Cup Bahamas for 2nd consecutive season

FOR the second consecutive season, Cuckoos RFC claimed the ultimate prize of the Bahamas Rugby Football Union - the Heineken Bahamas Cup.

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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: ‘Division-by-division breakdown’ of who will win it all in the MLB

WITH a swing and a drive to deep left field, back, back, back, gone - a homerun.

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Junior Fed Cup team 5th in El Salvador Tournament

THE Bahamas Junior Fed Cup team will return home from El Salvador with a fifth place finish in the 2017 North/Central American and Caribbean Under-16 Tournament.

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Tynia Gaither 2nd in 200m at Texas Relays

TYNIA Gaither, preparing for her trip to the inaugural Grenada Invitational this weekend, led a field of Bahamians at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a second place finish in the women’s 200 metres.

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Davis Cup team ‘hoping for big things’

After losing the first round tie to Venezuela last month, the quartet of Marvin Rolle, Spencer Newman, Phillip Major and Justin Lunn will be in Bolivia next week in their bid to remain in the American Zone II Davis Cup tie.

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NPWBA’s best-of-3 playoffs starts at DW Davis on Saturday

ALTHOUGH they had a reduction in the teams participating in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association this year, president Mynez Sherman felt the regular season was still competitive and she anticipates the postseason will be even more exciting.

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Junior Fed, Davis Cup teams suffer losses in the playoffs

BOTH Junior Fed and Junior Davis Cup teams suffered unfortunate losses in their first matches of the playoff rounds at the North/Central America and Caribbean Pre-Qualifying in San Salvador, El Salvador yesterday.

Inaugural Grenada Invitational all Set for April 8

WHEN contracted by the Local Organising Committee last year, veteran quarter-miler/turned meet promoter Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown knew that it would have been easy to get his fellow international athletes to commit to competing in the inaugural Grenada Invitational Track and Field Meet.