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RBDF Challenge Cup Regatta all set

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force Challenge Cup Regatta is back. It’s scheduled for March 31 to April 2 in Monatgu Bay.

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Jacobi Bain falls short in his first Tennis Europe Tour Under-14 Finals

BAHAMIAN junior tennis player Jacobi Bain lost 5-7, 6-3, 5-7 in his first under-14 boys singles on the Tennis Europe Tour at the International Championships of Romania yesterday.

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Bahamas face US in fifth place playoff after beating Trinidad

DESPITE being outsized and eventually outmanned on the pitch on Saturday, the Bahamas men's team held off Trinidad & Tobago 5-2, highlighted by two impressive goals from captain Gavin Christie and one each from tournament leading scorer Lesly St Fleur and Gary Joseph, in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.

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Guadeloupe end Bahamas hopes of progress in beach soccer championship

BEFORE a packed crowd at the newly built facility at Malcolm Park at the foot of the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge on Friday night, the Bahamas suffered a heartbreaking 5-3 loss to Guadeloupe in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.

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Bahamas face Guadeloupe in beach soccer quarter-finals on Friday night

THE Bahamas will put their perfect 3-0 winning record on the line on Friday night against Guadeloupe as the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship gets underway at the new Bahamas Beach Soccer facility at the foot of the Sir Sidney Poitier bridge.

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Eliminations begin on Hugh Campbell day 4

Day four of the Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic traditionally produces the first group of eliminations in the annual tournament as the field starts to dwindle headed into mid-term break for most schools.

FIBA: NEW FORMAT HELPS MEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM

WITH all of the talent available in the professional ranks and college, this could be the Bahamas’ best chance to qualify its men’s national basketball team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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Rattlers bite up Cobras 53-33, Falcons nip Mystic Marlins 38-37

IT was mixed results for the visiting Grand Bahamian teams and the defending champions CC Sweeting Cobras as the 35th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic swung into high gear at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

THE FINISH LINE: ‘Buddy Buckets’ ready to take Sacramento to higher heights

It was interesting to note that Chavanno ‘Buddy’ Hield said he was surprised that he was traded from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Sacramento Kings.

SPORTS NOTES

Due to circumstances beyond their control, Champion Amateur Boxing Club has announced that they will postpone their amateur boxing show that was scheduled for Saturday at the Wulff Road Boxing Centre.

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THREE STRAIGHT: Lesly St Fleur scores hat trick as Bahamas beats Jamaica 3-2

A rainy night cleared up just long enough for the Bahamas to secure their third win and claim the top spot in Group A of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer World Championships.

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Buddy: ‘I’m ready to go and put on for Sacramento’

BUDDY Hield said he was faced with a feeling of uncertainty when he got the news that he was traded so early into his NBA career, but the reception he received from fans at the Sacramento International Airport brought what he called “a sense of peace.”

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HUGH CAMPBELL CLASSIC: ‘Embracing Success Through Sports and Teamwork’

THE games began on Monday but the country’s longest standing high school basketball tournament officially tipped off in grand style yesterday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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Bahamas gets 3-0 win over Belize

LESLY St Fleur missed a hat trick but he connected on a pair of goals and Gary Joseph added the other as the Bahamas team electrified the crowd for the second consecutive night at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship with a 3-0 victory over Belize.

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Knights and Cavaliers in win column on day 2

THE CR Walker Knights and the Mt Carmel Cavaliers both survived late starts to pull off their victories as day two of the 34th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys swung into high gear at the AF Adderley Gymnasium yesterday.