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Antinique Young all set to begin career at Miami Dade

ANTINIQUE Young, a double high school and night league champion this year, has her bags packed and is ready to travel to Miami, Florida, on August 14 to begin her collegiate career at Miami Dade where Bahamian female basketball players have left a rich history with the Sharks programme under the supervision of coach Susan Summons.

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Artie Johnson All Eleuthera Youth Tennis Camp a great success

THERE was a great showing once again at the 17th Annual Artie Johnson All Eleuthera Youth Tennis Camp, dubbed a great success by tennis organiser Artie Johnson.

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Coca-Cola goes for gold in Rio Olympics with the global #thatsgold campaign

AS the clock ticks down to the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Coca-Cola has its eyes set on celebrating gold – but not just the gold found on top of the world’s most elite podium.

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Meet our Olympians

LEEVAN SANDS

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2016 Rio Olympics medal projections: Athletics

MEDAL projections in athletics for the 2016 Rio Olympics, compiled from predictions by the staff of The Associated Press who cover each sport:

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Haiti's Don Bosco beat Jamaica's Montego Bay United 2-0

THEY didn’t draw the huge crowd that they anticipated, but the hundreds who showed up on Friday night got their money’s worth as Haiti’s Don Bosco Football Club, behind Kerlins Georges’ goal and another from their opponents, blanked Jamaica’s Montego Bay United 2-0 at the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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Bahamas 'could bring home at least four medals' from Rio

HEAD coach George Cleare said he’s anticipating some outstanding performances from the 26 athletes selected to represent the BTC Bahamas Olympic Team in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lucius Fox traded to Tampa in Giants’ Moore deal

BAHAMIAN Lucius Fox has been traded to the Tampa Bay Rays as part of a deal which takes left-handed pitcher Matt Moore to the National League West leaders, San Francisco Giants.

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National flag football team named

NATIONAL coordinator Mel Ferguson said he’s confident that the men’s team selected will represent the Bahamas very well in September at the World Flag Football Tournament in Grand Bahama.

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Bahamas junior boys national teams clash on the pitch

ISIAH Collie, a junior defender at the University of Charleston, led by example as he booted in the lone goal as the Bahamas 2012 junior boys national team prevailed 1-0 over the 2014 junior national team in a prelude match before the showdown between Haiti and Jamaica at the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Friday night.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM: ‘Let there be American football’

LAST Sunday was the last Sunday without football for the rest of the year. Yes, the best time of year is five short weeks away.

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Juniors take centre court in Under-14 JITIC in El Salvador

OUR very own junior tennis players are competing in the 14 and under Junior International Championships (JITIC) in El Salvador.

Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships wrap up

THE 2016 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships closed out at the Ocean Club resort, Paradise Island, on Friday with the Bahamas remaining in the same position they occupied all week in both the men’s Hoerman Cup and the ladies’ George Teale Memorial Cup.

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Meet our Olympians

TREVOR BARRY

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Select cricket team on development tour

THE Bahamas Cricket Association men’s select team pulled off two of the six matches they played against the host Washington DC Cricket League All-Stars.