Boxers suffer big blow in effort to qualify for Olympics
The Bahamas’ seven-member team suffered a big blow at the 2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they now have to wait for the AIBA World Olympic Qualifier in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 7-19 for a chance to secure their berths at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Get your ticket for the Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown Bahamas Invitational
THE fire is really burning as tickets for the second instalment of the Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational are now on sale.
Jonquel Jones named to the All-Eastern College Athletic 2nd Team
GEORGE Washington Colonials women’s basketball senior Jonquel Jones was named to the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Second Team, the organisation announced yesterday.
Giants eliminate Rockets, Athletico Bahamas tie series with Stingers 1-1
WHILE the league leading Commonwealth Bank Giants swept their way into the second round of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-three playoffs, the defending champions PJ Stingers will have to play a deciding game to determine their fate.
Easter Break Basketball Camp all set
FOR the second consecutive year, Terrance “Redeye” McSweeney is all set to hold his Diamond Basketball Development Programme’s annual Easter Break Basketball Development Training Camp.
CITY BOWLING LEAGUE
THE most valuable player in City Bowling League competition last night was David Slatter of Telco Enterprises with a 668 high three game set.
Swim team going for 3-peat
IN an address on the eve of their Bahamasair charter flight to Martinique for the CARIFTA Swimming Championships, major sponsor and ‘send-off event’ host Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) CEO urged the youngsters to ‘make us proud.’
‘It was just a great accomplishment for us as a relay team’
In the best interest of the team, Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown said he decided to concentrate on the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay rather than the 400m at the 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Landmark season for Bahamian collegiate basketball players in Canada
IT was a landmark season for Bahamian basketball players at the collegiate level in Canada, highlighted by an MVP performance and championship title by one local star with an inspiring story of perseverance.
Race walking champ hopes to make Masters comeback after hip injury
AFTER he got sidelined with a serious hip injury a few years ago, race walking champion Philip Moss got the medical treatment that he needed in China and now he’s hoping that he will eventually make a comeback to challenge for the Masters International competition.
Emily Morley set to make history in international rowing
EMILY Morley will be the first Bahamian woman to compete internationally in the sport of rowing. Emily will be racing the W1x (Women’s single) at the 2016 FISA America’s Olympic Qualification Regatta for Rio.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Elliott is the stud running back the Cowboys need
ENOUGH already. No more emails, calls, tweets or Whatsapp messages from Cowboys fans, wondering who the Cowboys should select at number four in the upcoming NFL Draft.
‘Put Down The Guns and Pick Up The Gloves’
MEACHER “Pain” Major will be showcasing the next generation of amateur boxers in the “Battle of the Gladiators” amateur boxing show at the Ray Minus Boxing Center on Saturday.
Wellington Miller to promote Youth Games at regional meeting in Zambia
WELLINGTON Miller, president of the Bahamas Commonwealth Games Association, is scheduled to depart for Zambia on Monday (March 28) to promote the upcoming Bahamas 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games to be held in Nassau July 18-24, 2017.
Bahamas silver stars
The men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team of Michael Mathieu, Alonzo Russell, Shavez Hart and veteran Chris “Fireman” Brown saved the best performance for the last as they clinched the Bahamas’ only medal in the final event on the final day of competition as the curtains came down on the IAAF World Indoor Championships yesterday in ‘Track City USA’ Portland, Oregon.
