Carifta team named
THE Bahamas Swimming Federation has selected a 36-member team, all of whom have made the qualifying standards, along with ten competitors for the Open Water swim team that will travel to Martinique next month to defend the title at the Carifta Swimming Championships that the Bahamas has won for the past two years.
Roberts wins in four sets in first victory of season
JUSTIN Roberts, the Bahamian sophomore, claimed his first college singles win of the season on Friday and helped the University of South Florida’s men’s tennis team to victory.
Slice wins clash of the titans with exhausted punch to down Dada
A FIGHT years in the making finally came to fruition at Bellator 149 on Saturday night and Bahamian mixed martial artist Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson emerged as the winner in a clash of heavyweight titans.
Sports notes
HEADING into the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys teams in New Providence and the Geneva Rutherford Basketball Tournament for senior girls in Grand Bahama, Ossie Simmons, the guru for high school basketball, has released his top ten standings.
CR WALKER KNIGHTS ARE CHAMPIONS
THE CR Walker Knights regained the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association's (GSSSA) Senior High Track and Field Championships that had been in the possession of the CV Bethel Stingrays for the past two years after a resounding victory at the two-day meet on Friday at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
Records and double victories on day one
THREE records - all on the field - and three other double victories were posted yesterday as the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) kicked of the senior high version of their 23rd annual Track and Field Championship at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
Pools decided for Hugh Campbell Tournament
THE 28-team field is set, the pools have been decided and the most anticipated basketball tournament in the country is just days away from tipoff.
Jonquel Jones in the running for Senior CLASS Award
GEORGE Washington senior Jonquel Jones has been chosen as one of 10 women’s basketball finalists for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award.
CR WALKER KNIGHTS MARCH INTO LEAD
THE CR Walker Knights, now coached by Ednal Rolle, have emerged as the early leaders of the senior high segment of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s (GSSSA) 23rd Track and Field Championships.
THE FINISH LINE: Saluting the Comets and Mystic Marlins
There’s a saying that good things come in pairs.
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A 10-member contingent from the College of the Bahamas Caribs track and field team are off to the Embry Riddle University Meet this weekend in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Epic victories for Bahamas Water polo teams in Florida
BAHAMAS Water Polo is celebrating after an epic last day at a prestigious tournament in Florida as both the Under-16 and the Under-14 boys teams won their respective place finals with sudden-death goals against formidable opponents.
Buddy Hield’s Sooners lose three of last four games
BUDDY Hield and the No.3-ranked Oklahoma Sooners are reeling after three losses in their last four games and their first two-game losing streak of the season.
Mail Boat Cybots defeat the Cleaners, Athletico beat Rebels
WITH a change in venue from the AF Adderley Gymnasium to the DW Davis Gymnasium, the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) continued its regular season action on Wednesday night with Athletico Bahamas and the Mail Boat Cybots securing victories in the the double-header.
