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Welcome home Team Bahamas!

The CARIFTA track and field team, managed by Doris Rolle-Ramsey and coached by John Ingraham, returned home yesterday to the delight of a welcome reception at The Poop Deck at Sandyport.

CARIFTA SWIMMING MEDALS POUR IN

THE Bahamas added a couple more medals as they headed towards successfully defended their title last night at the XXX CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados.

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‘Developing your talent for the future’

THE Diamond Basketball Development Camp is now in full swing and director and coach Terrance ‘Red Eye’ McSweeney is looking forward to “developing the hidden talent” in the young female participants over the rest of the week.

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Dream season ends for Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn Jr and the Michigan State Spartans

THE dream season came to an end for Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr and the Michigan State Spartans, one game short of a place in the national championship game.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: An Easter feast

You can tell by this week’s title that I am still suffering from the “itis”.

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Rake and Scrape Boys defeat Jamaica 9-7 in OT

IT WAS far from the finish they wanted, but the Bahamas senior men’s national beach soccer side finished competition strong and on a winning note against the best in the region.

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CARIFTA MEDAL RUSH

WITH a smaller team, the Bahamas regained its second place behind powerhouse Jamaica as the Silver Jubilee CARIFTA Games came to a close last night in St Kitts and Nevis.

Elite athletes take spotlight in Florida

DAYTONA Beach, Florida - Quarter-miler Andretti Bain knows it’s only going to be a matter of time before he starts running as fast as he did in the past.

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COB Caribs shine at Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic

DAYTONA Beach, Florida - Ashley Oembler threw herself into the College of the Bahamas record books and Avery Thompson got a double dose of accomplishment as they led the Caribs’ seven-member team at the Embry-Riddle Spike Classic over the weekend.

POSTSEASON: AID Classic gets in gear this weekend

WITH the regular season in the AID Basketball Classic now complete, the Baptist Sports Council will shift its attention to the postseason on Saturday at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Tum Tum Nairn's run to Final Four ended by Duke

LOURAWLS 'Tum Tum' Nairn's bid to become the first Bahamian basketball player to play in the NCCA championship game ended in Indianapolis on Saturday night when his Michigan State Spartans were beaten comfortably by Duke.

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COB team to compete in Embry Spike Classic

ORLANDO, Florida: A seven-member track and field team from the College of the Bahamas will compete in the Embry Spike Classic this weekend.

LETTER - Bahamas 0, Bermuda 5: Death of grass soccer in the Bahamas

For all those who came out to watch the Bahamas men’s national soccer team take on Bermuda in the 2018 World Cup qualifier on March 25, I thank you and I apologise.

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BFA accused of sabotaging Bahamas’ 2018 World Cup campaign

A SENIOR Bahamian soccer international has accused the national federation of sabotaging the country’s 2018 World Cup campaign and issued an apology to supporters for the debacle of the 5-0 defeat by Bermuda last week.

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Coach: ‘We are still a force to reckon with at CARIFTA’

WITH a focus on fielding individual qualifiers and not fielding the maximum number of team members, the 2015 CARIFTA Track and Field team is expected to prove the Bahamas is “still a force to be reckoned with,” according to its head coach.