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Bahamas open ECASC softball championship with two big wins

THE Bahamas pulled off their second consecutive victory in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation men’s championships on Friday at the Banker’s Field at the Balliou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Buddy vs ‘Tum Tum’

Bahamian basketball earns top billing tonight when two of the country’s top NCAA prospects square off in the “Sweet 16” round of March Madness.

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BTC joins World Relays sponsor family with $250,000

WITH a title sponsor now on board for the country’s biggest sporting event, the second edition of a “Bahamazing” athletics experience is now in its final stages of preparation.

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THE FINISH LINE: Did BAAA really stick to its guns in selection of CARIFTA track team?

IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.

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Aruba pulls off 8-5 win over BVI

KELVIN Silvania, making the adjustment from playing baseball, cracked a pair of home runs to help Aruba pull off a 8-5 victory over the British Virgin Islands in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation’s first Men’s Softball Championship.

Giants stop the Stingers

WHILE the Patron Regulators have booked their ticket into the New Providence Basketball Association championship series, they have to wait on the outcome of the Commonwealth Bank Giants and PJ Stingers to determine who their opponents will be.

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Bermuda strikes early to defeat Bahamas 5-0 in first leg of World Cup qualifier

THE visiting BFA emerged as winners once again as the Bahamas hosted Bermuda in international competition.

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Knowles and Wood-Knowles inducted into ISF Hall of Fame

AN emotional Oria Wood-Knowles, who holds the distinction of being the first Bahamian female manager, and an overjoyed Rommel ‘Fish’ Knowles, who had a tremendous transformation from the playing field to the administration office, became the 15th and 16th Bahamians inducted into the International Softball Federation’s Hall of Fame.

Postseason run for Tavario Miller and Aggies ends in the quarter-final

THE postseason run for Tavario Miller and the Texas A & M Aggies came to an end in the National Invitational Tournament quarter-final on Monday night.

Bahamas faces Antigua and Barbuda in CONCACAF Championship

WHILE the senior men’s national soccer team is tackling Bermuda over two legs of a FIFA World Cup qualifying tie on grass, the beach soccer side is set to begin their foray into international competition. The Bahamas departs for competition today in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, scheduled for March 28 to April 4 in El Salvador.

Cybot Queens edge the Operators to clinch title berth

ON a night when both teams struggled shooting from the field, the Super Value Cybot Queens did enough to edge the Bommer G Operators and clinch a berth in the championship series.

First of four pennants decided in AID Basketball Classic

THE first of four pennants were decided on Saturday as the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 AID Basketball Classic starts to wind down.

Cybots and Giants trail 2-1 in NBPA semi-finals

DESPITE going in opposite directions at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night, Mail Boat Cybots and Commonwealth Bank Giants find themselves in the same position in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s semi-final playoff series.

Coach Dion Godet: "We have to win this first leg"

WHILE the Bahamas will be laden with collegiate players, Bermuda will be showcasing a team that is centred around four professional players, including Nahki Wells out of the English club Huddersfield Town, when the two square off in the first leg of their FIFA World Cup Qualifier tonight.

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Williamson twins to part ways in name of soccer

Identical twin brothers Donovan and Devaughn Williamson were hoping to give the Bahamian soccer fans a double look on the men’s national team but, for the first time, they will be separated when the FIFA World Cup Qualifier and the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships get underway this week.