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Youth Olympics: Action heats up on day two

Day two of the 2nd Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, saw three of the four disciplines representing the Bahamas in action.

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Ferguson in Howard University Bison Express Hall of Fame

RHADI Ferguson, a national coach for the Bahamas Judo Federation, will be joining former quarter-miler David Charlton in the Howard University Bison Express Hall of Fame in Washington DC on September 26.

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Waltiea Rolle makes an impact with Seattle Storm

HER Seattle Storm fell short in their push toward the WNBA post season, but before the regular season ended, Waltiea Rolle was able to make an impact with the franchise with increased opportunities on the floor.

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Foster Dorsett to be inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame

THIRTY seven years since he graduated from Minnesota State University where he had an outstanding career as a middle distance runner for the Mavericks, Foster Dorsett will be returning to Mankato, Minnesota, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Team Bahamas off to good start at Youth Olympics

THE second Youth Olympic Games is currently underway in Nanjing, China, with the Bahamas’ 14-member team all geared up and ready to compete in four disciplines over the 12 days of competition.

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Suriname clinches ICC Americas U-29 Division II Championship title

JOSHUA Holder shot a blistering 129 from 71 balls to help Suriname clinch the International Cricket Club (ICC) Americas Pepsi Under-29 Division II Championship title at Haynes Oval on Saturday.

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Wildcats make the most of Big Blue Tour

THE Bahamas got the first look at the 2014-15 University of Kentucky Wildcats and, according to head coach John Calipari, the team exceeded its expectations set for the Big Blue Bahamas Tour.

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - 'Summer of Thunder': Providence Storm get win over North Carolina

IT WAS certainly not what North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams expected when he brought one of the most storied programmes in NCAA history to the Bahamas for a pair of exhibition games at the “Summer of Thunder.”

Hitmen get stunning 9-2 walk-off victory over Truckers

ANGELO Dillet and Alcott Forbes both had a three-run homerun to lift the defending men’s champions Arnette’s Sporting Lounge Hitmen over a stunning 9-2 walk-off victory over the front-running Sting Truckers as the New Providence Softball Association continued its regular season action on Saturday night.

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TANK: You just have to roll with the punches

BAHAMIAN boxer Sherman “Tank” Williams remains intensely focused on training for his big upcoming fight in October even after recently losing his mother - his biggest fan and supporter – last month in Grand Bahama.

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David Charlton to be inducted in Hall of Fame

DAVID Charlton, one of the most successful athletes turned coach in the Bahamas, will be returning to his alma mater for some unexpected business.

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Bahamas stumped by Cayman Islands

The youthful and less experienced Bahamas national team didn’t get the start head coach Greg Taylor Jr wanted as the International Cricket Association’s Pepsi Americas Under-19 Division II Championship Tournament kicked off on Thursday.

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Star Trackers athletes receive scholarships

TWO more student athletes from the Star Trackers Track Club will be heading off to school in the United States next week to further their education.

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Legendary sailors Sir Durward Knowles and Cecil Cooke to be honoured at gala banquet

Fifty years ago after they combined to break the barrier as the first Bahamians to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, the Bahamas Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture will honour skipper Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles and his crew member, the late Cecil Cooke, for their historic feat in Tokyo, Japan, in 1964.

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Gymnastics Federation of the Bahamas represented at an Olympic Festival for first time

GYMNASTICS Federation of the Bahamas (GFB) head coach Trevor Ramsey, coach Levette Saunders and Nassau ‘Nastics’ gymnasts Rashad Cunningham and Simone Hall recently attended the 2014 Pan American Olympic Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico.