Women's national basketball team 5th overall at the CBC
THEY fell short of advancing to the CentroBasket Tournament, but head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said she was still pleased with the performance of the women’s national team at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
The lone wrestler
When Rashji Mackey got started six years ago, he was actually the first competitor to be trained in the Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation.
Cartwright in Minor League All-Star Classic
FOR the second consecutive year, Albert Cartwright will be participating in the Minor League All-Star Classic.
Athletic team is finally named
A WEEK after announcing the other disciplines for the 20th Commonwealth Games, the Bahamas Olympic Committee has finally released a 35-member athletic team that will compete in Glasgow, Scotland.
First J B Farrington Living Legend Tennis Open all set
THE Carmichael Athletic Community Centre is scheduled to host the first J Barrie Farrington Living Legend Tennis Open July 18-26. The tennis event will feature the men’s open singles, ladies’ open singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles.
Strikers pack a punch
COACH Ronn Rodgers was quite pleased with the performances of his Strikers Boxing Club as they won two of their three matches against the visiting team of boxers from New York at the Enoch Backford Auditorium on Saturday.
New golf challenge on Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama is back on the golfing map again with the launching of the first Mychal “Sweet Bells” Thompson/Fred Higgs Golf Challenge at the Reef Golf Course next week.
Sports in brief
THE New Providence Softball Association has revised its schedule of games for tonight in the Bankers Field, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
41st National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships all set for Grand Bahama
IN collaboration with the Bahamas Independence celebrations, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation has set the stage for the hosting of its 41st National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.
Athletes tune up for Commonwealth Games
QUARTER-milers Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and LaToy Williams, along with sprinter Anthonique Strachan and long jumper Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart, continue to prepare for the Commonwealth Games.
World Cup dream becomes reality
“WHAT an absolutely amazing trip,” said Scotiabank customer Brian Ferguson about his recent all-expense paid trip to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jay Major wins national cycling road race title
With four of the five members of the national team preparing to travel to Glasgow, Scotland, for the Commonwealth Games this week, Jay Major showed that he was fit and ready to lead the charge as he out-sprinted teenager Liam Holowesko to capture the Bahamas Cycling Federation’s National Road Race title.
23-member team for IAAF World Juniors
AN eventual track and field season on the international stage continues for the Bahamas’ top junior athletes as they prepare for the 15th IAAF World Junior Championships.
Another milestone for Bahamas beach volleyball
IT WAS another milestone for the beach volleyball movement in the Bahamas as the Bahamas Volleyball Federation fielded a two-man team at leg No.6 of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour.
Gotze's goal puts Germany on top of the world
TO Germany - congratulations on winning their fourth World Cup. To the other countries - time to go back to the drawing board and look at their youth systems and find what they need to do differently, especially Brazil.
