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Women’s national basketball team lose opener to USVI

After fighting so hard to get back into the game, the Bahamas women’s national team saw their chance of winning their opening match at the Caribbean Basketball Championships slip away down the stretch against the US Virgin Islands in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on Tuesday.

Annual tennis camp begins

THE 15th annual Artie Johnson Summer Tennis Camp got started on Monday in Eleuthera.

Youth Olympic Games team announced

THE Bahamas Olympic Committee has announced a 12-member team that will represent the Bahamas in four disciplines at the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, August 16-28.

Germany prove they can win World Cup

I HAVE to apologise for my match prediction, especially to Joseph, a loyal reader of my Tribune World Cup column. Twice now I have predicted Germany would be defeated, in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals.

Giant strides for an upstart nation

The fate of the Bahamas and athletics have always been intertwined as it has taken a strong foothold as the nation’s most popular sport. This year will not only mark the 41st anniversary of Independence for the country but also the 60th anniversary of the Bahamas fielding its first national team for international competition.

Giant strides for an upstart nation

The fate of the Bahamas and athletics have always been intertwined as it has taken a strong foothold as the nation’s most popular sport. This year will not only mark the 41st anniversary of Independence for the country but also the 60th anniversary of the Bahamas fielding its first national team for international competition.

Youth Olympic Games team announced

By BRENT STUBBS

YOUTH OLYMPICS TEAM

HERE’S a look at the list of athletes named by the Bahamas Olympic Committee for the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, August 16-28.

Annual tennis camp begins

THE 15th annual Artie Johnson Summer Tennis Camp got started on Monday in Eleuthera.

Germany prove they can win World Cup

By CAMERON HEPPLE

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Aces take to the court

SHANNON Francis and Iesha Shepherd, fresh of their victories as champions at the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Junior Nationals last week, had mixed results in their first round matches as the International Tennis Federation’s Junkanoo Bowl Junior Tennis Tournament got started on Monday at the National Tennis Center.

Junior basketball stars take on Panama challenge

The senior men and women national basketball teams have dominated the country’s focus recently at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships, but the best junior basketball players in the Bahamas are set to take centre stage next week against international competition.

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Success brings local back home to shine

With a trio of events - the Junkanoo Jam in Grand Bahama, the Battle 4 Atlantis and the Summer of Thunder in New Providence, the Bahamas has garnered a reputation as a popular host for elite level NCAA basketball.