'We are really looking forward to this one'
A STAPLE on the local sloop sailing calendar, the 27th edition of the St Valentine’s Day Regatta will produce what is being billed as one of the most anticipated editions of the event to date.
American basketball league's pre-draft camp this weekend
THE country’s best basketball players have less than a week to fine tune their skills before they attempt to seize an historic opportunity of playing professionally in the Bahamas for the first time in the history of local basketball.
'It's always good to have a fellow Bahamian competing'
AFTER skipping the IAAF World Championships last year because of an injury, Trevor Barry is working his way back into form to return to action next month at the IAAF World Indoors in Sopot, Poland.
Sports in brief
THE New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-three playoffs got started at the DW Davis Gymnasium Wednesday night.
Lyford Cay International School hosts KPMG Football Fest 2014
WHEN 120 football players from four different Caribbean countries get together to play 36 matches in two days it can’t be anything other than a great experience for everyone. Last weekend the beautiful football pitch at Lyford Cay International School (LCIS) saw an exciting series of high level 13-and-under football matches played by students from international schools across the Caribbean.
Quest for Catholic Primary basketball title begins
WITH the closure of two of their schools, the Catholic Board of Education’s Primary Schools 2014 Basketball League will be decided between just four schools.
On his way to home of the UC Bearcats
CHRIS Ferguson, the son of bodybuilder Danita Fry, has signed his official letter to attend the University of Cincinnati.
Fed Cup: Bahamas’ 3-0 loss to Brazil
The Bahamas’ 3-member team could surely use some help from last year’s team at this week’s Fed Cup Americas Zone One tie at the Paraguayan Yacht and Golf Club in Lambare, Paraguay.
Frank Rutherford Foundation hats off to Saunders
THE Frank Rutherford Foundation and the Elite Bahamian Education Programme want to congratulate Mavin Saunders and his family, in particular, his parents, Elvis and Mavis Saunders on him signing a full athletic football scholarship with the 2013 national champions, Florida State Seminoles.
Softball community mourning loss of David 'Billy' Micklewhite, 66
THE local softball community continues to mourn the loss of one of the game’s icons, not just locally in his native Eleuthera but throughout the entire Bahamas.
Quality Beach Soccer Club teams dominate international friendlies
QUALITY Beach Soccer Club’s 16-and-under men’s squad dominated this past Sunday in an international friendly club match against St Stephen’s Soccer Academy out of Austin, Texas.
Soccer trio named to Rush Select Under 14, 15 sides
A TRIO of local soccer players continue to capitalise on the opportunities provided by the partnership between Youth Empowerment through Soccer International and Rush Soccer as the groups provide an avenue for young Bahamians to gain increased exposure in the sport.
Leevan's road to recovery
It has been a long road to recovery for triple jumper Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands since the 2012 Olympic Games. But the national record holder said his progress is going so great that he anticipates that he should be ready to compete at the Commonwealth Games this year.
Big Red Machine rollin’
Asia Darville hit just one free throw but that was enough to lift the St John’s Giants past the Kingsway Academy Saints on Tuesday night to earn a berth into the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior girls best-of-three basketball championship series.
Girls basketball team gets lunch treat thanks to Romeo's
THE hospitality that is offered to tourists to our shores by Romeo Farrington’s world renowned Romeo’s Executive Limousine & Taxi Service was extended to the Carlton E Francis girls basketball team as they were treated to lunch on Tuesday at McDonald’s downtown.
