CARIFTA UPDATE – SWIMMING – Simmons, Ashby, Stoddard secure gold; Greenidge...
The name Jaiya Simmons is on the tongue of swimming enthusiasts and deservingly so, as the 12-year-old Barbadian has added three more gold medals to her overall tally of six, after day two of the...
View Article‘Reds’ calls for posthumous honour for Cozier
Legendary cricket commentator Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira has called for his late colleague and friend Tony Cozier to be knighted posthumously. Perreira spoke during the closing ceremony and presentation...
View ArticleBajan juniors find going tough
A wonderful run in the Under-14 Boys Division has come to an end for junior national player Dimitri Kirton who was Barbados’ last hope of reaching the final for that age group in the C.O Williams...
View ArticleOlianna’s goal
Olianna Bishop, one of Barbados’ most prolific and skilful defensive female footballers, has her sights set on playing professional football in England. The 17-year-old Bishop currently resides in...
View ArticleMaking the grade
Five of Barbados’ best triathlon athletes have secured their place for the 2022 CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathlon Championships to be held in Bermuda in September. The first of two qualifiers was staged...
View Article‘More focus needed on community sports’
Community-based sports particularly cricket might just be the missing antidote to solve some of the societal problems in Barbados, says legendary West Indies opener the Most Honourable Desmond Haynes....
View ArticleBCL’s death knell
The Barbados Cricket League (BCL) may need the intervention of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) if it stands any chance of surviving, says former Barbados and West Indies opener the Most...
View ArticleOne for the future
The name Jamie Bynoe-Gittens is starting to buzz around Europe, particularly in Germany, where the teenager plays for Borussia Dortmund Football Club as a striker and continues to make his presence...
View ArticleThe inaugural National Primary Schools Athletics Championship (NAPSAC)...
By Morissa Lindsay Students from various schools with special needs and disabilities across Barbados participated in the inaugural National Primary Schools Athletics Championship (NAPSAC) Special...
View ArticleBarbados team off to Senior Games
Some of Barbados’ top senior athletes are unable to travel and participate at the 2022 United States Senior Games but the manager and head coach of Barbados Masters and Seniors Athletic Club (BAMSAC),...
View ArticleWilliams impressive at Jamaica meet
It was another great showing this past weekend from Barbados’ best female quarter-miler and national 400m record holder Sada Williams as she clocked 51.05 seconds to emerge victorious against a...
View ArticleNAPSAC returns
The Chefette Frosteez Distance Relay National Primary Schools Athletics Championship (NAPSAC) is off and running at the Usain Bolt, Sports Complex. Eden Lodge Primary won the first which was the...
View ArticleNo domestic football
It is unlikely that local competitive football will be played in 2022 but in the meantime, work is taking place off the field to commercialize and develop the sport in Barbados through FIFA Forward,...
View ArticleWest Terrace Tigers roar the loudest
The day belonged to standouts West Terrace Primary Tigers in the Pasty Callender Zone and Fashionation Bayley’s Primary in the Obadele Thompson Zone when the Chefette Frosteez Distance Relay National...
View ArticleGuyana’s goof
Defending champions Barbados Pride are expected to do well against the Guyana Harpy Eagles, when the third round of the Regional First Class Championship starts at the famous Queen’s Park Oval, in...
View ArticleGriffith promises government’s commitment to sports
The adage of ‘we make sport at sports’ is one that the Minister of Youth, Sport and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, said he will not embrace and but totally rebuke. Speaking today at the 2022...
View ArticleBSSAC athletes rewarded for their top performances
The most outstanding athletes who proudly represented their schools at the recently concluded PowerAde-Dasani Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championship (BSSAC), were this afternoon recognized...
View ArticleSeizing the moment
National footballer Acacia Small is a true testament that hard work and determination lead to great rewards as she has earned a scholarship to Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina starting in...
View ArticleBarbados team named; Gale missing again
The Barbados senior national men’s team has been selected to contest the upcoming Concacaf Nations League (CNL) with their two opening matches commencing early June against Antigua and Barbuda followed...
View ArticleTridents to rebound?
A much fitter Barbados senior men’s team are focused and ready to erase their recent bad fortunes, said national head coach Russell ‘Little Magician’ Latapy during the final training session held last...
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