King up to the challenge
There is no greater feeling than representing Barbados at the Olympics, says ace tennis player Darian King. King told Barbados TODAY it was a wonderful feeling to win his first ATP Challenger in Cali...
View ArticleDetermined dozen
Barbados’ contingent to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, is one of the most diverse ever with a total of 12 athletes inclusive of five females and seven males. The official team announcement was...
View ArticleCummins ready to perform
Another Barbadian cricketer is preaching the virtues of hard work after being called up to play for the West Indies. Fast bowler Miguel Cummins told Barbados TODAY he was grateful for the opportunity...
View ArticleSt Leonard’s force draw against Combermere
St Leonard’s Boys managed a draw against reigning champions Combermere when the two sides met in the Barbados Cricket Association’s FLOW-sponsored Under-15 Cricket Competition Thursday. Playing at...
View ArticleWorld title secure
West Indies players and regional athletes by extension need to take anti-doping seriously, says Dr Adrian Lorde, chairman of the Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO). His comments came in the wake...
View ArticleJuniors prepare for CONCACAF tourney
Barbados Under-15 girls and Under-17 footballers intend to give it their best shot in the upcoming CONCACAF tournament and therefore are putting in the necessary groundwork during the Barbados Football...
View ArticleVictory at last!
After seven years of continuous efforts Antigua Combined Schools are finally kings of the Sir Garfield Sobers Under-19 Cricket Competition thanks mainly to an excellent 113 from opener and Player of...
View ArticleJacobs: ‘Keepers must deliver with the bat’
Former West Indies wicket keeper batsman Ridley Jacobs is not in support of having a wicketkeeper who cannot make a valuable contribution with the bat. In fact, Jacobs who is head coach of the...
View ArticleJunior girls prepare for CONCACAF
As Barbados Under-15 female team gear up to compete in the 2016 CONCACAF Under-15 Girls Championship in Orlando, Florida, fitness will be key to their chances, says physical trainer Leroy Stuart....
View ArticleHoopsters, Pinelands win in basketball
It was a competitive start to the Barbados Amateur Basketball Association’s No.1 Beauty Supplies and Exchange Women’s League as Combined Schools Hoopsters and Pinelands registered respective wins in...
View ArticleA class act
Marion Johnson-Hurley continues to fly the Barbadian flag high after being endorsed for another four years as an International Netball Federation umpire. Johnson-Hurley who became an IUA member in 1998...
View ArticleChampions!
Barbados’ junior girls have returned home having proved too good for the competition at the 34th staging of the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships held in Grand Cayman over the weekend. The...
View ArticleOlympics doubt
Don’t count Sada Williams out just yet. In fact, Williams who arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport this afternoon from Bydgoszcz, Poland, where the 2016 IAAF World Juniors was held,...
View ArticleGreen light
Finally, the wait is over. The Barbados Football Association (BFA) has been given the green light by Town and Country Planning to erect its artificial lights and bleachers at the Wildey, St Michael...
View ArticleCombermere into U15 semis
Combermere are through to the semi-final round of the Barbados Cricket Association’s FLOW Under-15 Cricket Competition by virtue of taking first innings honours against Grantley Adams Memorial School....
View ArticleMove on to spread badminton
The Barbados Badminton Association [BBA] is hoping to have the sport being played in all schools across the island by 2018, says president Shari Hope. Hope was speaking Friday morning during a closing...
View ArticlePinelands take game one
Braddies Bar and Ed Signs Pinelands point guards Maria Cumberbatch and Sade Clarke dominated with 32 and 28 points respectively as they defeated Combined Schools Hoopsters 84-69 on the opening night of...
View ArticlePinelands beat up on Bucaneros
Pinelands Future A slammed Bucaneros 73-17 when the Barbados Amateur Basketball Association’s 2016 Summer Jam Under-19 competition continued Wednesday night at the YMCA, Pinfold Street, St Michael. It...
View ArticleBasketball queens
The #1 Beauty Supplies and Beauty Exchange Barbados Amateur Basketball Association Women’s League title now belongs to Braddies Bar & ED Signs Pinelands. After more than seven years of not fielding...
View ArticleYMPC win Sagicor Super Cup
Left-arm spinner Nkosi Ross saved the day after his team’s below par batting performance and propelled YMPC to their first Sagicor Super Cup title in 21 years by defeating Sierka Rentals Maple Sunday....
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