UEFA suspends Champions League, Europa League
02 April 2020UEFA bowed to the inevitable on Wednesday and suspended all Champions League and Europa League soccer matches “until further notice” due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
NSC: Health before dollars
01 April 2020Health and safety is the National Sports Council’s (NSC) priority during the current coronavirus global pandemic, not making money from rental of the Wildey Gymnasium. Read More
Wimbledon cancelled
01 April 2020LONDON – The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports event off the calendar on Wednesday. Read More
NFL expects to play full season despite coronavirus
01 April 2020While the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the global sporting calendar, the National Football League (NFL) said on Tuesday it planned to have a full season, including games in London and Mexico City, and to kick off on time in September. Read More
Term limits ’still on cards’
31 March 2020PORT OF SPAIN – Cricket West Indies’ president Ricky Skerritt has assured the region that presidential term limits are still on the cards and will be addressed once the Wehby Governance report is submitted within the next month. Read More
Richards will be missed
31 March 2020Venice Richards was more than just a very good jockey. He was a “decent and kind man”. Read More
No pay cuts yet for South African cricketers
31 March 2020CAPE TOWN – Player salaries for the South African 2020-21 cricket season are safe, but the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic could mean the country’s cricketers earn less in the future, Cricket South Africa (CSA) Acting CEO Jacques Faul has said. Read More
BOA funds for Tokyo athletes
30 March 2020Finance should not be an issue for Barbadians making the Olympic journey to next year’s Tokyo Games. Read More
Virus slows young Zane
30 March 2020The Coronavirus has put a spoke in Zane Maloney’s wheels. But the champion driver is aiming to collect more checkered flags once the global pandemic is under control. Read More
Venice Richards passes away in Trinidad and Tobago
30 March 2020Legendary Barbadian jockey Venice “Pappy” Richards is dead. Read More
Japan, IOC set July 23 next year for Olympics
30 March 2020TOKYO - The postponed Olympic Games will now begin on July 23 next year and run until August 8, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee said on Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to plan and prepare for them properly this year. Read More
Talma: Fishing a way out
30 March 2020Windsurfer Brian “de Action” Talma is using his organic tourism concept to help sustain the Silver Sands community in the midst of challenging circumstances. Read More
Swimmer Sobers keeping in shape
30 March 2020BARBADOS’ top male swimmer Alex Sobers is determined not to let the dreaded coronavirus hinder his training sessions. Read More
Current football season could be lost
29 March 2020ROME – The head of European soccer’s governing body said that the current season could be “lost” if it is unable to re-start by the end of June, although he did not rule out extending it into the next season. Read More
Joseph looking to 2024 Olympics
29 March 2020Promising young Barbadian cyclist Amber Joseph is looking at the bigger picture. Read More
Another win for Joseph at Gulfstream
29 March 2020HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida – Favourite Miz Chaplin produced a front-running win on Friday’s 11-race card at Gulfstream Park to hand Barbadian trainer Saffie Joseph Jr his 38th win of the season. Read More
BFA still covered
27 March 2020The financial affairs of local football should not be heavily impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
Djokovic pledges big bucks to fight coronavirus
27 March 2020BELGRADE – Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic pledged one million euros (BDS$2.2 million) to help buy ventilators and other medical equipment in his native Serbia yesterday, joining a list of other athletes in the fight against coronavirus. Read More
Barcelona to cut player wages
27 March 2020MADRID – Barcelona are taking measures to cut the wages of their players and staff to reduce the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis, the La Liga club said on Thursday. Read More
Stumps pulled for 90 days
27 March 2020Stumps have been pulled on domestic cricket for three months. Read More
Sir Austin backs Games delay
27 March 2020Retired International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sir Austin Sealy believes it would have caused major disappointment for athletes, particularly for those who were near retirement if the Tokyo Olympics were cancelled and not postponed. Read More
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