Insurance firm has Sealy covered
17 August 2019New national 800 metres women’s record holder Sade Sealy will have an opportunity to achieve her dream of qualifying for the Olympics – thanks to Co-operators General Insurance. Read More
Neckles sets another record
17 August 2019Barbadian Nicky Neckles has set a second world record at the FINA World Masters Championships in South Korea. Read More
Lara, Sarwan to assist batsmen ahead of India Tests
17 August 2019ST JOHN’S – Former captains Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan have been tasked with helping West Indies batsmen ahead of the opening Test against India starting here next Thursday. Both will be involved in a preparation camp which gets underway on Friday at the Vivian... Read More
Champs Barcelona lose opener
17 August 2019BILBAO – Barcelona turned up for Friday’s La Liga opener at Athletic Bilbao parading a fresh-faced side containing expensive new recruits but they left cursing a strike from a rival player they know all too well. Read More
Refs cry foul over fees
16 August 2019Some football referees are crying foul against the Barbados Football Association (BFA) over monies owed to them since April. According to the match officials, they have not been paid for the past four months, having officiated games in the BFA Premier League, Champions... Read More
Holder: Time for players to step up
16 August 2019PORT OF SPAIN – Captain Jason Holder has urged his players to “take ownership” for getting West Indies over the line, after the Caribbean side slumped to a six-wicket defeat to India in the third one-day international here Wednesday. Read More
32 teams to do battle at Hockey Festival
16 August 2019THE Barbados Hockey Festival will see 32 teams competing this year. And six of those are overseas participants, says Barbados Hockey Federation secretary Kofi Hinds. Read More
Injured Messi won’t start season
16 August 2019BARCELONA – Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said he would not risk an unfit Lionel Messi in Friday’s La Liga opener against Athletic Bilbao and continued to be non-committal about Neymar re-joining the club from Paris St Germain. Read More
Wildey still awaiting IPL fees
15 August 2019Wildey has never received any Indian Premier League (IPL) release fees from the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). Club president Mark Estwick told the Weekend Nation that Wildey has never “received a red cent” from the BCA for the big bucks raked in by all-rounder... Read More
Chess trio see benefits
15 August 2019Sport is no barrier to progress in academics. Moreover, chess helps with academics. And vice versa. That’s the story emerging from three national junior chess representatives on the list of Barbados scholarship and exhibition winners announced last week by the Ministry... Read More
Zouks are back
15 August 2019The St Lucia Zouks will replace the St Lucia Stars for the 2019 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season following the recent termination of the participation agreement with the company operating the Stars franchise. Read More
High quality badminton in Barbados
15 August 2019BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) 2019 Tournament got underway today with a cadre of international and regional badminton players. Read More
Uncertainty at Real Madrid
15 August 2019MADRID – Real Madrid have spent more than 300 million euros (£278.61 million) on new recruits but they head into the new La Liga season clouded by uncertainty and with pressure already building on coach Zinedine Zidane after a worrying warm-up campaign. Read More
Windies whipped
14 August 2019PORT OF SPAIN – Irrepressible India captain Virat Kohli stroked his second successive hundred and 43rd of his career to spearhead a remarkable run chase and send West Indies tumbling to a six-wicket defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method yesterday in the final... Read More
Archer gets Test cap
14 August 2019LONDON – Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer was presented with his debut Test cap but didn’t get the chance to bowl as heavy rain washed out the first day of the second Ashes cricket Test between England and Australia at Lord’s yesterday without a ball being bowled.... Read More
Reg Scarlett passes away in England
14 August 2019Former Jamaica and West Indies spinner, Reginald Scarlett, passed away today in England, after battling an undisclosed illness. He would have celebrated his 85th birthday tomorrow. Read More
All eyes on Archer ahead of Test debut
14 August 2019LONDON – England captain Joe Root is thrilled, his opposite number Tim Paine is wary and spin legend Shane Warne anticipates a major challenge for marquee Australia batsman Steve Smith. Read More
Neckles takes gold in new record
13 August 2019Three-time Olympian Nicky Neckles is still ruling the swimming pool. The Flying Fish Barbados Masters swimmer swam to another record-breaking feat en route to winning the gold medal at the 18th FINA World Masters Swimming Championships in South Korea on Monday. Read More
Paltry Pan Am returns
13 August 2019Shane Brathwaite fittingly climaxed a half-century of Barbados’ forays at the Pan Am Games with a gold in the men’s 110 hurdles in Lima, Peru. Greggmar Swift barely missed out on taking a bronze in that event, where Barbados earned their first Pan Am gold. Read More
Bid to include cricket in 2028 Olympics
13 August 2019LONDON – Cricket could be included in the Olympics in the future with the 2028 Games in Los Angeles being the earliest it can be staged, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Monday. Read More
Three more years of Formula 1 in Mexico
13 August 2019MEXICO CITY – Mexico will stay on the Formula One calendar for three more years after a new contract was signed on Thursday, with the sport set to expand to a record 22 races next season. Read More
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