All results / Stories

Major League draft shows a bright future for Bahamians

WITH the drafting of three Bahamians into the Major League baseball over the weekend, the future looks bright for the Bahamas.

Tease photo

Trio can earn chance at Major Leagues

IN another historic selection process for the Bahamas, graduating room-mates Anfernee Seymour and Todd Isaacs were joined by near by high school resident Byron Murray as members of the Major League Class of 2014 Draft that took place over the weekend in Secaucus, New York.

Keen contest expected at regatta

THE Long Isand Regatta, the second largest in the Bahamas behind the National Family Island Regatta, is to get underway on Wednesday in beautiful Salt Pond.

Sports in brief

THE Bahamas Rugby Union has sent a national team off to compete in an international sanctioned match in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Tease photo

Eight emerge as most outstanding athletes

KEEP an eye out for names like Carlyia Miller-Johnson, Nathan Moss, Paige Stuart, Antonio Bethel, Karis Taylor, Samuel Davis, Danielle Heastie and Winton Gordon.

Tease photo

Students hit track and field for Primary School Nationals

OVER 1,000 athletes representing 66 schools across the Bahamas opened competition yesterday in the premier athletics meet for primary school students.

Law firm names new GB partner

Callenders & Co has appointed Jacqueline H. Banona as its latest partner in Grand Bahama.

Tease photo

Young sailors braving the waters

DESPITE the testing conditions, with winds gusting up to 20 knots, 20 brave junior sailors took to the sea as the Rotary Club of East Nassau hosted its first Fun Junior Regatta on Saturday in association with the Bahamas Sailing Association (BSA).

Baseball hits the public schools

By RENALDO DORSETT

Inagua's St Philip's Church undergoes massive makeover and rededication

“Way down south there is a place,
I know home of the wild hog, donkey,
Flamingo, land of the salt, sand and sea,
Inagua Island is the place to be.”

Tease photo

Bahamas Bowl to hit new stadium

Mark the date down: December 24. The event: the 2014 Bahamas Bowl. The venue: Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

Tease photo

Dynamic duo set to represent Seminoles in championships

KERRIE Cartwright and her room-mate Daneika Borthwick will have the distinction of representing the Florida State Seminoles in the doubles competition at the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships.

Tease photo

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Bahamas is scheduled to face the Cayman Islands in an international friendly rugby match 5pm Saturday (May 3) at Freeport Rugby Club​.

Tease photo

Max X Orange wins inaugural 12-and-under all-star game

IN just a few swings, the inaugural Gatorade Maximum Development Sports Academy 12-and-Under All-Star Game went from a defensive struggle to a power-hitting display for rising star James Rolle.

Tease photo

Guilty of stabbing girlfriend to death

DOUGLAS Pratt faces life imprisonment after being found guilty yesterday by a Supreme Court jury of murdering his girlfriend because she refused to continue a relationship with him.

Tease photo

Paul sets sail for the Youth Olympics

WITH a pat on the back and some valuable instructions from legendary sailor Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles, Paul de Souza said he’s all geared up to compete in the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, August 16-28.

Tease photo

Douglas Pratt guilty of murder

Douglas Pratt has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, in a unanimous decision by the jury.

Tease photo

Verdict due in Pratt case

A SUPREME Court jury is expected to pass judgment today on 27-year-old Douglas Pratt, who is standing trial in connection with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend on Adelaide Beach.

Tease photo

Stab wounds 'may have been self inflicted'

THE stab wounds a man received the night his girlfriend was fatally stabbed on Adelaide Beach could have been self-inflicted, a jury heard yesterday.

Tease photo

CARIFTA GAMES: Our golden moment

After finishing second at the 42nd CARIFTA Games last year at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, the Bahamas slipped out of contention at the 43rd games held over the weekend in Fort De France, Martinique.