On WADA’s radar
KINGSTON – The World’s Anti-doping Agency is to launch an “extraordinary” audit of Jamaica’s drug-testing agency following allegations that its policing of the island’s track athletes all but...
View ArticleOlympic champ makes a visit
Hilda Skeene Primary was graced with the presence of reigning Olympic triple-jump champion Christian Taylor earlier in the week during a five-day visit.Taylor was born in the United States to a...
View ArticleSpringer queens
Track and field royalty Springer Memorial announced themselves today with a massive 72 points while the defending male champions, Queen’s College, stamped their authority while accumulating 55 points...
View ArticleOn the edge
The gap continues to expand as both defending champions are in firm command of the points standing going into what is shaping up to be an exciting finals come next week in the Powerade-sponsored...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics finals kick off this Wednesday
This Wednesday is set to be a very special occasion for a very remarkable group of people.That is when intellectually challenged athletes from ages five to adult will have their time in the spotlight...
View ArticleOur special athletes
We all look forward with great anticipation to the Olympic Games held every four years in a different nation every time. We all “call” the winners for the respective events and root for specific...
View ArticleNAPSAC finale
The stage is set for the grand finale of this year’s Pine Hill Dairy-sponsored National Primary Schools Athletics Championships (NAPSAC) at the National Stadium tomorrow.The interest in the finals is...
View ArticleWest Terrace, St Stephen’s are NAPSAC champs!
All hail St. Stephen’s and West Terrace Primary schools!On a day of pure youthful athleticism and enthusiasm, the 2014 Pine Hill Dairy-sponsored National Primary Schools Athletics Championships...
View ArticleBattle for supremacy
Will there be a change of champions when the Powerade-sponsored Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championship (BSSAC) finals take place tomorrow and climax on Friday?Or will Springer Memorial and...
View ArticleSpecial athletes show their class
Over six hundred athletes from 16 units and several independents took part in the 36th edition of the Special Olympics Games which were held at the National Stadium yesterday.They participated in...
View ArticleCheers, chants and champions
A packed National Stadium watched today as most of Barbados’ finest young athletes shone on the final day of the Powerade-sponsored Barbados Secondary Schools Athletics Championships.By the end of the...
View ArticleJamar the star
The Barbados Secondary Schools Athletic Championships are not all about what happens on the track and field.It is also about the spectators. These people have braved the heat to come out and give their...
View ArticleTrophy to hail Super Mario
A fantastic athlete and a well-rounded individual. That’s how president of the Old Harrisonian Society (OHS), Tammi Pilgrim, described Harrison College’s star athlete Mario Burke, as she presented a...
View ArticlePromising future
The future of athletics looks promising for Barbados but the right infrastructure must be put in place in order for the island’s athletes to excel, says Rising Stars track and field coach Alwyn...
View ArticleDamage done
Today’s banning of ace Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell and that earlier of Olympic medallist Sherone Simpson may give sceptics of regional track and field more ammunition, but it isn’t enough to cause a...
View ArticleAnstey House red hot
It’s never too late to have sports.While schools across the island were on Easter break, the students of The Codrington School held their annual inter-house track and field sports at the National...
View ArticleChurches taking the track
Six major evangelical churches from across the island will come together to challenge each other for the Kindred Sports Challenge Trophy at the National Stadium on April 21.The event was started two...
View ArticleSeniors shine
John Watson (left) raising his hand in triumph. by Wade Gibbons Hundreds turned up at the National Stadium today to watch as senior athletes rolled back the years, and perhaps added a few more to their...
View ArticleOn the wane?
Many Barbadians seemed disinterested in this year’s National Senior Games but the event was still a success and is on a growth path, says coordinator Rawle Clarke.Rawle ClarkeIn an interview with...
View ArticleStar honoured by school
Today was a very special day for Coleridge & Parry’s Sada Williams.Williams was the toast of the Ashton Hall, St Peter school as she was honoured for her performances at this year’s CARIFTA Games...
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