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By Fabian Belgrave Guest Contributor WILDEY, Barbados (Thursday, July 21, 2022) — Forty-eight groundsmen in Barbados are now better prepared to carry out their job, after completing a four-week training course, held by the National Sports Council (NSC). Permanent Secretary in the Ministry ...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Olivia Grange (third left) and ‘Team Jamaica’ supporters, share a moment with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (fourth left), following her victory in the women’s 100-metre event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, June 28, 2022) — Herbert H. Carnegie — regularly considered the best Black hockey player to never play in the NHL — has been inducted, posthumously, into the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022, in the ...

By Fabian Belgrave Guest Contributor ST. MICHAEL, Barbados (Wednesday, June 22, 2022) — The West Indies will be represented at the inaugural Under-19 Cricket Tournament, being held at the University of Pretoria, in South Africa. Minister of Youth, Sports and ...

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” – Psalm 73:26 By Basil Springer Contributing Colunist David Anthony Jerome Holford passed away on Monday, May 30. He has been ...

By Blake Bennett Guest Contributor Although sport is often touted as a vehicle for positive experiences, many investigations into sporting cultures – particularly high performance sport – have highlighted how predatory or abusive behaviour by coaches can emerge and be tolerated. ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday May 6, 2022) — A new documentary short film, Heart and Sole: The Dylan Kalambay Story, that traces the high school basketball star’s return to the court, after life-saving heart transplant, was released, last Friday. Directed by Michael ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, February 1, 2022) — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, announced that a new tourism product to be launched will rely heavily on sport and entertainment, as the two areas have large followings. The Minister made the comments, ...

By Julie Carrington Guest Contributor ST. JOHN, Barbados (Friday, November 26, 2021) — Marble cricket, a well-loved Barbadian past-time that was used as the launch pad for the cricketing career of some of the island’s top players, was revived, Wednesday, ...

By Laurence Shaw Guest Contributor Following her triumph in the recent US Open tennis tournament, Emma Raducanu was interviewed by Chinese media outlet, CGTN, and revealed that maths was her favourite subject at school. Raducanu told the interviewer she was “a numbers ...