The Board of Directors of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. has taken the decision to cancel the 2020 BOA Annual Awards. As you are aware, the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year disrupted sport worldwide, including the 2020…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. joins the rest of the Commonwealth to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1970 Commonwealth Games held in Edinburgh, Scotland this Friday July 17. Barbados was represented by a small team…
The Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO) announced the creation of a digital communication network for the region that includes a newscast with co-managers in all the countries in the area. The announcement made by the President of CACSO…
The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) Inc. today announced that the activities to commemorate Olympic Day 2020 on June 23 will all be online for the first time in the history of the day’s remembrance. For over 30 years, Olympic Day…
For Olympic Day this year we are hosting a series of online activities to celebrate Olympism and the Olympic values. Click here to visit The National Olympic Academy page to learn information about the modern Olympic games, participate in several…
(Update from a media conference held on Monday, April 27. Representing the BOA was President, Sandra Osborne, SCM, Q.C., Secretary-General, Erskine Simmons, BSM and Assistant Secretary-General, Cameron Burke.) The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. receives funds from four entities. These are…
Panam Sports is proud to present a new weekly video series focused on helping athletes, coaches and the entire Pan American family navigate the vast challenges brought on by COVID-19 while remaining prepared to compete on the world stage. This…
Today it is the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, watch the message of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of Peace and Sport calling for global solidarity and unity. “It is the time to stand together as one global…
THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) today announced that it is closely following all information possible on the COVID – 19 and its impact on the Olympic Games qualifying events. In a memo on Thursday to presidents and secretaries of…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. Women in Sport Commission officially launched its year-long activities in Celebration of International Women’s Day 2020 and its theme Each For Equal. In a cocktail reception held at the Barbados Olympic Centre, Wildey St. Michael,…
Today, Thursday January 30, The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) commemorates 25 years of partnership with IGT, managers and operators of The Barbados Lottery. We celebrate a relationship that spans back to 1995, the days of Olympio On-Line Lotteries and top Lottery games…
Rugby Barbados World 7s (RBW7s) Tournament organisers have officially announced a donation of $10 225 BBD to the Barbados Cancer Society (BCS) as a result of the 2019 Gavin Clark Memorial RBW7s Charity Golf Tournament last month. The Charity Golf…
