Prime Minister Freundel Stuart recently visited the BOA, touring its museum and having a sit down with President, Steve Stoute, General Secretary, Erskine Simmons and other BOA executive members. The meeting was followed by a press briefing. The Prime Minister…
Special Olympics athletes are excited about a popular sporting activity that has become the newest sports discipline of Special Olympics Barbados. The organisation will officially begin its golf programme in September, and in preparation, a four-day Golf Workshop and Clinic…
Mario Vázquez Raña, president of the regional continental Olympic body, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) presided over an Executive Board Meeting which was held from Sunday, July 14 – 16 at the Hilton Barbados Resort. President of the Barbados…
The 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games will be hosted by the city of Buenos Aires in 2018, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge announced today following a vote by the IOC members at an Extraordinary IOC Session in Lausanne.…
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE Friday 14 June 2013 www.olympic.org Kobe Bryant needs you to get active on Olympic Day Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has joined forces with the International Olympic Committee in a call out to the world to…
On Thursday, May 30, 2013 students of the Emmanuel Baptist Day Care in Barbados visited the Olympic Museum at the offices of the BOA. The young students were given a guided tour and history of the Olympic Movement as well…
The city of Rio de Janeiro has been elected host city of the XXXI Olympic Summer Games in 2016. The announcement to award the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the city of Rio de Janeiro was made by the…
Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) welcomes International visit to Boost Badminton Bridgetown, April 15, 2013 – The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) sat down with two members of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday, April 12, to discuss the development of…
The Road to Nanjing: Ambassador Xu Hong visits the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) Bridgetown, April 12, 2013 – The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) received an official visit from the Chinese Ambassador to Barbados, H.E. Mr. Xu Hong, on Tuesday. The Chinese…
