Barbados is set to compete in eight sporting disciplines at the inaugural Junior Pan Am Games, scheduled for November 25 – December 5, 2021, in Cali, Colombia. The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) announced that 14 athletes have been selected…
The first matches for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been announced, as the organisers of the Games have revealed the schedules for the women’s cricket T20 and for the netball competition at the event. The women’s cricket T20 competition…
A new generation of star athletes will start their journey to the next Pan American and Olympic Games in just one month when the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games begin. Panam Sports is proud to provide a new stage…
World Netball (WN) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have announced the first six Commonwealth Games Association’s (CGA’s) that will participate in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Australia, New Zealand, England, Jamaica, South Africa, and Malawi were officially invited by…
The ANOC Executive Council met in Crete to discuss a number of important reports and initiatives ahead of what will be ANOC’s first carbon neutral General Assembly. The meeting was the largest in-person gathering of the Executive Council since January…
Today, Her Majesty The Queen has officially launched the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in a unique ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, attended a special ceremony on the forecourt of the Palace to…
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has unveiled details of the international route and the design of the Queen’s Baton for the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a Games tradition that celebrates, connects and excites…
When the virtual 61st International Session for Young Participants, hosted by the International Olympic Academy (IOA) gets underway this Friday, September 17, The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) will be proudly represented by Rohansonn Waithe, Treasurer of the Barbados Chess…
President of the Barbados Chess Federation Allan Herbert today paid a visit to the Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s headquarters at Wildey for an orientation meeting. Herbert was elected as a director of the BOA board for a one-year term at its…
When President Sandra Osborne officially declared The Barbados Olympic Association Inc.’s (BOA) 2021 General Assembly closed on Wednesday, there were two new National Federations and a new director added to its roster. The meeting, which usually attracts close to 100…
Olympic swimmers Danielle Titus and Alex Sobers, as well as officials of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA), paid a courtesy call on Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Dwight Sutherland, during which he was presented with a token…
Those attending the inaugural National Session for Young Participants (NSYP), are guaranteed to receive the tools to help build a solid foundation for their pathway in sport, when it kicks off this Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the Garfield Sobers…
Dionne Haynes, Vice President of the Barbados Badminton Association is the fifth Barbadian to be selected for the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sports Organisations Management) programme. The programme, sponsored by the International Olympic Committee through an Olympic Solidarity scholarship, is…
The 2021 General Assembly of The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (“the BOA”) will be held on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. The Notice convening the General Assembly will be given at a later date in accordance with the By-laws. Every precaution…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) is pleased to support rower Philip Als in his quest to create history yet again. The 65-year-old Barbadian rower was the first black person to row an ocean and the first from the Caribbean…