Central American and Caribbean Games medallist, boxer Kimberly Gittens, has been awarded a Commonwealth Sport Women’s Leadership Programme Scholarship. Gittens will be one of 25 emerging female leaders in sport from the Commonwealth pursuing the programme this year. She was…
Sri Lanka join Australia, Barbados, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan in the first major sports event in history to award more medals to women than men. Cricket is the first discipline to announce its complete line-up for…
The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. is inviting interested persons to apply for the Commonwealth Women’s Leadership Programme Scholarship 2022 which is being offered by Commonwealth Sport. INTRODUCTION This scholarship programme aims to support 25 women from the Commonwealth on their…
Agency calls on athletes, entourage, and all stakeholders to note major modifications concerning the use of salbutamol and injectable glucocorticoids The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind athletes and all other stakeholders that the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and…
The calendar turning to 2022 symbolises something special for the Commonwealth Sport Movement and before I look ahead at what is to come, I would like to reflect. For me, four years have passed in a blink of an eye.…
Athletes, coaches, journalists, and sports administrators were recognized for their contributions during a difficult period for sports.
On November 19 for International Men’s Day (IMD), we acknowledged the significance of men and boys throughout the world, and The Barbados Olympic Association Inc. (BOA) will once again be participating in the global celebrations. For more than 20…
Jamal Grosvenor, a coach with the Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB) and a Physical Education teacher at The Lodge School, has been awarded an Olympic Solidarity (OS) Scholarship to pursue a high-level coaching course offered by the International Support Program…
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…