The BOA invites Barbadians to join us today, April 6, to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP). Since 2014, sports federations worldwide have marked April 6 as the day to recognise the positive role sport…
Commonwealth Games Barbados is seeking to find an individual to fill the position of BAR eqUIP Intern. The eqUIP Internship programme presents a unique and exciting opportunity for an undergraduate or postgraduate student to work within a dynamic Commonwealth &…
World Netball (WN) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have announced the final six Commonwealth Games Association’s (CGA’s) that will participate in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Uganda, Scotland, Wales, Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Ireland and Barbados were officially invited…
Last night, Dr. Sasha Sutherland, Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO), conducted a webinar for junior athletes and their parents as part of RADO’s commitment to educating athletes about anti-doping before participating in competition. The webinar was…
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has unveiled Athlete Advocacy Guiding Principles for competitors at the Commonwealth Games to help strengthen the athlete voice across Commonwealth Sport. The Advocacy Guidance has been created under the supervision of the CGF Athletes Advisory…
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…