Local baseball professional Kennard Dawson recently assisted his Boston Red Sox to a second-place result in the first-ever FTX Major League Baseball Home Run Derby X in London. Dawson, who has since returned to the Virgin Islands, smashed a walk-off home run to advance the Red Sox to the finals after they won the preliminary … Continued
Darier “Dee” Malone and Claury “Clo” Scattlife are set to create history for the British Virgin Islands after being selected to represent Team Great Britain in baseball at the 2022 European Women’s Championships in Montpellier, France. This was confirmed by the Virgin Islands Softball-Baseball Association on Wednesday, July 13. Both players are members of the … Continued
Top local hurdler Kyron McMaster and sprinter Beyonce DeFreitas are ready and prepared for the upcoming World Athletics Championships. McMaster recently collected a bronze medal in the 400 meter hurdles at the Stockholm Diamond League last weekend. His third place performance came with a season’s best time of 48.58 seconds, in a race which was … Continued
The British Virgin Islands completed the inaugural Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe with a total of two medals, including one silver and one bronze. The BVI’s first medal came in the under-23 shotput event at the hands of Djimon Gumbs who delivered a 17.99-meter put, to place second. His twin brother Diamante Gumbs placed sixth with … Continued
The Sugar Boys Football Club completed a clean sweep of titles after defeating Panthers Football Club 2-nil to lift the Presidents Cup on Sunday 26th June at East End / Long Look. The reigning national league champions Sugar Boys opened the scoring within five minutes of the second half as Oswart Holder found himself unmarked … Continued
The BVI Olympic Committee announced the team of 15 athletes that will be representing the BVI at the inaugural Caribbean Games which are scheduled to take place in Guadeloupe from June 29 to July 3, 2022. The athletes who will compete in the regional U23 Games were introduced by the Chef De Mission Ralston Henry … Continued
Sugar Boys FC will face off against Panthers FC in the final of the Presidents Cup this Sunday, June 26, at the East End/Long Look football playing field. Sugar Boys, who are the National League Champions recorded a 2-0 victory over Wolues FC last weekend in one of the two semi-finals, with goals from Rolland … Continued
From June 21-25, 2022 the Tortola Sports Club will be welcoming some of the world’s best squash players for the highest caliber squash tournament ever hosted in the BVI – the Carey Olsen Tortola Classic – a Professional Squash Association (PSA) Challenger tournament. The draw of players is very diverse with 14 different nations being … Continued
For the first time since 2019, the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) will be hosting its third free annual Sports Festival at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground on Saturday, June 25. This was confirmed by the BVIOC in a media statement that said the free event will mark Olympic Day which is annually recognised on June … Continued
The British Virgin Islands men’s football team suffered their first loss in the CONCACAF Nations League competition, after neighbouring country Puerto Rico handed the local men a 6-nil hammering on Sunday. Playing in Puerto Rico, Darren Rio opened the scoring for the home team in the 12th minute. The second goal came for Puerto Rico just … Continued
