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The countdown is on, as in just two days, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will arrive in Barbados, the 53rd destination out of the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories it will be visiting.On Friday, 22 April 2022, Lovie Santana, Trinidad and Tobago’s Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022, will deliver the Baton to Barbados. Craig Fulton, the United Kingdom’s Deputy High Commissioner to Barbados, will join Cameron Burke, Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022 and Vice President of Commonwealth Games Barbados, and Shelley-Ann Griffith, Assistant Secretary General of Commonwealth Game...

Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) president Conde Riley has reached a significant landmark, serving as a member of the Board of Management for 25 years.A retired investment banker, who also played the game as a batsman for Combermere School and the now defunct Barclays Sports Club in BCA competitions, Riley talks about his journey on the Board including helping to set up the Everton Weekes Centre of Excellence at Kensington Oval and implementing contracts for both men’s and women’s cricketers.As it relates to the BCA’s financial status, Riley says: “Our financial statements reflect th...

Two of the most exciting sides in this Indian Premier League threw punch after punch at each other today, but in the end Punjab Kings backed off slightly against Kolkata Knight Riders, and paid a big price.Kings played the game Knight Riders did two nights ago in an attempt to provide for the inevitable dew and chasing advantage: just keep going hard and refuse to rebuild until that is the last option left. It is a shame that just like for Knight Riders, it didn’t work out for Kings. They were bowled out for 137 with 10 balls to spare, a total Knight Riders chased down in 14.3 overs despite ...

When one is in charge, whether it be a political administration, a general manager, or a senior supervisor on the production line, it is expected that a few barbs will come your way.For obvious reasons - the buck stops with the man or woman who makes the final decisions. He or she is expected to guide the team and ensure there are few, if any, weak links.And so, despite the overwhelming victory at the recently concluded general election, in which the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) was returned to office with a record clean sweep of all the electoral seats, no one expects that it will be smooth sa...

Jurors will begin hearing evidence in a criminal case against a St George man on Wednesday.Today the nine-member jury, consisting of two men and five women – was selected when the matter involving Karl Nokosi Mapp, of Thorpes Cottage, St George was called before Justice Randall Worrell.