Nick Maitland
Rashad Jules (left) collects the ball off the toes of teammate Raheim Sargeant in the last match between the Barbados Tridents national football team and Bermuda three years ago at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. (File) Social Share
FORT LAUDERDALE – Captain of the Barbados Tridents national football team, Rashad Jules returned to the side after sitting out the trip last month to the Dominican Republic with an injured right ankle.
Jules was named one of nine attacking players in the 24-member squad of head coach Russell Latapy to contest the
Concacaf Gold Cup qualifiers in this American city, and the winger indicated his willingness and eagerness to deliver the goods once again for Barbados on the international stage.
Recently elected president of the Barbados Boxing Association, Dr Melissa Branford-Jones, has prescribed COVID-19 vaccination to boxers as well as the wider sporting community to facilitate a safe and swift return to competition. Speaking to Sun Sport about a possible resumption of boxing competition, Branford-Jones pointed out that many boxers and other athletes of various disciplines had a negative attitude towards vaccination. In her view, this could stall a return …
Barbados Football Association (BFA) president Randy Harris has given the national side a passing grade at the conclusion of their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign in Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The Tridents signed off with a 1-1 draw with Caribbean neighbours Dominica, to add to their 1-1 result with hosts Dominican Republic last Friday. Barbados scored first in all their group games except their 1-0 loss to Panama on March …
Barbadian striker Nick Blackman has signed off from his time in Israel with another piece of silverware after Maccabi tel-Aviv’s 2-1 extra time win over Hapoel tev-Aviv in the final of the Israel State Cup on Wednesday. Even though Blackman did not feature in the game as his contract was about to expire, he contributed greatly to his side’s progress in the competition. He started the games in the fourth …
Surfers Chelsea Tuach and Che Allan kept team Barbados’ hopes of progression alive at the ISA World Games in El Salvador after impressive showings yesterday in their first-round heats. Meanwhile, Joshua Burke was the first Barbadian to advance to the third round of the competition. He qualified second from his second-round heat on Monday afternoon with a respectable total of 12.24, just short of Canadian Cody Young who qualified in …