SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2025
VICTORY IN PANAMA
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
WITH a slight change in their line-up and some timely hitting, the Bahamas put on a show yesterday in Panama City, Panama, with their first victory at the CONCEBE and COCABE
Under-23 Baseball Pan American Qualifier.
After losing their first two games of the week-long tournament, the Bahamas prevailed yesterday with a 7-3 win over Aruba at the Team Bahamas got some
type of production from just about every batter in the line-up, who either got on base with a walk or a hit to contribute to the victory with pitcher Yerchiel Saint holding down the defense on the mound.
“We changed the line up a little bit. We brought some other guys in and took some other guys out,” said manager Ken Adderey, who was assisted by coaches Jeff Francis, Tre Sweeting and Orville Saint.
“We told everybody that they were on deck and we were going to play
fundamental ball. We were going to squeeze, we were going to bunt and do whatever it takes to win this game. We were going to play seven innings full and everybody wanted to be a part of what we did today.”
Adderley, a former minor league player, said he wasn’t that concerned about the pitching because the hurlers kept the team right in the game, but they didn’t let the timely offensive punch that they got yesterday to compensate for it.
Left fielder Kashon Conliffe led the offense by going
Major Jr on the rise
By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
RISING Bahamian
tennis player Michael Major
Jr said he was thrilled with the progress he made since returning to Howard University to play as the new captain of the Bison men’s tennis team this year.
Playing in some preseason invitational tournaments over the weekend, Major Jr prevailed with a pair of doubles victories and a singles match.
At Mount Saint Mary on Friday, he teamed up with Ethan Boswell to pull off a 6-2 6-3 win. Then at Loyola on Saturday, he won his singles match 6-2 6-4. He closed out play at Morgan
State University in doubles with Boswell as they again won 6-1 6-2.
It was a good solid weekend that he feels will propel him even further this year.
“It was a good weekend after coming off the HBCU National Tournament where I made the semifinals, losing a tough one to a guy from Tennessee State,” the six-feet, two-inches Major Jr said.
“He was their Conference Player of the Year in both singles and doubles, so it was a good match to see where my confidence level was. He was a tough opponent, so to come off that loss and have no losses this weekend shows where I am at going into the MEAC Invitational on Thursday.”
After suffering an ankle injury during his appearance on the Bahamas men’s successful trip to the Davis Cup tie in August in Trinidad & Tobago, Major Jr said he was thrilled to put together two solid weekends back-to-back.
“I felt like I didn’t have any time off,” said Major Jr, transgressing from his sophomore to now his junior at Howard University. “I felt better than before moving and playing.
“I felt I’m playing much smarter and I’m playing much smoother. I had two dominant matches against some tough opponents in the HBCU and it has shown me how much I have
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2-for-4 with a run batted in and scored twice and center
fielder Pheron Charlton had another solid day at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a run scored.
Also, first baseman Jaiden Cartwright was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored; catcher Caden Walker and third baseman Rohan Culmer were both 1-for-3 wirth a walk, a RBI and a run scored and second baseman Khanadj Austin had a walk and a RBI.
Conliffe said they knew that they had to start clicking on all cylinders before
it got too late to mount any serious comeback in the tournament with only one game left in round robin play. “We came into the game knowing that we were going to do something special,” Conliffe said. “We started off slow in the first two games, but we came with the intent to win and that is what we did,” Conliffe, a member of the San Diego Padres farm system, credited the victory to a cohesive unit where he felt the “pitchers did well, the defense did well, the
offense did well” and Team Bahamas “came out on top”.
Team Bahamas got things started in the third when shortstop Cherif Neymour drew a two-out walk, but he was left stranded as Charlton got out on a shot to right field. After watching Aruba broke the ice by scoring a pair of runs in the third, Team Bahamas responded by putting one up on the scoreboard in a rally that seemed to spark the players.
GOLF GIRLS GOLF THE 14th Golf Club will join the Girls Golf LPGA and USGA in hosting the “She Is 1000” Empowering Girls Through the Game of Golf event. The event will take place on Saturday, October 20 from noon to 1 pm at the Bahamas Golf Federatuon’s Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex and is free to all participating schools. Interested golfers can register at golfbahamas@gmail.com.
CYCLING
CHALLENGE ROAD RACE 2 THE New Providence Cycling Association will hold its Challenge Road Race
2 on Sunday at the Clifton Pier parking lot as competitors test themselves on a 5.82 ile circuit. The race categories are Group A, which will ride eight laps or 46.56 miles; Group B, competing in five laps or 29.1 miles and Group C, which will contest a three-lap race or 127.46 miles. The registration fee is $12 for both Group A & B and $6 for Group C.
TRACK WILLIAM JOHNSON CROSS COUNTRY THE Silver Lightning Athletic Club will host the 6th Annual William
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Bahamas to Berlin
By BRENT STUBBS Tribune Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
TWO Bahamian couples, running together as members of the Bahamas Roadmasters Club, are back home after participating in their first Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 21. And while they’re not sure if they would return unless the funding is there, Theresa and Marcel Major as well as Monique and Kendrick Stubbs left their impression on their latest venture overseas. Marcel Major did a
personal best of three hours, 56 minutes and 28 seconds in the grueling 26.2 mile race. Monique Stubbs also did a PR 5:58:19. “It was an awesome experience,” Marcel Major said. “The course was flat and fast. The energy from the spectators gave us wings and life. The whole Berlin experience was amazing. “It was very well organised from the registration process to the finish line. What a way to close our 2025 international run experience. We’re looking forward New running territories in 2026.”
Berlin has now been added to the list of marathons in Chicago, Miami, Rio De Janeiro, Toronto and Boston Virtual Marathon that the Majors have participated in. For the Stubbs, they have also done Chicago, Toronto and the Boston Virtual Marathon.
Marcel Major, who has served as is a former club president, and joined by Kendrick Stubbs, the
rent club’s vice president, said because of their passion for running and their running prowess, both couples
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MICHAEL Major Jr in action.
7-3 triumph for Bahamas over Aruba
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Conliffe, who reached first safely on a single, would eventually score on Walker’s single to left field, leaving two other batters stranded on base.
Again, The Bahamas gave up a run in the fourth, but it wasn’t until the sixth that matched the score at 2-2 on Austin’s RBI sacrifice fly that drove home Cartwright, who led off the rally with a walk.
Then in the seventh, Team Bahamas made up for the two losers by putting five more runs on the board to ensure that they didn’t fall 0-3 in the standings.
Charlton, a student-athlete at
Florida Memorial University, got it started with a single and after he moved to second on an error and stole third.
Benjamin Dupuch, who attends Georgia Premier Academy, got hit by a pitch and Charlton caught a ride home on Conliffe’s RBI double for the first run.
Dupuch would eventually come home with the second on a wild pitch before Conliffe scored the third on a throwing error that put Walker safely on first.
Culmer, a student-athlete at Western Oklahoma State College, doubled and Walker scored the fourth. Culmer then stole third and came home on an error for the fifth
run, while still leaving two more runners on base.
Aruba tried one more time to get in another run as Saint started out with a hit pitch, only to get the next two batters out. Saint gave up a single, but got the last batter to ground out to end the game and preserve the win.
The Bahamas will now take a break today to enjoy their triumph that pushed them to 1-2 in Group B standings before they come back and play Cuba in their final round robin game.
The playoffs will follow on Friday when the top two teams will advance to clash with the top two teams out of Group A that includes Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
Pacers Champions
THE RM Bailey Pacers emerged as the champions of the Bahamas Baptist Sports Federation’s 2025 AID basketball tournament on Saturday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
The Pacers, coached by Lamont “Redhead” Armaly, pulled off a 42-22 victory over the Macedonia Warriors to win the title and remain undefeated in the six team field.
It was the second straight win for RM Bailey, who knocked off M Macedonia, coached by Brent Stubbs, 38-33, in a showdown for the two undefeated teams left in the double elimination format.
By virtue of the win, the Pacers clinched their berth into the final, while Macedonia had to go through the losers bracket, earning their spot with a 43-27 rout over Golden Gates Ballers.
Golden Gates ended up with the third place prize.
Here’s how the tournament played out:
RM Bailey 42, Macedonia 22: William Ingraham turned in a most valuable player performance, leading the Pacers in double figures with 14 points in their crushing victory.
Ingraham set the tone early, scoring eight points as RM Bailey raced out to a quick 11-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and they were never threatened the rest of the way.
Quency Rigby also scored in double figures with 10 points.
Stanley Pratt added eight and both Kwith Bonaby and Wodson Antoine contributed four.
For Macedonia, Devontee Gibson led the way with just six. Torrez Basden had five and Ahmad Williams and Delano Knowles chipped in with four each.
RM Bailey 38, Macedonia 33: William Ingraham was once again unstoppable, pouring in a game high 21 points, including 11 in their 19-15 first quarter tear as they surged on for the win and their spot in the final.
Stanley Pratt added eight; Wuency Rigby had four and Keith Bonaby had three to assist Ingraham in the win.
Torrez Basden scored 15, Delano Knowles had nine, Franky Lightbounre four and Ken Davis three in a losing effort.
Macedonia 43, Golden Gates 27: Franky Lightbourne exploded for a game high 25 points, including canning five three-pointers, to set the tone for the Warriors as they advanced to the final.
Lightbourne converted back-toback three-pointers and ended up with 10 points as Macedonia outscored Golden 17-5 to snatch the insurmountable lead at the end of the first quarter.
Evan Hanna, Ken Davis and Delano Knowles each added five points.
Mateo Popiter led Golden Gates with 12 points. Ned Smith had five and Brain Deleveaux helped out with three in a losing cause.
Golden Gates 37, Charles W Saunders 35: Mateo Poitier was the
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‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross-Country Championships on Saturday, October 11th at St Augustine’s College, starting at 7 am.
Johnson, currently serving as the PHysical Plant manager at SAC, is a former middle distance runner, who still holds the Bahamas national record of three minutes and 45.72 seconds that he set on May 17, 1983 in Austin, Texas.
This year, Silver Lightning, headed by Johnson’s long-time friend and rival Rupert Gardier, plans on putting on another exciting experience for all who participate.
The event is being sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Trophies will be given out to the top three finishers in each event, and finishers 4-10 will receive medals.
The cost of the event is $10.00 whether you are walking, running or cross-country.
There will also be overall division trophies.
and
only player in double digits with 11 points as Golden Gates held off the Cougars.
Ned Smith and Kayle Mackey both had seven, Brian Deleveaux had six and Destin Moss had four to help out in the win.
Bryson Rolle set the stage for the Cougars with a game high 16 points. Jai Mortimer hadv 10 and Kani Davis had seven in the loss.
Golden Gates 41, CI Gibson 40: Ned Smith hit a game clincher three-pointer down the stretch to seal the deal for Golden Gates. He finished with 16 points.
Mateo Poitier had 14 and Harvey Lewis added eight in the win.
Condae Smith scored a game high 18, Mario Rolle had nine, Sidney Higgs seven and Joshua Munroe had four in the loss.
Golden Gates 21, CW Saunders 20: Mateo Poitier scored seven points, including the game’s winning basket, to lead Golden Gates to the win.
Harvry Lewis had five and Ned Smith added three in the win.
DeVontee Gibson converted a pair of free throws to ensure Macedonia got the win with only 3.3 seconds left on the clock. Gibson finished with six points.
Delano Knowles took charge for Macedonia wirth 13, Ken Davis had eight and Ahmad Williams ended up with three in the win.
Mario Rolle led the Rattlers with 20. Condae Smith added six.
RM Bailey 40, CW Saunders (A) 35: William Ingraham scored nine points to lead a balanced scoring attack for the Pacers in their tournament opening victory.
Quency Rigby scored eight, Keith Bonaby had six, Stanley Pratt five and Glen Clarke added four in the win.
Bryson Rolle led the Cougars with a game high 15 points. Kani Davis and Daniel Munroe both had six and Shelton Nlson added four in the loss.
Macedonia 25, CW Saunders
(B) 14: Delno Knowles scored a game high eight points and Torrez Basden, DeVontee Gibson and Kenv Davis all connected on five points in the win.
Junior Luben had six and both Keilin Fowler and Elijah Collie added four in the loss.
CW Saunders (A) 33, Golden Gates 14: Shelton Newton scored a game high 10 points, Daniel Munroe had nine, Bryson Rolle and Kyman Wilson both had five andKani Davis added four in a losing effort.
The BBSF was also scheduled to host a 12-and-under tournament, but that was pushed back until November 8 at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
The BBSF is inviting all teams interested in participating in the tournament, also sponsored by AID Automotive Ltd, to contact tournament director Sean Bastian at 826-8535 or email sseanbasbastian@gmail.com for more information.
Major Jr: I’m just putting in the work
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progressed since the injury as well.”
As he prepares for the upcoming season, the Sports Medicine major with a minor in biology, said he’s doing all of the necessary things that the coaching staff require of him.
“I’m just putting in the work as normal and just pushing my body,” he insisted. “I’m just trying to get
one percent better. So yeah, I’m ready.”
And he has some lofty goals he would like to achieve before his season is over and done with.
“I would like to get Player of the Year for my conference, win a ring and go to the NCAA Nationals with my team, which is not even a big goal,” he pointed out.
“I feel we can achieve these as a team and I can accomplish my own personal achievements as long as I
keep working and the team keeps working.”
As the team captain, the 19-yearold Major Jr said he’s not feeling any added pressure to succeed.
“I’ve been pushing the team and with some good freshmen coming in, and with two solid transfers coming in around January, we should have a top of the line-up team,” he projected.
“I don’t think our conference knows what we have for them right
now. As the captain, there’s always pressure, but I love the pressure. I just have to work on the little things and I will be better as a player for my team this year.”
Following the MEAC Invitational that concludes on Saturday, Major Jr will then compete in the ITA Atlantic Regionals from October 9-13 and then they will close out the pre-season play at the Navy Gold Invite from October 11-13.
“We have also decided to give an overall trophy to the club with the most overall points,” the club said. “The club and school with the most athletes will receive a pizza party.
“We will also have t-shirts and other giveaways for all.”
TRACK
BBSF TRACK CLASSIC
THE Bahamas Baptist Sports Federation will hold its 2025 Track and Field Classic on Saturday, October 25th at the Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
The event will begin at 9 am with the opening ceremonies and competition will be staged in the under7, under-11, under-15, under-20, open and masters men and women categories. Competition will take place in odd distance type events and the relays will be mixed gender to encourage more participation and fun from all of the participants.
Trophies will be presented to the overall male and female winners in each category and medals will be presented to the first three finishers in each event.
The registration fee is $10 per athlete. All denominational Churches and local track and field clubs are invited to participate.
Interested persons are urged to contact director Ann Thompson at 425-3667 or email ann837609@gmail. com or BBSF president Brent Stubbs at 426-7265 or email stubbobs@gmil.com for more information.
TRIATHLON SPOOKY SPRINT RELAY
THE Bahamas Triathlon Association will hold its Spooky Super Sprint Relay on Sunday, October 29 at Jaws Beach, starting at 7:30 am. The event will include a triathlon consisting of a swim over 200 metres, a 5-kilometre bike ride and a 1.5 kilometre run. There will also be an aquathlon that will include a 200m swim and a 1.5kilometre run. The registration fee for the triathlon is $15 per person and $10 for the aquathlon. There will also be a relay team competition.
BASKETBALL UNDER-12 TOURNEY
THE Bahamas Baptist Sports Federation will hold its AID sponsored under-12 basketball tournament at the CI Gibson Gymnasium on Saturday, November 8.
The tournament is open to all teams with a registration fee of $150 for a roster of 12 players.
Trophies will be presented to the winners and runners-up, while third place will receive medals. Interested persons can contact tournament director Sean Bastian at 826-8535 or email seanbasbastian@gmil. com ot BBSF president Brent Stubbs at 426-7265 or email stubbbs@gmail.com for more information.
Junior Luben
Keilin Fowler both scored six in a losing effort. Macedonia 33, CI Gibson 31:
FROM top, the RM Bailey Pacers, the Macedonia Warriors and the Golden Gates Ballers.
Mbappé and Kane star as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich earn big wins in Champions League
By CIARÁN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
KYLIAN Mbappé scored a hat trick and Harry Kane netted twice as European heavyweights Real Madrid and Bayern Munich enjoyed big wins over tournament newcomers in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Madrid shrugged off any travel weariness in a 5-0 win at Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan, and Bayern cruised to a 5-1 win at Pafos in Cyprus.
Tottenham needed a late own goal to escape Norwegian champion Bodø/Glimt with a 2-2 draw.
Liverpool lost 1-0 at Galatasaray after having an 88th-minute penalty decision reversed following a VAR review. The home players were incensed when Wilfried Singo was penalized for an apparent foul on Ibrahima Konaté, but replays showed the Ivory Coast defender touched the ball before Konaté’s foot.
Victor Osimhen’s early penalty was enough for Galatasaray’s victory.
Atlético Madrid romped to a 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt with coach Diego
Simeone watching from the stands following his suspension for an altercation with a Liverpool fan in the team’s previous Champions League game.
José Mourinho blew a kiss to Chelsea supporters on his return to Stamford Bridge with his Benfica team. Only a Benfica player scored but it was an own goal from Richard Ríos that decided the result, 1-0 to Chelsea, which had João Pedro sent off late.
Marseille beat visiting Ajax 4-0, and Lautaro Martínez scored twice to lead Inter Milan to a 3-0 win at home over Slavia Prague.
Atalanta came from behind to beat Club Brugge 2-1.
Bodø/Glimt’s memorable home debut
Norway’s champion from north of the Arctic Circle was agonisingly close to claiming a victory over Tottenham in its first home game in the main stage of the competition.
Kasper Høgh skied a penalty over the bar in the 35th, but Jens Petter Hauge curled a fine shot inside the far post to send the
4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) to play in the eastern Kazakh city of Almaty for Kairat’s first home match in the competition.
Mbappé dispatched a penalty in the 25th after goalkeeper Sherkhan Kalmurza had brought down Franco Mastantuono, and got his second after the break when goalkeeper Thibault Courtois caught the Kairat defense out with a long clearance.
Mbappé lobbed the ball over Kalmurza.
Arda Güler sent Mbappé though for his third goal in the 73rd, when the France star completed his fourth hat trick in the competition. Only Robert Lewandowski (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (8) have more. Substitute Eduardo Camavinga scored his firstever goal in the competition 10 minutes later, and fellow substitute Brahim Díaz completed the scoring in stoppage time. Another five-star Atlético
display Atlético put five goals past city rival Madrid over the weekend and followed up with another five against an overwhelmed Frankfurt team.
“It was really impressive what Atlético did,” Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller acknowledged.
Giacomo Raspadori opened the scoring early, Robin Le Normand got the second, and Julián Alvarez skipped past Germany defender Robin Koch to set up Antoine Griezmann before the break.
Griezmann celebrated what was his 200th goal for the club by a holding up a No. 200 jersey with the name “Grizi” to adulation from the fans. Jonathan Burkardt pulled one back in the
but Giuliano
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58th,
Simeone —
son — headed Atlético’s fourth from an Alvarez corner in the 70th. Alvarez scored the fifth with a cheekily taken penalty.
INTER Milan’s Denzel Dumfries celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Inter Milan and Slavia Prague, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday.
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP
BAYERN’S HARRY KANE, right, with teammates applaud their fans after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Pafos FC and FC Bayern Munich at Alphamega stadium in Limassol, Cyprus, on Tuesday. Photo: Petros Karadjias/AP
REAL Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe controls the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Kairat Almaty and Real Madrid at Ortalyk stadium in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
Photo: Alikhan Sariyev/AP
THE
TAKE
TRIP
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Pro Football Writer
THE collection of passports for each member of the Minnesota Vikings’ nearly 200-person travelling party began more than five months ago, when team operations staff initiated preparations for an unprecedented NFL road trip.
Regular reminders to players, coaches and everyone else in the organization going to Dublin and London — to either locate or renew this nonnegotiable prerequisite for an overseas trip — continued throughout the spring and summer until all of them were secured together in one case.
Having played four international games over the past 12 years, the Vikings had a plan for the passports — and just about everything else.
“It’s really nice peace of mind to know that we’ve got them in hand and the dog didn’t eat them the night before,” director of team operations Paul Martin said recently. “It’s enough stress when we have them, because then I’m worried about the safe getting broken into, let alone having them in 200 households until we leave.”
The hyper-competitiveness of a 17-game season in a league that has passed $23 billion in annual revenue has created an environment of military-like precision around the lead-up to each game and luxury-resortlike support for the players along the way to help them achieve optimal performance each time they take the field. Those standards aren’t lowered when teams travel, whether across the river to Wisconsin where the Vikings play rival Green Bay each year or across the ocean to Europe, where they’re settled in this week between games.
The pallets in the advance shipment were stacked with far more than just ankle tape and ice packs.
“Ranch dressing, barbeque sauces, cereals that they’re used to eating,” said head performance dietitian Ben Hawkins. As the first team in league history to play consecutive
international games in different countries — the Jacksonville Jaguars have done back-to-back games in London — the Vikings as an organisation were only interested in accepting the assignment if the football side was on board with it. Moving two road games out of difficult-to-play-in stadiums — from Pittsburgh and Cleveland — to neutral sites where both opponents had to take long flights, adjust body clocks and prepare in unfamiliar surroundings was a plus. The expertise of the team’s talented and tireless support staff, from athletic training, equipment and nutrition to operations and security, made the decision even easier.
“If this was me booking travel and bringing the orange slices after the game, if it was all those things, I would not be this confident in our ability to go handle
these trips,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said.
“We’ve got unbelievable people at every layer that go into the planning and the execution of said plan.”
Well before the NFL schedule was released to the public in mid-May, Martin and his team headed by vice president of operations and facilities Chad Lundeen went to work on the details. The Vikings were already well-versed in London logistics, but with a new landscape to learn for the league’s first game in Dublin — the Steelers beat the Vikings 24-21 last Sunday — staff members first visited Ireland in early June to see Croke Park, the team hotel, the practice fields and area medical facilities, just in case.
“And maybe a pub or two,” Martin said. Then there was the inherent challenge of spending 10 days overseas
— and transporting all of the required equipment and requested comforts in time for them to be waiting for the players upon their arrival last week. The deadline for packing up the two semi trucks? June 30.
After the trip east, the gear was transferred to a cargo ship that docked in Dublin about 10 days before the Vikings took the field against the Steelers. From there, a ferry took it to London in advance of the game this Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against the Browns.
Every last item had to be logged on a carnet, an international customs document allowing traveling individuals or businesses to temporarily bring goods in and out of a country without paying taxes on them.
“It’s basically like we’re on tour and we’ve got two stages,” director of equipment services Mike Parson
said. As the NFL continues to expand the menu of international games — there are seven this season with a stated goal from commissioner Roger Goodell to get to 16 — a multi-city trip such as this could well be repeated. The league announced last week a commitment to at least three regular-season games over five years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, starting in 2026 after two games in Sao Paulo, one earlier this month and one last season.
Berlin and Madrid are joining Dublin this year as first-time hosts. Melbourne, Australia, is on deck next season. Goodell said Asia is in the queue after that. The Vikings, who’ve leaned into the global portion of their fan base with marketing rights in the United Kingdom, have provided the NFL a valuable test case with this
pond-hopping trip to Ireland and England.
“We’re really confident in the plan we have in place and the work that we’ve done with the Vikings leading up to it,” said Peter O’Reilly, the league’s executive vice president of club business, international and league events.
“It’s really about learning as we continue to grow and potentially grow the number of international games in the future.”
All those extra hours spent by team staff members, trying to create a home away from home and have a plan for any of the curveballs that might come their way in a foreign country, were well worth it in the end.
“Despite the massive undertaking of what this trip is,” Martin said, “this was a good thing for us.
That’s the only way we’re looking at it.”
MINNESOTA Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (18), right, and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) warm up during a training session ahead of their match against Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin, on Friday.
Photo: Frank Augstein/AP
Bahamians take part in Berlin marathon
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can easily be described as the Bahamas Roadmasters power couples. They will be headlining some of the stories that will be featured for the Bahamas Roadmasters’ Bahamas
Half Marathon 10K, 5K and half marathon relay set for Sunday, November 23.
The two couples admit that movement is medicine and running is very therapeutic and can be very beneficial to everyone’s” overall health and mental state of being.
“It is also addictive and can be a good and welcomed addiction to have,” Marcel Major said. “Personally, I
had a major spinal injury in 1987 that left me with partial paralysis for a year or so...to be able to overcome such a major life.
“Adversity is self gratification for me. Most importantly, to have my wife who loves running even more than I do is life within itself for me when we share common interests.”
FROM left, Monique and Kendrick Stubbs and Theresa and Marcel Major.
THERESA and Marcel Major.
UB Cross-Country beats the weather
THE weather held up as the fourth edition of the University of The Bahamas Cross-Country Invitational wrapped up at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center grounds on Saturday.
Powered by Simplified Lending, the highly competitive meet saw 957 total athletes, which was the most ever to register in the meet’s history.
Kennesha Rolle, junior account executive for Affinity Insurance Agency and Simplified Lending Group of Companies, was there from start to finish.
“We are honoured. We do a lot of sponsorships, and this is a great initiative,” Rolle sad. “We are so happy to help in any way that we can. We are all about giving back and doing things the simplified way.”
UB’s own Lhevinne Joseph powered through to win the men’s open division 5K race with a time of 8:47.76. It was a quick start for Joseph as he had to chase two competitors but by time the first lap, he and fellow UB runner Jackson Ozias were in a twoman race. Joseph separated himself from Ozias for the first-place finish.
“The guys that went out ahead ran the course last year. The guy who came third came second last year so my mind “I am saying he may be in better shape this time”. My goal was to stick with him for as long as I could and whenever I got the opening, I was able to pass.” Ozias was second after clocking 9:09.47. Devonta Newbold from T-Bird Flyers was third in 9:21.53. Placing fourth was UB’s Devilus Culmer in 9:26.78.
It was a tight finish in the open women’s competition with UB’s Najihah Mortimer edging out her teammate, Bernechia Nelson in an allout sprint to the finish line. Mortimer ran 11:54.76.
“I didn’t feel bad. I was excited to be competing as a Mingoe in this meet. Nelson is my teammate, and we work off one another. I was glad she was able to push me to the end, and we both came out with better time.” Nelson ran a time of 11:54.81 for the second-place finish while UB’s Sienna Culmer-Mackey placed third in 14:00.77.
The under-20 boys saw a new champion, as CR Walker’s Gabriel Johnson took care of defending champion
Benryco Pierre at the finish line to win that division 8:54.07.
“I had one gameplan and my coach told me to stay close. I know he did not have any speed at the end,” Johnson said. “He beat me couple times and this is my first win over him.”
T-Bird Flyers’ Pierre ran 8:54.60 for the second place. His teammate clocked 9:13.83 to finish third.
It was a dominating race in the under-20 girls division with CI Gibson’s Avianna Marshall winning in 13:31.84
“I didn’t want to stop and keep the pace. I wanted to keep the pace and let no one pass me.
T-Bird Flyers’ Rachea Neily came second in 14:09.06. CR Walker’s Julisa Swann came third with a time of 15:46.43.
Kyden Thurston easily defended his title in the under-17 boys division after clocking 8:53.92.
“The last lap was pure struggle and heart,” Thurston said. “I do what I have to do whatever I have to do to push myself. I kept it nice and smooth.
CH Reeves’ Devonte Crowl won second place in 9:15.33. Hurry Murray’s Johnathan Marsh clocked 9:23.79 to place third.
It was a fight to this finish in the under-17 girls division between Denika Gittens and Hurry Murray’s Breynice Kemp but Gittens was too
much after running 11:53.73 to win.
“I have been practicing for a little while now,” Gittens said. “I am happy that I got first after getting fifth last year. I was able to sprint my heart out and came home.”
Kemp ran 11:54.12 to settle for second. Kemp’s teammate Ramonique McLennon ran 12:10 for third place.
Fast Forward’s Ayden Russell secured the under-15 2K boys title in 6:21.25 while Hurry Murray’s Haleel Munnings won the under-13 girls division with a time of 7:07.48.
Infinite Distance’s Frankie Wright took home the under-13 boys title after stopping the clock on 6:23.50. Team Velocity’s Elexia Strachan clocked 7:00.75 to win the under-13 girls division.
X-Treme Athletics’ Clinton Brown powered his way to win the under-11 boys division with a time of 4:42.51. Brown’s clubmate Camille Brown won the under-11 girls division when she posted 5:51.63. The under-9 boys division title was locked up by Cleveland Eneas’ Lavago Bootle who ran 2:44.74. Rhythm Runners’ Felicia Stiggers won the under-9 girls with a time of 2:46.20.
This year the meet featured a throwers and jumpers 1K race. CR Walker’s Stephen Robinson won that race in 2:45.84.
HURRY Murray’s Ramonique McLennon sprints on the homestretch at the fourth University of The Bahamas Cross-Country Invitational powered by Simplified Lending at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Center grounds on Saturday. She finished third in the under-17 girls division.
Photos: UB Athletics
UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas runners Bernechia Nelson (#692) and Najihah Mortimer (#694). Mortimer won the open women’s division.
HURRY Murray’s Breynice Kemp (#853) and Denika Gittens (#860) battles on the homestretch. Gittens won the under-17 girls division.
THE UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas runner Jackson Ozias (#897).
THE UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas runners Lhevinne Joseph (#809) and Jackson Ozias. Joseph won the open men’s division.
HURRY Murray’s Jonathan Marsh celebrates after crossing the finish line.
T-Bird Flyers’ Kyden Thurston crosses the finish line. Thurston won the under-17 boys division.
CI Gibson’s Avianna Marshall (#605) crosses the finish line. Marshall won the under-20 girls division.