Sports
Cayman’s flagbearers for Paris Games opener chosen
CNS: At the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris tomorrow, Friday, the Cayman Islands team’s flag bearers will be swimmer Jordan Crooks and sailing contestant Charlotte Webster. The event, which begins at 7:30pm local time (12:30pm in Cayman), takes place on the Seine River with boats for each national delegation. It marks the first time […]
New generation of footballers scoop trophies in US Cup
(CNS): One of Cayman’s largest youth football programmes has achieved record success at this year’s Target USA Cup held in Blaine, Minnesota. Academy Sports Club returned from its week-long competition at one of the largest youth football tournaments in the world with one Gold and two Runners-Up trophies. The Club’s U19 boys won the Gold championship, […]
Four Caymanians head to Paris seeking Olympic glory
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee has revealed the four local athletes who are heading to Paris to represent their country at the 2024 Olympic Games later this month. Swimming siblings Jillian Crooks and Jordan Crooks, sprinter Davonte Howell and sailor Charlotte Webster will be the twelfth team to represent Cayman at the Olympics. Howell will […]
Elite women clinch CIFA Cup in penalty shootout
(CNS): Elite Sports Club’s women’s team won the Cayman Islands Football Association Women’s FA Cup on 2 June following a dramatic comeback victory over Sunset that ended in a penalty shootout. With Elite hitting four of its shots from the penalty spot and Sunset converting only twice, Elite clinched the championship after a challenging season.
Cayman forfeits Cuba game after first match win in WC
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Mens National Football Team was riding high on the road to the 2026 World Cup after a dramatic and historic win at the weekend over visitors Antigua and Barbuda in the second round qualifiers. But hopes of actually getting through this round have now been dashed after a decision has been […]
Cayman kicks off World Cup qualifiers on home turf
(CIFA): Cayman’s road to the FIFA World Cup begins this week in Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Men’s National Team kicks off its FIFA World Cup 26 CONCACAF qualifiers by hosting Antigua and Barbuda at 3:30pm on Saturday, 8 June, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town. “We’re excited to get World Cup qualifying […]
Cayman sprinters dominate podium at CARIFTA
(CNS): The Cayman Islands national team returned from the CARIFTA Games on Wednesday with a bag full of medals, including gold and silver from the 100 metre under 20’s final. Davonte Howell clocked an impressive 10.15 seconds on Saturday, while his teammate Jaiden Reid finished second in 10.34 seconds ahead of Javorne Dunkley of Jamaica […]
Cayman sending 15 athletes to Special Games
(CNS): Fifteen local athletes will represent the Cayman Islands in the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Germany next month. The athletes, who have been in training for the last several months, will take part in track and field, swimming and power-lifting events at the Berlin Special Games.
Rileys weren’t ‘cleared’ to coach, says NACAC
(CNS): The row over how Lacee Barnes-Riley, a gold medal-winning former national athlete turned coach, and her husband, Adrian Riley, were accredited for the recent CARIFTA Games escalated Monday after Cayman Islands Athletic Association (CIAA) President Delroy Murray circulated a letter from North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) implying that Bahamian track […]
CI team success marred by CARIFTA coach row
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Athletic Association (CIAA) has issued a statement in which it has apologised to local athlete Lacee Barnes-Riley and her husband, Adrian Riley, as a result of the part it played in the couple being escorted from the CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas this weekend after their coaching accreditation was revoked. The […]
Over 70 CI athletes and swimmers going to CARIFTA
(CNS): The Cayman Island will be sending two National Teams to represent the country at the regional 2023 CARIFTA championships next month. Fifty-four swimmers are heading to Curaçao to compete in the pool and open water, which will be held 3-11 April, and 18 athletes will be competing in the track and field events in […]
