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August 9th, 2021
VI team defeats home team St Maarten in basketball showdown

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten- A basketball team from the [British] Virgin Islands were in action at a tournament in St Maarten at the weekend.

February 17th, 2021
East Rockers coached by Leslee J. Smith win Lower Estate Basketball Tournament

LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI- In his first undertaking as coach, semi-professional basketball player Mr Leslee J. Smith lifted a championship trophy, along with his team East Rockers, who won the Lower Estate Basketball Tournament hosted by Skillful Ballers Basketball Club last week.

December 27th, 2020
‘A great accomplishment for me & my team’- D’Moi M. Hodge on smashing US college records

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, USA - Young Virgin Islands basketball talent D'Moi M. Hodge made international headlines when he smashed US college records, with a record-setting performance at Purdue Fort Wayne, on Sunday December 20, 2020, tallying 46 points in a single game.

December 5th, 2020
Finals of FIBA 3x3 B-Ball action set for today

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A two-day FIBA 3X3 Basketball Tournament in the Virgin Islands (VI) will get its curtain call this afternoon, Saturday, December 5, 2020, at the R.T. O’Neal Central Administration Complex after an exciting tournament start yesterday.

November 6th, 2020
3x3 district basketball tournament coming

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Competitive basketball will soon resume in the Territory, albeit not in the usual format, as the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) is seeking to run off a 3x3 tournaments for district teams in December the latest.

February 29th, 2020
BVIBF wraps up another local referee training clinic

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following the successful hosting of a February 8, 2020, basketball referee training clinic, President of the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF), Mr Derrick R. Varlack is keeping up efforts to train local referees in the sport.

February 8th, 2020
BVI Basketball Federation stages local referee clinic

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Today Saturday, February 8, 2020, the BVI Basketball Federation conducted a training clinic for potential referees in the local basketball sphere as part of the Federation’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the referee pool in the Virgin Islands (VI).

January 26th, 2020
UPDATE: Kobe Bryant & daughter dead in helicopter crash

CALIFORNIA, USA - New information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the daughter of NBA legend, Kobe B. Bryant also perished alongside her father in the deadly California helicopter crash that claimed the lives of at least 9 people.

November 16th, 2019
79 Out! in clean sweep; Bayside Blazers live to fight another day

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Games in the play-offs round 2, in the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League resumed on Friday, November 15, 2019, after the games were interrupted last weekend when local referees staged a boycott because they felt a player who was involved in a fight should have received a longer suspension.

August 23rd, 2019
Heavy defeat for VI in Paradise Jam Tour

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [British] Virgin Islands National ‘All Stars’ Basketball Team played their final game in the Paradise Jam Tour in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) against University of Massachusetts (Umass) at the Virgin Islands (UVI) Gymnasium on August 22, 2019.

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