Sports
Manny Pacquiao claims WBO welterweight title
BBC NEWS
Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring to score a unanimous decision over champion Jessie Vargas to claim the WBO welterweight title in Las Vegas.
Smith & Flyers shot down by Riders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands’ basketball player Leslee J. Smith and the Bristol Flyers saw the Leicester Riders shoot their lights out from three-point range to remain the only unbeaten team in the BBL, winning 85-60, on Saturday November 5, 2016 on the road at the SGS WISE Arena in Bristol, England.
All Region Honours for Troy Ceasar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands proudest footballer, Troy Ceasar, was awarded with All Region Honours last week for his performances with the Andrews College Fighting Tigers football team.
Round Tortola Yacht Race offers up new twist
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The 47th Peg Legs Round Tortola Race, organised by the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC) and sponsored by Nanny Cay, will take place on Saturday November 19, 2016, with a twist.
Jensen & Bryan to highlight Necker Cup Kids Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - On Sunday, November 13, 2016, VP Bank and Premier Live in conjunction with the Necker Cup, the most exclusive Pro-Am tennis event in the world, are bringing back the popular annual Necker Cup Tennis Kids Day to Tortola Sports Club.
Holder five-for leaves West Indies with 153 to win
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Pakistan collapsed in tragicomic fashion after lunch on day four, losing their last five wickets for 33 runs, including 3 for 4 in the space of 18 balls, to be bowled out for 208 and leave West Indies with a target of 153. They then dropped Leon Johnson twice to allow West Indies' openers to put on an unbroken stand of 23 by tea.
Hat trick for Peters as Old Madrid steamroll VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With a hat trick in the 5-1 win for Old Madrid against VG United on Saturday October 29, 2016, Kenmore Peters became the National League’s top scorer and put his team back in the hunt for a top four spot in the standings.
My team believed in me as a player & leader- MVP Steve E. Parillon
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Most Valuable Player (MVP) Steve E. Parillon showed up with a bagful of experience and a determined attitude to inspire his team, Splash Brothers, to a sweep of the defending Champions, West Gunners, with a 79-78 victory in game two of the Championship Series in the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed Basketball League on Saturday October 29, 2016.
WWPS retain Jelani N. Lettsome Memorial Bowling title
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The boys of the Willard Wheatley Primary School made it known that their first title came by no fluke as they stood strong as a team to once again take the championship trophy of the Jelani N. Lettsome Memorial Bowling Tournament.
Joeverne S. Webb crowned Miss RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Twenty-nine-year-old Police Constable Joeverne S. Webb is the new Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Queen.