The Bermuda Football Association has confirmed the dates for the March 2023 Senior Men’s National Team’s CONCACAF Nation League stage matches.
The first match will be played at the National Sports Center Flora Duffy South Field Stadium on Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at 3:00 pm, with Bermuda hosting Guyana.
The Bermuda team will then travel to the Dominican Republic where they will face Haiti on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023.
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Countries Could Boycott Next Olympic Games
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A BBC UK report claims up to 40 countries could boycott the next Olympic Games, making the whole event pointless, said Poland's Sport and Tourism Minister Kamil Bortniczuk.
His comments came after Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia jointly rejected an International Olympic Committee (IOC) plan to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete in 2024.
Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Paris Olympics if that occurs.
But the IOC said on Thursday that any boycott would only "punish athletes".
Bortniczuk said he believed it would be possible to build a coalition of 40 countries, including Great Britain, the United States and Canada, to support a block on the IOC's plans before a meeting on February 10th.
He added: "Considering this I don't think we will face tough decisions before the Olympics and, if we were to boycott the Games, the coalition we will be a part of will be broad enough to make holding the Games pointless."
The IOC announced last week that it would "explore a pathway" to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris under a neutral flag, adding that "no athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport".
The move prompted condemnation, with the UK Government saying the plan was a "world away from the reality of war".
Ukraine Sports Minister Vadym Guttsait said the country's sporting bodies needed to "strengthen communication" with international federations to keep a ban in place on Russian and Belarusian athletes, which was imposed by the IOC's executive committee immediately after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
However, IOC president Thomas Bach has since said that was only intended as a "protective" measure towards those athletes, and now insists they should not be discriminated against.
On Thursday, sports ministers from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland said "any effort by the International Olympic Committee to bring back Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete, even under a neutral flag, should be rejected".
They added: "Efforts to return Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sports competitions under the veil of neutrality legitimize political decisions and widespread propaganda of these countries."
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Bermuda CONCACAF Men’s U17 Championship Team Announced
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The Bermuda Football Association (BFA) announced the final team that has been selected to represent Bermuda during the 2023 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship.
The tournament takes place in Guatemala from February 11th to February 26th, 2023.
Prior to traveling to Guatemala, the team will spend a few days training in Miami from February 13th before traveling to Guatemala on February 17th.
The Bermuda Under 17 team will begin their campaign during the Round of 16 on February 19th as they advanced directly from the 2022 CMU17 Qualifying matches.
Bermuda 2023 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship team
1 Keyan Webb (GK) 2 Jutorre Burgess 3 Malachi Henry 4 Luke Fulton 5 Nayan Grant 6 Jaidyn Robinson 7 Hayden Dill 8 Jannis Roberts 9 Xahvi DeRoza 10 Daion Swan- DeSilva 11 Malachai Belboda 12 Nathaniel Swan (GK) 13 Gianni Burgess 14 Qu'ran Raynor 15 Keiaron Bean 16 Enoch Joseph 17 Kaej Stovell 18 Daqaio Stewart 19 Paris Mitchell Robinson 20 Chance Eve
Monday, January 30, 2023
BNAA Salutes Dage Minors
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The Bermuda National Athletics Association (BNAA) is congratulating the first Bermudian to run a sub-4minute mile.
BNAA President Dr. Freddie Evans said, “On Friday, January 27th, at the Boston University Terrier Classic, Dage Minors broke his National Mile Record of 4:02.10 by delivering a superb performance and becoming the first Bermudian in history to run the mile in under 4:00. Minor’ new National Record is 3:59.35.
In his first track race of the season, Minors set a Personal Best and a new National Record, this speaks volumes about his off-season preparations. Minors was also the winner of the Elite Men’s Front Street Mile on January 13th, here in Bermuda. Minors is the embodiment of discipline, perseverance, and determination and the BNAA salutes his achievements. We all are looking forward to continued success for Minors this season.”
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Minors Breaks Bermuda 4 Minute Mile Record
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Dage Minors became the first Bermudian to run under 4 minutes in a Mile.
Competing in the 2023 John Thomas Terrier Classic at the Boston University.
Minors finished 6th in Heat 2 of the Mile clocking a time of 3:59.35, this time saw him finish 13th overall.
Also competing in the Mile at the event was Nathan Armstrong and Ryan Outerbridge.
Armstrong representing Rider University clocked a Personal Best time of 4:13.82 finishing 84th, while Outerbridge clocked a time of 4:15.23 finishing 92nd.
