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Nahki Wells might be making all the right moves as he continues to wow the fans at Bradford City in English League Two.
He netted a hat-trick earlier this month, is almost a permanent fixture in the team and was in contention for the club’s Player of...
DATE: Apr 27, 2012
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Adrian Robson
There’s a fine line between gaining experience and destroying confidence.
And at times, it might be argued, that line may have been crossed at the Carifta Games which ended on Monday night.
The curtain came down under a shower of praise.
The organisa...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Five hundred and fifty athletes, a couple of hundred coaches and officials, a bunch of family and friends in the stands and a considerable amount of local interest adds up to next week's Carifta Games which Bermuda hosts for the second time in nine y...
DATE: Mar 30, 2012
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Adrian Robson
It’s almost five years ago that Bermuda’s national cricket team were stitching together their final preparations for the World Cup.
They were about to create cricketing history as the tiniest nation ever to qualify for the sport’s showpiece event (al...
DATE: Mar 23, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Bermuda’s always been able to produce good boxers, trouble is we’ve never produced enough boxing rings.
The fight game might be one of the most popular sports on the Island or at least could be if facilities were provided.
Yet it’s something that Gov...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Adrian Robson
Bermuda’s national cricket squad jet off to Dubai today for the World Twenty20 qualifiers, preparations for which have been less than ideal.
Not that that should surprise anyone given the events witnessed in recent years.
Controversy erupted over the...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Adrian Robson
WHEN Goodwill golf tournament entries last month plummeted to a new low, the decline could have been attributed to a number of factors; among them poor marketing, the recession and the high costs of air travel and accommodation.
It really didn't matt...
DATE: Jan 13, 2012
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Adrian Robson
There are few subjects that provoke the same kind of fierce debate as that which surrounds the existence of the Royal Family, not only here but throughout the Commonwealth.
Some see the family as anachronism, no longer worthy of recognition.
Others d...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
‘Tis the season of goodwill.
And it was in the Christmas spirit that the Commission of Inquiry unveiled their findings this week.
The Commission was set up to determine how Bermuda Football Association and Bermuda Cricket Board spent the special gran...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
Bermuda Football Association may realise by now the sport is facing the biggest crisis in its long history.
Cancellation of Wednesday's Friendship Trophy match at Somerset between the home team and visiting Boulevard because of the fear of gang viole...
DATE: Dec 16, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson