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Winning the America’s Cup appears to have been more straightforward for New Zealand than developing the infrastructure to host the next event in Auckland in 2021.
The Kiwis have stumbled upon various logistical challenges in developing the main hub f...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The modified harness racetrack at Vesey Street will be more conducive to faster, safer and entertaining racing than the previous one, according to Charles Whited Jr, the Driving Horse and Pony Club of Bermuda president.
The racetrack underwent extens...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Randy Spence, the North Village assistant coach, is backing his team to bounce back from a humbling defeat against unbeaten Premier Division leaders PHC Zebras.
Village’s four-game winning streak came to a halt after losing 4-0 at home to Zebras at B...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda’s budding tennis players will get a rare chance to showcase their skills in front of their own fans at next week’s Bermuda ITF Junior Open at WER Joell Tennis Stadium.
Representing the island at the event, open to boys and girls players 18 an...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Tennis-Squash
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nahki Wells is poised to make his first appearance in a Burnley shirt since joining by the Premier League club on transfer deadline day.
The Bermuda striker has recovered from minor surgery to remove a screw in his ankle from an operation earlier in ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Nathan Trott earned his second cap for England Under-20 and kept another clean sheet as the home side thrashed the Czech Republic 4-0 in an international friendly at St George’s Park on Tuesday.
Trott has yet to concede a goal in two appearances for ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Shaki Easton and Andrew Cottingham suffered their first defeats of the powerboat racing campaign during the season-ending Spanish Point Grand Prix and National Championship at the weekend.
Easton, an A Class pilot, was forced to retire from the timed...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
America's Cup racing could return to Bermuda as early as 2019 after all.
Russell Green, the Emirates Team New Zealand rules expert, revealed in an interview with Sailing Illustrated that five overseas pre-regattas will take place over a two-year peri...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rockal Evans will be based in Sydney for the next three years as he intensifies his qualifying bid for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The Bermudian sailor is vying for one of only three available Olympic spots from the North and South American regi...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Sailing
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Delray Rawlins has been granted an opportunity to pick the brains of Stuart MacGill, the former Australian leg spinner.
The Sussex all-rounder will receive specialist coaching from MacGill, who claimed 208 wickets in 44 Test appearances, during a sti...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Cricket
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson