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Classic Pumas are capable of repeating their title-winning feat of 2011 at this year’s World Rugby Classic, says the team’s manager Rodolfo Ventura after his team’s comfortable victory over Canada.
Argentina were in determined mood against the Canadi...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
John Kane, the World Rugby Classic president, doesn’t like making predictions, and for good reason.
So bad is Kane’s track record of tipping a winner he now refuses to do so, believing it will put the “kiss of death” on whichever team he chooses.
But...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Brendon Minors has backed Dandy Town to end their trophy drought and break Devonshire Cougars’ silverware stranglehold when the two teams meet in the Dudley Eve final on Monday.
Minors hopes to lift his first title since being appointed Hornets skipp...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Bermuda’s Rai Simons emphasised his growing reputation after bagging a superb brace in Ilkeston Academy’s 7-4 extra-time win over Northampton Town Academy in the FA Youth Cup.
The Robins, who had already won four ties to claim a place in the first ro...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
A prize fund worth $4,500 helped increase the competitive edge and enticed some of Bermuda’s top tennis players to turnout for the recent Coral Beach Clay Court Championships.
That’s the view of James Collieson, Coral Beach’s tennis director, who bel...
DATE: Nov 06, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tennis-Squash
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Bermuda riders Kayla Bardgett and Hannah Simmons were both victorious at this month’s inaugural Atlanta Youth Dressage Festival at the Georgia International Horse Park.
In their respective divisions, Bargett won her dressage test while Simmons came ...
DATE: Nov 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Equestrianism
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Providing the Island’s young players with pathways into further education is arguably the National Academy’s most important responsibility, according Bermuda Football Association’s (BFA) Academy director Richard Todd.
Helping a player obtain a schola...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Football
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
USA national team coach Marvin Sharp has been sharing his knowledge with the Island’s coaches at a training camp as part of an initiative to help raise the bar of Bermudian gymnastics.
Sharp, who has coached many elite USA gymnasts, including Beijing...
DATE: Nov 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Gymnastics
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Bermuda’s top sprinter Tre Houston has relocated to his namesake city in the United States as he looks to get his athletics career back on the right track.
In need of a fresh start and change of scenery after suffering a stop-start 2013 season, Houst...
DATE: Oct 31, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Track & Field
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
With a squad bursting at the seams with talent, the Classic Lions look well equipped to mount a title challenge at next month’s World Rugby Classic.
Still smarting from last year’s semi-final defeat to eventual winners Classic Wallabies, the Lions ha...
DATE: Oct 30, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright