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Feeling the pinch: Five major sporting projects that need financing

Plans for a multi-purpose sports centre to take the pressure off the National Sports Centre were announced last week as the bulldozers moved in to demolish the dilapidated club house at Somerset Bridge.

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Money for new events unlikely to materialize

Sporting groups looking for money for new projects and events could very well find themselves in the paupers' line as the economic recession hits.

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Sports 'will survive' financial crisis

Bermuda can cut more than ten per cent from its sports budget and still fund a raft of new projects - including an Olympic swimming pool, a multi-purpose sports centre and new drug-testing infrastructure, claims Sports Minister El James.

Bike racers to train in the U.S.

Some of Bermuda's most talented young motorcyclists travelled to California this weekend to sharpen their skills at a U.S. training camp.

Rick Hendrick knows how to win

Since debuting as a full-time team owner in 1984, Rick Hendrick has won seven Sprint Cup Series championships - all since 1995.
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Racers representing Bermuda in U.S.

Eight young Bermudians got the thrill of dpeed competing at the Grange Motor Circuit in California.

Measuring performance

Jimmie Johnson ends the 2008 Sprint Cup season right where he started it, atop the list of teams in That's Racin's ranking of NASCAR's teams.

Driver of the Year? That's an easy choice

Boy, is it hard not to pick Jimmie Johnson after he wins a third straight Cup championship to match the record held by Cale Yarborough.

Tough choice for Junior Athlete of the Year

After profiling the contenders for Bermuda Sun male and female Sports Personality of the Year in the last two editions, today James Whittaker and Don Burgess turn their attention to the stars of the future

Majors seeking double win

Zico Majors is confident of completing a Champion of Champions victory on New Year's Day after his impressive Boxing Day performan
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The dream lives on for 'The Animal'

In the living room of the Wilson family home in St. David's there is a large photograph of a beaming 14-year-old Toriano in his Red Bull uniform.

Looking beyond the Daytona 500

Regardless of the outcome, Kyle Busch says his performance in the season-opening Daytona 500 was never going to be a good indicator of whether his team was back on track after a disappointing finish to 2008.

Sanctions coming!

Seven sporting bodies are close to being stripped of all financing and use of Government facilities if they don't meet next month's drug testing deadlines.

It's time to bet on Kenseth

Matt Kenseth comes to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend with a pocket of aces and a giant stack of chips.

Qualifying becomes essential for drivers outside of the top 35

There are not many guarantees in sports, especially in NASCAR.
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The Bermuda Sun bids farewell...

JUL 30, 2014: It marked the end of an era as our printers and collators produced the very last edition of the Bermuda Sun.

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