OLYMPICS

* SPORTS FUNDING / HARD TIMES AHEAD

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.

* SPORTS FUNDING / HARD TIMES AHEAD

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.

Olympian forced to sell cars to make ends meet

Long-jumper Tyrone Smith may be Bermuda's best hope of an Olympic medal in over a decade.

Sports Centre will be free for national squads

The National Sports Centre facilities will be free to use for all national squads from now on.

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.
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The Ice Man cometh

Ice-man Patrick Singleton is gearing up for another shot at the Winter Olympics.

Gymnasts lead medal hopes for Bermuda

A contingent of over 100 athletes and officials from Bermuda will be competing in Aland over the next week at the 2009 Natwest Small Island Games.

The Golden Girls strike again!

Bermuda's women's gymnastics team lived up to expectations by bringing home the country's first gold medal in 2009 Island Games.Bermuda also picked up a silver in track and a bronze in swimming.

Gymnasts were the stars, but others held their own

Bermuda's gymnasts were worth their weight in gold at this year's Island Games - literally.

I'm not as fast as I was

Patrick Singleton is trying to become Bermuda's most decorated Olympian.
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It's a head-first effort for Singleton

Patrick Singleton is flat out in pursuit of an Olympic qualifying berth.

Singleton seeking cooler weather

Patrick Singleton was left to rue what might have been following last week's Intercontinental Cup skeleton competion in Lake Placid.

Singleton slides into the top 60

If Patrick Singleton fails to qualify for next month's Winter Games in Vancouver it won't be for a lack of effort.

Elite athletes to get more money

Money may not grow on trees, but the Olympic Association will be shaking quite a few branches in an effort to get more money for Bermuda's top athletes.

Singleton's out, but he wants in

The Winter Olympics start next Friday and Patrick Singleton is in a desperate bid to be included for his fourth Games.
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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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