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Dear Sir, When all the national sports governing bodies are having their funding cut by the Government, why are expensive business-class airfares being incurred by the sports minister and his permanent secretary? “Eleventh hour” booking? Did the Inte...

Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has admitted attending the Olympic Games in Brazil last month, raising the Bermuda Government’s expenditure on the event to nearly $38,000. The Paget West MP said that her $6,312.09 in expenses for the trip, which were not lis...

Sylvan Richards’ trip to the Rio Olympics cost the taxpayer a little over $31,000, it has been revealed. Details of the sports minister’s nine-day trip to Brazil to represent the Government at the Olympic Games were posted on the One Bermuda Alliance...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee will be the special guest when the Bermuda Olympic Association celebrates the 80th anniversary of the island’s participation in the Olympic Games next month. Joyner-Kersee, who won three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals ...

When the final switch was pulled to shut down the lights and mark the end of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last weekend, it ended 2½ weeks of spectacular events, which included the gutsy effort in the women’s triathlon by Bermuda’s Flora Duffy,...

Rockal Evans achieved a milestone in his 2020 Olympic qualifying bid competing in New York this month. The Bermuda sailor captured a maiden regatta victory in the Finn dinghy at the first attempt competing in the single-handed Olympic class on Cazeno...

A monument to the island’s Olympic athletes could be erected in Hamilton this autumn, according to a planning application. The “Wall of Fame”, proposed by the Bermuda Olympic Association, would be placed west of the front entrance to City Hall. Accor...

A tantalising glimpse through the looking glass perhaps best sums up Bermuda’s collective performance at the Olympic Games. The success stories and exceeded expectations of some athletes were tempered by the disappointments and failed ambitions of ot...

Congratulations to Flora Duffy and to all the Olympians. Her third Olympics, coming in ranked No 1 in the world, then finishing two minutes behind the gold medal-winner after a gruelling 1hr 58min was in itself a significant achievement, placing her ...

Bermuda’s 40-year wait for an Olympic Games medal will continue for at least another four years after Flora Duffy was unable to force her way onto the podium in Rio on Saturday. Duffy emerged as a “dark horse” for a medal with a slew of superb perfor...

Flora Duffy said she was proud of her top-ten finish despite having “an off day” in the women’s triathlon at the Olympic Games. Duffy was a genuine medal contender but had to settle for eighth, finishing some two minutes behind Gwen Jorgensen, who wo...

Flora Duffy might have fallen short of a spot on the Olympic podium, but a crowd of supporters at Docksiders cheered as though she had taken the gold. “It’s incredible for someone from an island this small to make it to the Olympics, much less finish...