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Let's be sensible with our football
Reginald St. H ShillingfordAug. 15, 2014I have to thank Don Leogal for allowing me some insight into Dominica's participation in their recent C.F.U Under 20 regional football tournament before offering my views for a betterment ...
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Possible pathway from 2014 to 2018
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 30, 2014One fallout of World Cup Brazil 2014 is the news that the Barbados Football Association has moved to secure the services of a Brazilian coach to help move Barbados football ...
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Sober reflections from Brazil - 2014
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 22, 2014Most frequently admitted summation coming from World Cup 2014 is the view that Germany deserved to win the championship. Much of this is urged by Brazil's 7-1 demolition by the ...
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Brazil Nightmare
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 15, 2014A light coastal wave quickly escalated into the full flood-tide of the tsunami sweeping all before it-at of all places– one named Belo Horizonte, where Brazil, the most acclaimed nation ...
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Of dead lions and live dogs
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 11, 2014The good book puts it with charming clarity: "As long as we are alive, we still have hope, just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion." ...
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Warning bells at World Cup 2014
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 24, 2014Biggest disappointment at World Cup Brazil is the elimination of defending champions Spain. The Spaniards fell at their first two hurdles, going down 5-1 to the Netherlands and then 2-nil ...
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Brazil 2014: Dream or Nightmare
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 11, 2014By far the most famous football playing nation, and for very good reason, Brazil invites the rest of the world to its sumptuously presented extravaganza. When the curtain lifts at ...
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Congrats Clive Atwell- first Dominican based boxer to challenge for ...
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 3, 2014The bizarre shenanigans of world title professional boxing appear to have stood firmly in the way of Dominica based Guyanese Clive Atwell when he challenged for the World Boxing Council ...
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The smothering of Sammy
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMay 27, 2014Street and Media Talk in the Caribbean showed an undercurrent that Darren Sammy's tenure of the captaincy of the West Indies has at best been precarious. Recently, the ebullient all-rounder ...
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Our Immediate Athletics Future
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMay 21, 2014Dominican athletes were said to have secured our best results at this year's Junior CARIFTA Games in Martinique. It is a case for elation to some extent, but equally this ...
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Lessons from the Windward Islands Football Tournament
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMay 14, 2014The Windward Islands Football Tournament staged here in Dominica has come and gone but it would be a mistake for us in Dominica to allow the dust to settle and ...