Are the Times a Changing?
It is the way of the world today, that we pay more than a product is worth without complaining. In many of the places we visit the service is nothing short of dreadful, but rather than say anything...
View ArticleAthletics Race Against Doping – Who is Winning?
Drugs in sport is the current hot topic around the world at the moment and that doesn’t look likely to change in the near future. The Athletics Diamond league started last week and British 800m runner...
View ArticleTweets – Who is To Blame?
It comes as no surprise that yet another high profile sportsman finds himself in hot water over comments made on social media’s Twitter. On this occasion it is Australian cricketer David Warner who...
View ArticleFreedom Of Speech A Thing of The Past
This post is very different from any ever posted on this site before, but sadly I felt its content needed to be made public. I love sport! I always have. I have enjoyed watching it at the highest...
View ArticleHats in the Rings
In three months time Jacques Rogge the President of the IOC end his 12 year term in office and in true Olympic tradition the race is on to replace him in the top job. Five candidates are currently on...
View ArticleTradition Loses Appeal
Wrestling will have to wait until the end of the year to find out if it maintains its place at the Summer Olympic Games. At present it faces being dropped, and unless it can state a very strong case...
View ArticleCan We Have the Bill Please?
Having grown up in Britain in the Margaret Thatcher era this writer was never a fan of the Iron Lady. I was however interested to read a supplement compiled by the Independent newspaper correcting...
View ArticleLegacy Argument Loses Legs
Sport is meant to unify people of all difference races, religions, and ages. It gives us immense highs and incredible lows whether we play or simply support a team. The great thing is it teaches us so...
View ArticleMaking Money on Murray
If Andy Murray manages to do what seemed as unlikely as Queensland winning the Sheffield Shield and lift the Wimbledon trophy as a British male Champion one man may be incredibly please with his...
View ArticleNot Doing It – Part One
There is an old saying that ‘a bad workman blames his tools,’ many would say that this also applies to sportsmen or women who blame their equipment for a loss of form. In which case Irish golfer Rory...
View ArticleNo To Knight Andy
Following his historic Wimbledon win, Britain’s Andy Murray is now being tipped to become sport’s youngest knight. Cyclist Bradley Wiggins was upgraded to Sir Bradley Wiggins following his historic...
View ArticleToo Much of a Good Thing?
Could it be a case of too much of a good thing for Britain? Last week Commonwealth Games host city Glasgow failed in its bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympics to Argentina’s Buenos Aires. Even the...
View ArticleStew Only Option For Cook
Many followers of sport will recall the story of Aaron Cook the British Taekwondo champion who was controversially left out of the Team GB squad for the Olympics because he opted to follow his own...
View ArticleNatural Water
There must be something in the water, although FINA the body that runs swimming is certainly hoping that is not the case at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona. Prior to the event starting...
View ArticleMixed Relays a Winning Formula.
The FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona will see a new event make its debut, the Mixed Relay. Teams will be able to enter two female swimmers and two male swimmers to compete in the relay...
View ArticleThe Price of Lunch
Former World Pole Vault Champion Sergei Bubka hosted media in London to an expensive lunch in London at a very up-market eatery last week as the race for the Presidency of the International Olympic...
View ArticleA United Front
Sport as we have shown continues to break down boundaries around the world in a way politicians can only dream about. This has been witnessed again as three unlikely allies have joined forces to try...
View ArticleChasing Usain
At this point in time one has to feel sorry for athletes such as Usain Bolt as the incipient drip, drip drip of athletes caught out by improved technology and testing for doping, causes many to start...
View ArticleWhat to do about Wu?
Last week we ran a story about the all powerful Dr CK Wu, the head of AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) and his aim to become the President of the IOC as well as his sweeping decision to...
View ArticleWatch This Space
World Anti Doping body WADA has suspended the accreditation of one of the testing laboratories in the 2016 Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro. There has been no reason given for the suspension apart from...
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