Joao Havelange

Have Video Officials Killed Our Belief in Sport?

Claims by former Netherlands football coach Louis van Gaal that last year’s FIFA football World Cup in Qatar was rigged in order to allow one of the game’s greats Lionel Messi to win a World Cup have caused quite a

You Cannot Put a Price on Integrity

Transparency and integrity are words that are frequently bandied about in the modern sporting world. Words that decades ago rarely needed to be mentioned, as at that time it was accepted by all that the majority in sport played and

Remember, Remember…

November the 5th is a night of celebration in England. Many know it as ‘Bonfire Night,’ or even ‘Guy Fawkes night.’ The reason that bonfires are still lit on this day dates back to 1605 when Londoners were encouraged to

Podcast #103 – The Sport of Lion Dancing, The Australian Open, The Ashes, and Singing At The Cricket

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Happy New Year! We are back with the first show of 2022 and with Chinese New Year soon upon us we are looking at the traditional Lion Dance and how this is very much a sport and how the competition

Far From Pitch Perfect

Ask any Indian Hockey fan why there was 41 years between their hockey team winning an Olympic medal and the chances are most will tell you that the switch from a grass pitch to an artificial surface was a huge