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Do These Nations Have a Point, or Points?

On the 6th of June the Executive Board of the International Hockey federation met in Lausanne and a number of key decisions were made regarding the future of the sport. One decision was that world rankings would be introduced for

Managing Expectations

In just over three weeks the FIFA Women’s World Cup will kick off in Australia and New Zealand. Without doubt this will be the biggest event for football in this part of the World, surpassing the Asian Cup hosting in

The Price of Parity

For many years there has been debate as to whether the success of a sporting team, or the hosting of a global sporting event can impact the mood of a nation and ultimately have a result on the outcome of

Podcast #118 – Age Restrictions in Amateur Boxing, Trials or Scouting, and the new Language of Sport.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

On this show we have two special guests. Claire Ghabrial returned to boxing after a ten year gap, and according to her coach came back better than ever but as she turned 40 was forced to retire. Kaye Scott came

Family or Community?

How many sports refer to their participants, officials and supporters as being a part of ‘a family?’ This has become a modern trend. Rather than being a sporting community we are now told that everyone is part of ‘a family.’