Olympics

When Is A Win Not A Win?

Every body knows the saying that “rules are made to be broken.” Even the Dalai Lama is quoted as agreeing with this statement. It has been claimed that his advice is to “know the rules well, so you can break

The Ever Shrinking World Of Sport

There is no doubt that the modern sporting landscape can be confusing. The Modern Olympic Games motto is ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius,’ which is Latin for ‘faster, higher, stronger,’ it was supposed to signify athletes pushing their physical boundaries to see

Podcast #73 – Creating a Culture, Mental Health and the ABC and the Olympics.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Another podcast and we inch closer to our 500th show, and as usual there is plenty to talk about and another great guest. “Culture” is a word that is bandied about in sport today with remarkable regularity, but how do

World Cup, a Game of Snakes And Ladders

Most people reading this would be aware of the game of Snakes and Ladders. A children’s board game where you move along numbered squares from start to finish, if you land on a square with a ladder you can jump

Hockey, One step in the Right Direction

“The more things change the more they stay the same” is an oft used epigram from French Novelist Jean- Baptiste Karr, and Hockey fans in Australia are hoping that this will not be the case with their sport.  A year