World records

Do Record-Breaking Feats Need To Be Put Into Context?

Sport is about competition. To many that competition is not as important as it is to those who earn a living from sport. Yet to many who will never be paid to play sport there is a still a strong

Podcast #35 – Extreme Hockey Dribbling, The A-League Grand Final and IAAF

Not the Footy Show Podcast

It has been a crazy fortnight in sport in Australia, and so much to discuss, but we restrict ourselves to two topics in detail and one guest; a few other subjects do in fact get airtime! On this show we

We Are Made By History

Why is it that in today’s world those running not just sport are prepared to put forward ill-conceived ideas and genuinely believe that people are going to accept their preposterous suggestions? Maybe because some people are simply happy to go

Women Breaking Down Barriers

Slowly those archaic male only traditions in British Sport are becoming a thing of the past. The Royal and Ancient Golf club at St Andrews have admitted women and having opened its doors to a woman last year, after 62

Poles Apart?

Thirty years ago they would have been arch rivals because of what they represented politically, but now former Olympic Gold medalists Lord Coe and Sergei Bubka are rivals of a different kind. Both are IAAF vice presidents, and both are