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Pakistan has never been a powerhouse Olympic nation. It has won just ten Olympic medals since first competing at the 1948 Games in London. Pakistan’s first medal came in field hockey at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 when it
There have been many debates over the years on how the professionalism of sport has killed the spectacle. Rather than a coach and an assistant coach of yesteryear the top teams around the world now have full time physios, sports
If sports people are to be held up as role models, then so too should our politicians and leaders of industry. Equally if our politicians are to be held accountable and expected to be transparent with how they spend tax
There was a film in the 1980’s called ‘Blame it on Rio’ starring Sir Michael Caine and a young Demi Moore where the city was blamed for making men behave irrationally; in this case the older Michael has an affair
If Russian sport was on the ropes following its doping allegations in the world of Athletics the news that its pin-up girl in the world of Tennis, Maria Sharapova, has failed a drug test while participating at the Australian Open,
