Football

Hope Prevails

To be the manager/coach of any team at the highest level is close to remarkable. Hope Powell England’s women’s football coach was given a golden handshake just over a week ago after 19 years in charge. Her tenure came to

Keeping an Eye on the Books

The court of arbitration in Europe has publicly stated this week that it is bracing itself for a flurry of cases related to UEFA rules that aim to curb debt in Europe’s football leagues. Matthieu Reeb the secretary general of

Bunbury’s Omission May Be Costly

When it was announced on Tuesday that current Premier League side Bunbury Forum Force would not be playing in the new National Premier Leagues competition next season, and would be replaced by Subiaco, the strength of feeling against the decision

Changing to Stay the Same – Was it worth the pain?

Often in the role of a sports administrator you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t on certain issues. The reason being that sport brings out people’s emotions, because usually attached to those emotions are years of

Deal or No Deal

The deal has all but been been done, finally, for Gareth Bale to move from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid, for a world record transfer fee of GBP86million. Transfer fees have escalated at a rate that is hard to comprehend