Olympics

Vale: Vera Caslavska – A Remarkable Woman

How many people have heard of the gymnast Vera Caslavska, who passed away yesterday? Selfishly her death struck me with great sadness as I had been endeavouring to find a way to meet her and interview her. I wanted to

Podcast #22 – Football, and the Wash up from the Olympics

The Olympic Games have come to an end and John and Ashley debate a few issues such as should Athletes have to stay in the village to compete and when should those deprived of medals due to drug cheats receive

Administrators on the Move

There are many former athletes and coaches who will tell you how limited the opportunities are in sport when that phase of your career comes to an end. In fact Cricket writer David Frith explored this very issue in his

The Dis-United Kingdom

New England football manager Sam Allardyce has only been in the job five minutes and already appears to have spiced things up by stating that he would welcome Team GB competing at future Olympic Games. In the London Olympic Games

Should Paralympics Go It Alone?

After all the hype of the Olympic Games next up is the Paralympic Games, where every day there are stories of people overcoming adversity to be crowned a paralympic Champion. Some their story of even competing at the Games will