Olympics

Women’s Sport Coming to the Fore

There is a saying behind every successful man there is a woman pushing hard. This may soon be changed to behind every successful sport there are women pushing hard. As in Australia it would appear that women are very much

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