Podcast #63 – Boxing, Football’s Dysfunctionality, and Cricket all in Focus.

It’s great to be back with another show. Our guest on this show has taken a bit of tracking down as she is a woman on a mission. Kylie Fulmer won the World Boxing Federation Women’s Intercontinental Super Bantamweight World

Is Local Best For National Teams When Appointing Coaches?

Appointing a foreign coach to be in charge of a nation’s international team in today’s sporting world is a common occurrence. To many the appointment is seen a recipe for success, however such a move can in fact be fraught

Vale Gordon Banks – The Greatest Goalkeeper

On the 22nd of October 1972 when I heard the news that my hero, someone I had saved up my pocket money to buy a poster of from Don Rogers sports shop in Swindon had been in a car crash

Popovic Showing His Class

One of the oldest cliches in football is ‘form is temporary, class is permanent,’ yet it does have a ring of truth to it, especially when it comes to coaching. There are some coaches that are genuine leaders, and who

The Perfect Start

It was bold and it was brave. That was how many summed up the International Hockey Federation’s decision to launch a home and away League for International men’s and women’s teams. Rugby had mulled over such a concept, Cricket had