Cold War Revisited?

In these days of neutral officials at sporting events one has to sympathise with the Russians at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. In the host nation’s Ice Hockey match with the USA, the referee, Brad Meier, an American, disallowed a

Ladies First – At Last.

One of the reasons it took women so long to be accepted as competitors in the Olympic Games was the view that they should only engage ‘in restrained and non-violent’ exercises to protect their ‘peculiar function of multiplying the species.’

FIFA Turns Up the Heat

FIFA have announced that they will conduct surprise doping tests of all World Cup Players starting in March allowing them to set up a biological passport to determine and irregularities in blood or urine samples. They have also stated that

Seven Year Itch. Is it Time to Scratch?

Perth Glory’s hard core fans must be the most loyal in the country. It would however appear that some are beginning to tire of the club’s rhetoric and want to actually see these words put into action at the club.

IPL Plays a Straight Bat

While the IPL auction was making all the headlines in India and the fact that many of the franchises are opting for young Indian talent to offset the money spent on foreign stars, and the fact that no Sri Lankans