Vale: Bert Trautmann

The words “Hero” and “Legend” are too easily bandied about these days. WE have even seen the word ‘survivor’ misappropriated by our Prime Minister in the past week. Sadly one man who can be described as all three of these

Stew Only Option For Cook

Many followers of sport will recall the story of Aaron Cook the British Taekwondo champion who was controversially left out of the Team GB squad for the Olympics because he opted to follow his own training program that had won

No Need to Get the Ump.

It has been interesting to read the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) assessment of the umpires, as well as the Decision Review System (DRS) analysis, from the fantastic Trent Bridge cricket Test match between England and Australia that took place last

Finalists to Share Honour 100 Years On

Following the joint hosting of the 2002 FIFA World cup by Japan and Korea, rumblings from the game’s governing body said that they would never have a World Cup Finals c0-hosted by two nations. It appears that that may well

A New Breed of Pensioner?

Not surprisingly former Chelsea assistant Manager Ray Wilkins recently spoke out as many applauded Roman Abramovich’s ten year tenure as the owner of Chelsea, saying that he felt his time at the club was “for the worse.” Since Abramovich took