Take Your Seats Please

A common occurrence at most major sporting events is the over-pricing of tickets. It would appear that the IOC, and FIFA are completely out of touch with the economy in the countries they opt to host events. We saw it

Pain in the AIS?

The good thing about the Olympic Games is they have taken everyone’s minds of the gloom and doom that have dominated the news outlets due to the global recession, although here in Australia the sporting recession is hurting the nation

One Becomes Two

Yesterday the Emirates Western Force announced that former Wallaby Michael Foley had been appointed to ‘head the Emirates Western Force coaching staff for the 2013 FxPro Super Rugby season.’ Many assumed that this would mean that Foley would in fact

Rewards Before Success?

Over the past week Australia and possibly several other nations have engaged in much navel-gazing as athletes the public had been led to believe would come home from the London Olympics with Gold medals have ended up with silver. In

Fifty Years in the Making

The Olympics often throws up great stories of individuals who manage to overcome odds to not only win individual honours, but also an honour for their country that is incredibly rare. While nations like Australia are coming down hard on