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Time To Recognise Hockey’s Victims of Politics

Not the Footy Show Podcast

The Australian Olympic Team that competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, despite a US-led boycott, was recently formally recognized by the Australian Parliament for their participation 45 years after the event. To some this seemed a strange occurence as these

Is Success not Being Predictable?

How does one measure the success of a sport in the modern era? The answer invariably is it depends upon who you talk to. Is it based on the attendance figures at live games? Is it based on the viewing

Short Formats of Sport May End Up Being The Short Straw For Some

Sport should be black and white, as after all there are usually winners and there are losers; occasionally honours are shared. In some sports where the result is based on a judges opinion it can be subjective, and history is

Embarrassing! The Decision or the Aftermath?

What has happened to the game of cricket? It used to be a game played by gentlemen, where there were standards, but it has sadly lost its way. England’s Jason Roy is being slammed by some for his reaction when

Four Day Tests? You Must Have Peebles in your Head

It was the cricket writer Ian Peebles who wrote back in the 1960’s that when it came to new International teams being given Test Cricket status he thought they should be given an abbreviated version than the standard five days.