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Podcast #87 – The Love of Goalkeeping, Maradona and Do You Have To Be A Certain Height To Be An Elite Athlete?

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We are back with another show and as usual some interesting topics under discussion. Our guest on this show is former international water polo goalkeeper Tomaz Lasic who has just published his first book, “The Love of Goalkeeping.” The book

Space Invaders – Time to Go Back in Time

Watching the Wallabies play Argentina’s Los Pumas at the weekend made me realise that I had a privileged childhood. I was fortunate to grow up in the 1970’s and 1980’s. A time when rugby had every right to claim to

Who Will Come Out on Top Out Of Rugby’s Two Great Rivals?

At the turn of the last century the All Blacks toured the British Isles. Dave Gallagher’s 1905 side known as “The Orginals” by many set the tone for the All Blacks in years to come. They played 32 games on

Inspirational Athletes – 19

Long before Maradona’s “Hand of God” at the 1986 Mexico FIFA World Cup there was ‘El Divino Manco.’ Which roughly translated means ‘the one-handed god.’ This was the nickname given to Uruguay’s Hector Castro. Castro wrote his name into the

On The Surface

When he was elected President of the International Hockey Federation in Dubai in November 2016 Dr Narinder Batra stated in his presentation prior to voting, “I would like to take Hockey across the globe, extend the boundaries.” He went on