Ashes

Managing Expectations

In just over three weeks the FIFA Women’s World Cup will kick off in Australia and New Zealand. Without doubt this will be the biggest event for football in this part of the World, surpassing the Asian Cup hosting in

Podcast #118 – Age Restrictions in Amateur Boxing, Trials or Scouting, and the new Language of Sport.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

On this show we have two special guests. Claire Ghabrial returned to boxing after a ten year gap, and according to her coach came back better than ever but as she turned 40 was forced to retire. Kaye Scott came

Vale: Rod Marsh

Growing up in the 1970’s there was an aura about the Ashes Test Matches. The England side of that era appeared to my young eyes to reflect an England of an era I had only read about. An era of

Is The Centralised Contract The Cause Of England’s Cricketing Woes?

Cricket has always been seen as being quintessentially English. England has however evolved, and that belief, if it were ever true, is now more questionable than ever. If cricket was seen as the sport that defined a country, the English

Too Much International Sport?

Playing for your country is the pinnacle in most sports. It is an honour and a privilege, and something that once achieved can never be take away. In some countries it is still a treasured moment every time a player