For sports fans far and wide
For those of us of a certain age it seems like a lifetime ago that the old adage the ‘referee/umpire’s decision is final’ was something all sports people and fans understood. It is no coincidence that as our sports stars
When it comes to sport the rest of the world knows that America stands alone. They have named their national champions, World Champions and frequently make adaptions to the rules by which the rest of the world competes. In the
“You can tell that the Olympics are coming up because Hockey is in the news,” was a comment made by a friend in the past month in Australia. Sadly their words were correct, as every four years on the eve
When it comes to sport a penalty is invariably a decision that goes against a defending team. The aim is to penalise them, and give an advantage to the attacking team. In football a penalty often results in a goal.
Some of the international sporting federations have a clause in the membership of the member nations that Governments cannot interfere with the running of their sport. As we know with FIFA and the IOC, they believe that they are the
