Making Sense Of Sixth, – and Fifth.
In sport when you are at the top you know the only way is down. If you are on an unbeaten, run you know that one day that run has to come to an end. There is understandably a great
Rolling the Dice
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
Voting Rights or Wrongs?
On the 18th of May 1860 the United States Republicans voted after a third ballot for Abraham Lincoln to be their Presidential candidate; he would go on to become the United States 16thPresident. The favourite in the Republican election for
Once The Party Is Over…
Congratulations to Ange Postecoglou and the Socceroos on qualifying for their fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup. No mean achievement by a non-traditional footballing nation. However it was not plain sailing, and the team and coach had to do it the
The Right to Play God Puts the Olympic Ideal at Risk
There have been many debates over the years on how the professionalism of sport has killed the spectacle. Rather than a coach and an assistant coach of yesteryear the top teams around the world now have full time physios, sports
