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No Sport For Scoundrels

‘You do the crime, You do the time.’ That line has been around for decades. In sport it should be no different. In football if you trip a player as he is running through to score, you concede a penalty,

How Long Will The Games Continue?

Leading into the Commonwealth Games currently taking place in the Gold Coast on Australia’s East coast there was much speculation as to the future of the Games beyond 2022 when Birmingham in England will be the host nation. The Commonwealth

Is Boxing to be Knocked Out of Olympics?

Some of the all time great boxers have participated in the Olympic Games, the likes of Muhammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Oscar de la Hoya from the USA. Then there have been the great Cubans, Teofilo Stevenson, Felix

The Return of the Referee

Being a referee or an umpire in any sport is a thankless task, and one that few ever receive the respect or credit they deserve. The reason being that good officials are hardly noticed while bad ones stand out. In

A Sporting Chance

There is no doubt that Cricket is King in India when it comes to sports coverage. There is cricket on the television almost 24 hours a day from local games to international games, as well as even Masters internationals, there