The Qualification Conundrum
Sometimes sport can make you sad. It makes you wonder how something that was intended to be so simple, so pure and so free from politics, greed and corruption has lost its way. The Olympic Games is still the pinnacle
Parity Not Charity
It is regrettable that so many aspects of life today are all about ticking boxes, and there is a pretence to satisfying perceived needs. Much of this stems from flawed funding models, which determine that organisations must comply with certain
Time To Cut Your Cloth
The African Hockey Championships are under way in Cape Town. On the line is a place at the Tokyo Olympics for what should have been the eight men’s and seven women’s teams. Of the teams supposed to be competing only
Setting Their Sights Too High?
There would not be a sports fan in the country who is not aware what a disaster Australia’s bid was to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It was a campaign that showed just how naive those running the game
If…
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” is the opening line and a half of the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. The end of that second line reads, “and blaming it on you.” There
