gymnastics

The Olympic Games Oldest Champion’s Remarkable Journey

For many aspiring athletes their focus is to make it to the Olympic Games. For the few for whom that dream becomes a reality, the goal then becomes to win a medal. For the oldest surviving Olympic medallist her dream

Some Rules Are Made To Be Broken

The Tokyo Olympic Games will be an Olympic Games unlike any that has gone before. Not only will the covid restrictions make life interesting for the athletes, the judges, umpires, official timekeepers and all of those involved in the media,

Declined – Insufficient Funds

How many sports in Australia are self supporting? That is a question every sports fan or participant should be asking, and whether their sport is self supporting. The terrifying answer is that very few are , in other words they

Time to Stop Cocooning Athletes

Anyone who follows a sport other than what are regarded as the major football codes in this country knows how distorted the reporting can be. When Not the Footy Show was launched back in 2005 we made a note of

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