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Four Day Tests. Are They About Saving or Making Money?

Why are sports administrators so hellbent on change?  Is this their way of making sure that when they move onto the next job they have something to put on their resume? That they oversaw a particular change, irrespective as to

No Luck For The Irish As They Say Sayonara to Tokyo

Anyone who is a fan of sport knows the highs and the lows you can experience following a team. As a player those highs and lows are more personal and can have a lasting affect. Last weekend the FIH held

Neutrality Can Also Help Development.

The Olympic qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Hockey competition are due to get under way this weekend. Understandably there is much excitement and anticipation. Which nations will make the cut? In amongst the excitement and anticipation there are some with

Moving Out of Home

For many generations Lord’s has always been the home of cricket. If you were English there was never any doubt that it was. Just as every young boy, and now girl, wants to play at Wembley if they play football

Sporting Unity

Sport over the years has witnessed some wonderful signs of unity, times where political and religious differences have been set aside, and athletes have risen above such clashes and respected their opponents as fellow athletes and individuals. Of course sadly