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Is Local Best For National Teams When Appointing Coaches?

Appointing a foreign coach to be in charge of a nation’s international team in today’s sporting world is a common occurrence. To many the appointment is seen a recipe for success, however such a move can in fact be fraught

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,

The Lingering Farewell

When is a player retired? On July 17th a player dubbed by many as “Australia’s Greatest Socceroo,” Tim Cahill. announced his retirement from international football. Not surprisingly following the announcement there was a great deal of media coverage praising Cahill

The Price of Conceding Late

Penalties have been around in a number of sports almost since the first rules were formalised. While penalties to decide the outcome of drawn fixtures have been in place for almost half a century in most sports. The penalty in

Money or Nothing?

When it comes to sport everyone loves an underdog. That is until the underdog beats the team that you support! One of the things that made the recent FIFA World Cup such a success was the fact that the ‘usual