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A Rod For Their Own Back?

Whether we like it or not frequently the most careful planning doesn’t necessarily ensure success. Coaches know this probably more than any others in the sporting world, and that is why the sign of a good coach is identifying that

Is It Time To Review Off Field Decisions?

For over a century in a myriad of sports players would experience decisions going against them in games, but over a season it would often even itself out, as some decisions would end up going your way.  There have been

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,

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

Just as there are more people who claim to have been at “The Miracle Match” at the WACA in 1976, the inverse is it can be just as hard to find people who admit to voting for a political leader

Waiting for Six Nations to Comply

Six countries may well find themselves banned from the Olympics and other major sporting events.  The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) who have grown impatient at non-compliance, warned last week that this may be the only course of action open to