World Cup, a Game of Snakes And Ladders
Most people reading this would be aware of the game of Snakes and Ladders. A children’s board game where you move along numbered squares from start to finish, if you land on a square with a ladder you can jump
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
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
It Takes Two to Quango
Recently in conversation with an elite athlete they asked a question that could not be answered. ‘We as athletes get judged on our performance, if we fail individually we get dropped from the squad or the elite program. If the
Guarding The Future of Sport
Politicians love sport. By donning the team scarf or shirt of a certain team they immediately, so they believe, connect with the thousands of fans who genuinely support that team. If they make a public announcement related to much needed
