Measuring Success
As the Tokyo Olympic Games progress now is a good time to remember an athlete from the past. A man forgotten outside of the host nation. A man whose story should be a lesson for all. The 1964 Tokyo Olympic
Voting Rights or Wrongs?
On the 18th of May 1860 the United States Republicans voted after a third ballot for Abraham Lincoln to be their Presidential candidate; he would go on to become the United States 16thPresident. The favourite in the Republican election for
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
Should the Government Really Be Underwriting Sporting Events?
As we have seen in the past week Australians can place far too much importance on sport. Sure sport teaches us a great deal about life. It is also good for us in so many ways, in terms of the
Money Still The Priority
Despite the ongoing proceedings in the United States against former FIFA officials Football’s Governing body have been remarkably quiet. Around 40 defendants have been charged with taking more than USD$200million in bribes for TV and commercial contracts. The first to
