World Cup

No Icy Reception Forecast in Sochi

While there has been hundreds of column centimetres written on the heat in Qatar and how unsuitable it is to play football in let alone host a World Cup, another tournament has now hit the papers due to heat issues,

From Refugees to the MCG

Prior to his team’s back to back games against Kenya in Sharjah Afghanistan cricket coach Kabir Khan backed his team to seal direct qualification for the 2015 World cup. If Afghanistan lost either of these two matches the UAE would

Is Football United?

Giving the world cup hosting rights to Qatar in 2022 may have been “a mistake” said FIFA President Sepp Blatter, last week. The only surprise to fans around the globe was the fact that the FIFA President actually admitted it

Hope Prevails

To be the manager/coach of any team at the highest level is close to remarkable. Hope Powell England’s women’s football coach was given a golden handshake just over a week ago after 19 years in charge. Her tenure came to

Watch This Space

World Anti Doping body WADA has suspended the accreditation of one of the testing laboratories in the 2016 Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro. There has been no reason given for the suspension apart from WADA stating that the laboratory