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Tom Hollingsworth is a former deputy sports editor of the Daily Express. For many years he worked in a sports agency, representing mainly football players and motor racing drivers. Tom holds a private pilot’s licence and flying is his principal recreation. More Posts

Way to go, Rory!

With the Rio Olympics opening ceremony now only a few weeks away, it would seem that the IOC – and some of the governing bodies of sports admitted to the ‘family’ – could do with more adverse advance publicity like a hole in the head. The IOC is a bit like FIFA is to football and maybe [...]

July 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

[Embarrassed cough] … Sorry, I’ll be on my bike, then

Once again risking the wrath of the PC-brigade and the accusation that the Rust has been captured by a bunch of a unit of misogynistic male curmudgeons, I return today to the complex subject of female sport in its widest sense – viz. encapsulating aspects such as gender equality, positive [...]

July 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

The right stuff

Hats off today to Valerie Adams, New Zealand’s double Olympic gold medallist shot putt champion, for her uncompromising black and white attitude towards sportsmen and women who cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs. See here – article by Donald McCrae that appears today on the [...]

July 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Is seeing really believing?

As regular readers will be aware, the Rust always keeps one eager eye open for media developments or comments on the subject of performance-enhancing drugs and cheating generally in the world of sport. Here’s an article by Catherine Bennett that appears on the website today of – THE [...]

June 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Drug notes

More on sports and performance-enhancing drugs – a topic that prompts Rust interest from time to time. Firstly, we have received the news that tennis star Maria Sharapova has been given a two-year ban for use of a banned substance – see here –  Owen Gibson writing on the website of – THE [...]

June 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Standing up to be counted

Yesterday afternoon I watched on television as Serena Williams, who is going to be 35 in September, lost 5-7, 4-6 to first-time Major winner Garbine Muguruza (formerly of Venezuela, now of Spain) in the final of the women’s singles at the French Open. Serena therefore remains on a career record [...]

June 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Alfie’s Boys

It was inevitable in the 50th anniversary of the World Cup victory there would be a tv tribute to the victors of 1966.  Sadly with Alan Ball and  Bobby Moore lost to us , substitutes had to be found in the form of The son of  Ball and Tina first wife of Moore.  Footage could also be used  for [...]

May 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

No big deal

Last week a stink blew up over the decision by members of Muirfield Golf Club to reject the admission of women as members. As I understand it, they needed a 75% majority to accept the change to their ‘men only’ rule – the senior executives supported the move and did everything they reasonably [...]

May 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

TMS

You can feel summer is a-coming when TMS returns to the airwaves. Having  boring stuff to do at home, I switched on for the morning spell. The Sri Lankan commentator was warmly welcomed and then had to take criticism of this country’s bowling attack from Geoff  Boycott. There was much [...]

May 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

It depends how you define equality

From our growing ‘stuck record’ department, I fear. On the subjects of tennis, equal pay, political correctness and similar, here comes another report upon research suggesting that elite female tennis players are some of the luckiest sports-people alive in terms of ‘value for [...]

April 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

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