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Final thoughts: the hard facts

At The Rust we are not shy of dealing  in hard facts. Therefore my assessment of the Euros final was that Italy were the better team and the three missed penalties were badly taken and not saved by great feats by Italian keeper Donnarumma. Jack Grealish is a cocky player with a good strike, as [...]

July 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Djokovic triumphs

I was at Centre Court with one eye on the clock to get back for the Euro final. Matteo Berrettini started promisingly but there was too much in the Novak Djokovic locker. The Italian could offer pace and power but too often lost rallies to unforced error. It was not a vintage final. The greatest [...]

July 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Time and tide waits for no man

Occasionally on the pages of this organ contributors, myself included, address aspects of the passing of time upon sporting careers and particularly the point at which top sportsmen and woman decide to call a halt. In this context the truisms can flow long and hard. Some elite athletes are [...]

July 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Ladies Final

After Ashleigh Barty strolled the first 3 games against Karolina Priskova I thought this one will be over soon. However both players have bouts of lost concentration and form. It proved an even well fought contest Ms Barty, after being something of a young prodigy, suffered burn out and even took [...]

July 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

My day at Wimbledon

I must confess straightway that I acquired my Wimbledon debenture as an investment. Such a debenture is freely traded and a seat on Centre Court much prized. I did not become a tennis fan overnight. However I missed the deadline for selling the seat back to Wimbledon but the debenture office [...]

July 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

A ball of considerable confusion

It’s difficult to avoid the impression that – in what (nobody needs reminding) has been something of a strange a disconcerting world these past eighteen months – the “crazy” factor has recently gone up several notches in the UK as both world sport – not least football, [...]

July 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

A Good Read

An interesting issue was raised in this week’s Good Read on Radio 4 presented by Harriet Gilbert – namely, you can enjoy a book at one period of your life but not in another. She gave as her example The Franchise Affaire by Josephine Tey. I read a lot of Christopher Isherwood as a kid [...]

July 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

In praise of Mark Cavendish

With all the hoopla of the Euros and Wimbledon Mark Cavendish’s win yesterday has rather slipped under the radar. The Manxman is now within one of Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins and he still has four more sprints to come including the finale at Paris. This is all the more praiseworthy as [...]

July 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

A day at Wimbledon

Uncle Bob (Robert Tickler) informed me that negotiations have broken down for the sale of his debenture ticket and would I like to go? Of course I would – though I have never accepted that Wimbledon is primus inter pares of the 4 Major tournaments. The staff were even more officious than [...]

July 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

Le Tour – so far

I watched Friday and Saturday’s stages in the company of a cycling aficionado and 2 wine experts – a  fruitful combination. Normally the first week of the Tour can be dull as the riders traverse the flatland of northern France before hitting the more demanding mountain stages. This week [...]

July 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

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