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A delightful day of tv sport

I took my missus to IKEA early doors to clear the day for The  Murray /Raonic final, The Scottish  Open at Castle Stuart and the Euro final. I don’t follow tennis. For me there  is not enough variety.   In golf every shot is different , every course has its own challenges whereas in [...]

July 11, 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 long-term effects of living life to the full

Beyond the familiar issues of corruption and performance-enhancing drugs (drugs cheats) that bedevil the governing bodies of major world sports, one of the biggest coming up fast on the rail for physical contact sports and games is that of concussion and its long-term effects. Here’s an [...]

July 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Cav superstar

If Mark Cavendish was a Frenchman he would be hailed as a national sports hero and demi-God. His 29th win in the Tour De France elevates him above Bernard Hinault and second only to the legendary Eddy Merckx in the all time Tour standings. This is quite some record but I doubt if it will make him [...]

July 8, 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

The golfing weekend

One of the interesting aspects of the post-Tiger Woods golfing world is who – if any- will succeed him. One might have thought that one of the Day/Fowler and McIlroy group might push through. Dustin Johnson had the best natural game but had to confront his demons. After Day bogeyed and double [...]

July 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Italy out … but only just

Germany finally beat Italy in a tournament but it couldn’t have been closer. The azzurri were without Daniele de Rossi and Candreva in midfield already missing Claudio Marchisio  and Marino Verrati. Germany paid them the highest compliment with a matching 5-3-2 dropping Julima Draxler. The [...]

July 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

What’s really important

Sport and legendary characters go hand in hand. One of the greatest of them in my book was Bill Shankly, manager of Liverpool FC from 1959 to 1974. My favourite quotation of his was: ‘Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can [...]

June 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Italy triumph

We were not that optimistic going into the Euros. We lacked our best midfielder Claudio Marchisio, aside from our Fiorentina’s youthful talent Bernardeschi the azzurri had no creativity in the midfield. We call such players registas the same word for a film producer. They usually wear the [...]

June 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not all is lost

With the markets and main political parties in turmoil, I am nonetheless pleased to report that for the second successive weekend Pargie was on the up. Indeed my missus was even prepared to release more funds from the household budget to my burgeoning betting  war chest. In golf once again Jeremy [...]

June 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

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