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Every cloud has a silver lining

The great thing about sport is that, deep down, even the greatest exponents in the world remain human. Taken from the excellent coverage of the first round of the 2016 US Masters via Sky Sports on British television, here’s a short YouTube video clip of Ernie Els making every hack golfer in [...]

April 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Preston 1 Fulham 2

It does not seem to matter who the manager is or the regime but over the 50-odd years I have followed Fulham we invariably finish the season well. In most seasons we need to. Last night’s victory at Preston gave us 44 points and a cushion of 7 points as all the other results went our way. Two [...]

April 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Shell Houston Open and Masters countdown

Steve Williams who has caddied the victor of 15 Majors has written a controversial book in which he refers to Tiger Woods treating him like a slave. He is back on the bag of Adam Scott this Thursday at Augusta, controversially so as the Aussie has won two USPGA events already with a different caddy [...]

April 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

The role of uncertainty in great sport

Over the weekend just passed I had originally planned to devote the bulk of my free time to transcribing my library notes on a current project – well, that is to say, transferring them (denuded of the ‘shorthand’ squiggles and anagrams that I use in order to save time and effort) into the [...]

April 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Burnley 2

Walking in the Lanes of Brighton in the morning, I bumped into the manager of a restaurant I patronise. We discussed the game at which point a fellow, head down walking past, muttered ” it will be 2-2″ . I foolishly ignored his prediction as I had advised Pargie it would be a goalless [...]

April 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

Some entertainment you can do without

Aviva Premiership Round 19: Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons @ The Stoop: Harlequins 46 Newcastle Falcons 25: (Harlequins 5 points for a 4-try bonus point victory – position 6th in the league table). And so the Harlequins’ stuttering season continues. Our loss to Northampton Saints a week ago [...]

April 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

Danger and responsibility

With boxer Chris Blackwell lying in a hospital and his family hoping that he will be successfully brought out of his induced coma in the next day or so, the world of sport and team games – particularly those involving physical contact – are once again confronting the implications of [...]

April 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Equality when deserved, I say

On a day in which yet more alarming statistics have been published showing that obesity is becoming an increasingly serious issue for the nation nobody in their right mind could possibly raise an objection to women being encouraged to exercise and/or take up sport. Nevertheless, historically the [...]

April 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

France Football

Michel di Vacri I have enjoyed the company of Monsieur Robert and his entourage but I thought the readers might appreciate a break from the restaurants and the good life and allow me a few paragraphs to discuss the state of French national football. Les Bleus are the host of the forthcoming Euros [...]

March 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

The essence of sport

If you asked me to identify the point at which my years of following cricket avidly as a committed fan ended I would probably point to a high note such as the famous ‘Botham’s Ashes’ series of 1981. Thus it was more out of curiosity than anything else – well, apart from the fact that there [...]

March 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

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