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Sport – a new crisis point, or a crossroads?

It borders upon the inevitable and clichéd to say that in the 21st Century the average sports fan could be forgiven for doubting everything he or she ever believed about the integrity of elite sporting contests. Cycling … FIFA … the IAAF … performance-enhancing drugs … unequal division of [...]

January 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Both in laws and application

If I was asked to list the aspects of rugby union that could be improved, I’m pretty sure that my list would not be too much different from that of every other rugby fan – the laws (and how they are applied) would be right up there. Scrums – everything about them generally, but [...]

January 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

The golfing weekend

Two winners of whom you may not have heard on the European Tour and US PGA and a boost to the European Ryder team when Europe thrashed Asia were the features of the weekend … not to mention a massive win for Pargie. The European Tour is still in South Africa in Johannesburg. Last year I was [...]

January 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another game of two halves

The Stoop, Sunday 17th January, kick-off 3.15pm: European Challenge Cup: Harlequins 34 Cardiff Blues 26. The headlines from yesterday’s entertaining encounter are that Quins, despite having yet to play home and away fixtures against Montpelier in Pool 3, have already qualified in first position [...]

January 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another sporting scandal rumbles on

Yesterday part 2 of the World Doping Agency report into the IAAF’s connection with the long-term performance-enhancing drugs scandal in the sport of track and field was made public. As it happens, I was having my post-prandial nap at the time the press conference began being transmitted [...]

January 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Liverpool 3 Arsenal 3

I am not a huge fan of modern Premiership soccer. The analysis on tv and radio is poor and under informed, the coverage in the press has reached saturation point, the whole social media thing grates on me.  Every year teams change as if dealt a fresh deck of cards. I found that I could name the [...]

January 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I can easily recall a conversation with a Fulham supporter some 22 years ago. There were only 2500 of us then, so we were all on first name terms. Justin, in assessing our chances in the forthcoming season, said ruefully but correctly: “Just like every other season. Out of every competition [...]

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

The wait is almost over

Unless I have managed to cross some wires somewhere, this week’s biggest rugby union development – certainly for England fans – will be the announcement of new head coach Eddie Jones’ first Elite Player Squad containing those players from which he will select his teams for the 2016 Six [...]

January 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Wrapping up

It proved a rewarding and productive trip from which all four Rusters would have taken away their own perceptions. It should be remembered that Cape Town is rather a bubble for many reasons not least that it is run by the Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA under a black leader Mmusi Maimani is doing [...]

January 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Please pardon my ‘doubting Thomas’ moment …

[The Stoop, Saturday 9th January 2015: Aviva Premiership Round 9: Harlequins 29 Saracens 23.] As I type this I’m trying to think of comparable days in my life to match yesterday – perhaps the birth of my kids; my two wedding days; my last day at school on which I captained my house to a win in [...]

January 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

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