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Blows to the head

Yesterday I joined a lunch at which an eminent research scientist raised the topic of the long-term effects of repeated blows to the head in sport. This move produced a fascinating fifteen minute discussion around our table. I have a passing interest in this field. A generation or more ago, as a [...]

March 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Taking plusses where you can

Scots north and south of the border are steeling themselves for the forthcoming Calcutta Cup match next Saturday, a annual clash that brings us the hope of triumph but also the expectation of something slightly less palatable that will leave us with the pain and resentment of ’small nation [...]

March 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

The golfing weekend

The three tourneys – the World Championship Cadilac at the Donald Trump Doral course, The Africa Open and the Puerto Rico Open – were won by Trevor Fisher Junior, Dustin Johnson and Alex Cejka respectively. Steve Palmer did  not pick any of these but he did recommend the young [...]

March 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rating UK sport

Which country has 3 sportsmen in their twenties who are at the apex of  their sport? Did you guess the correct answer: the UK – Chris Froome, Rory McIlroy and Andy Murray. Add to these Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Cavendish, Lewis Hamilton, Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah , our jockeys and the [...]

March 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

“Are we heading for oblivion?” and “I watched a horror movie …” were two of the messages I received after the Bournemouth debacle. Let me say straightaway that the Cherries were extremely good just as the last two teams to put five past us – Derby and Watford [...]

March 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Plus ça change …

  Yesterday to the Stoop with great expectations. Yes, Quins were in a trough of a run results-wise and in the back of one’s mind one feared the worst – especially since we were playing local [well local in the sense they now play out of Reading’s Madejski Stadium] arch-rivals London [...]

March 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The problem with Danny Boy

The Sale fly half Danny Cipriani, now aged 27, has long been a ‘Marmite’ character – one of those people whom you either love or hate. I first saw him play at international age group level (captaining the England Under 19 team) for England at the age of 18 in a Six Nations game at the Stoop. [...]

March 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Derby 0

After 5 successive defeats to Derby, including two in the play-offs last season, the Seagulls reversed the trend with a somewhat fortunate victory. The Rams dominated possession and had many more chances but we took ours whilst David Stockdale made two crucial saves to keep us in the game. Before [...]

March 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

It’s getting complicated …

Premiership Rugby is once again considering the prospect of restructuring English rugby’s top tier into a 14-team championship (up from 12) and doing away with promotion and relegation. Apparently, with one eye upon the stonking £5.1 billion television deal recently announced for football’s [...]

March 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Its been a good week for La Viola disposing of Tottenham in the Europa Cup and then beating Inter in the San Siro. Spurs had an early chance when Salgado and Chadli were two on keeper Neto but the pass between them was too casual. After that Gomez and then Chelsea loanee Salah scored, his fourth [...]

March 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

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