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BT FOOTBALL COVERAGE

Last night I watched the latest round of the Champions League on BT Sport. I have never been that impressed by their presentation but having acquired the rights they have certainly invested heavily in presenters. When I first began watching tv football in the sixties there were only two channels, [...]

November 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

The golfing weekend

Rory Mcilroy won both the DP world Championship and Race to Dubai after an exciting back nine tussle with Andy Sullivan. Rory hit the water on the 17th, sunk a 30 foot putt to make a bogey and recovered on the 18th to win by two shots. This is his third Race to Dubai victory in four seasons. Andy [...]

November 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

El Clasico

Yesterday I watched Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 4-0 in El Clasico. It’s interesting how these big club matches are hyped up. There is genuine dislike between the two cities going back to the Spanish Civil War and the oppression of General Franco who stifled Catalan culture, education and [...]

November 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I was called yesterday in the late morning by a Fulham friend and supporter. He said he was “underwhelmed” by the imminent appointment of Steve Clarke. Clarke’s tenure at Reading is/was impressive. They reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup last season and this one are challenging [...]

November 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

A profitable excursion ….

European Challenge Cup (Thursday 19th November, kick-off 7.45pm) – Cardiff Blues 20 Harlequins 32 – at Cardiff Arms Park The journey from London to the centre of Cardiff – whether by rail or road – is a bit of an ordeal at the best of times and thankfully, committed to being elsewhere [...]

November 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Farewell to Jonah

Shortly before midnight last night, whilst I was listening to the Phil Williams Show on Radio Five Live, the broadcast was interrupted by one of those ‘earth-jolting’ pieces of news that occur from time to time – the announcement of the death of All Black rugby legend Jonah Lomu at the [...]

November 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

BMW Masters/Shanghai

There was an incident right at the end of the BMW Masters that I found a disturbing breach of golf etiquette and one of the reasons why golf does not televise well. Kristoleff Broberg and Patrick Reed were the club house leaders at -17. The remaining three on the course were playing the 18th, [...]

November 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Mayhem down at the Stoop

First things first. Last night I went down to the Stoop by car for Quins’ European Challenge Cup opening match against Montpellier (whose director of rugby is Jake White, the bookies’ current favourite to be the next England head coach) and managed to find somewhere to park off Twickenham Green [...]

November 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

What you allow is what you get

Right now, thanks to yesterday’s media explosion following the publication of the report by the Independent Commission appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) into systematic doping in the sport of athletics, there is no shortage of data, analysis and expert comment available for the [...]

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rugby union – the problems continue

We seem to be featuring a series of rugby-related posts on the Rust at the moment but I have no hesitation in recommending to our readers the following article. It addresses the Premiership Rugby’s fudge-debacle over the alleged breaches of its salary cap and comes from the pen of ex-England [...]

November 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

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