by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Sports Articles
TOM Hanks, Madonna and Geena Davisa among others starred in the 1992 film entitled ‘In a League of their Own’, which has also recently been made into a popular television series. It captures the introduction of women’s league baseball during the Second World War when...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Sports Articles
WHAT has the novelist Jane Austen to do with sport? Not a lot, would be our natural initial response. After all, the world in which her characters appeared would be far removed from today’s sporting world, while not many sports played today featured back in the 1800s...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Sports Articles
THERE is a remarkable lady living in our midst who despite being blind from birth leads an astonishing life. In childhood, she played with her brothers, climbing trees and running around. She went to a normal school and participated in sport, including karate...
by admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Sports Articles
WE have referred in previous articles to the film ‘Cool Runnings’ which told the story of the Jamaican athletes who could not participate in the summer Olympics in the sprint events so chose to enter the winter Olympics in bobsledding, despite never having done it...
by admin | Oct 2, 2023 | Sports Articles
It does not appear to matter what sport is played, from rugby to soccer to golf; selection of teams is often deeply contentious, even though there will be good reasons for the selections. People question selections made by coaches in all sports, suggesting that the...
