THE FURNACE OF FAILURE  

THE FURNACE OF FAILURE  

A sports commentator was notorious for what became his catchphrase; whenever a team scored  against his national team he cried out, “Disaster for Scotland!” Now, ‘disaster’ is defined as “a  sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage...
WARNING: SUCCESS CAN DAMAGE YOUR LIFE

WARNING: SUCCESS CAN DAMAGE YOUR LIFE

Most people who follow sport of any kind have heard of Lance Armstrong; the question is, though,  for what do we remember him? Many will hail him as an astonishingly successful cyclist who won  the physically draining and daunting Tour De France cycle race...
SUCCESS AND FAILURE  

SUCCESS AND FAILURE  

Two stirring articles chronicling two very different characters involved in two contrasting sports,  both at the highest level, appeared on the BBC Sport website on 20 July 2020 and considered a  universal theme. One character is the manager of an English...
MAKE THEM HIT NOT MISS

MAKE THEM HIT NOT MISS

There was once a popular Saturday night television programme called ‘Juke Box Jury’ during which a  panel of celebrities (not all of them musically-minded) listened to newly-released records and  determined if the records would be a hit or a miss. In many...
PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE

PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE

In an interview recently on the BBC sport website, the exciting 16-year old American tennis player,  Coco Gauff opened up about her amazing sporting journey this past year, from playing juniors tennis  to competing against and then defeating many top senior...