Increasingly in professional sport, we find that teams will no longer have a coach and an assistant  coach (or even coaches) but now will have numerous specialist coaches. In rugby

In a poll of forty-nine historians and political scientists, organised by the Chicago Tribune in 1982 to  rank all the Presidents of the United States, Abraham Lincoln came out on

Many schools have an eagle in their crest; many speakers will encourage children to have an eagle  mentality; many school teams will call themselves Eagles. Presumably this is because eagles

Roy Keane, the former Manchester United captain who won the English Premier League seven times  and the FA Cup four times, famously missed out on their remarkable Champions League final

“Oh what a circus! Oh what a show! Argentina has gone to town over the death of an actress called  Eva Perón”. We might well be familiar with those lines

Emil Zatopek was an extraordinary athlete. He won the 10,000 metres track event at two different  Olympic Games, a feat matched by only five other competitors in history. He was

The world of soccer has been shocked and rocked this week by the announcement of the proposed  European Super League in which twelve self-proclaimed elite clubs would have automatic playing 

It is an obvious thing to say but we must take whatever opportunity comes our way. How we do that  is a key factor. In taking his opportunities, a sports

People living in Zimbabwe for many years have been brought up in a very different culture to many  other people, but not in the formal cultures we might imagine. For

Even the younger generation of today have heard of Neil Diamond; they may not know it but they  have. Play the song ‘Sweet Caroline’ and everyone wants to join in