For many a parent, it is a moment of huge delight and pride to witness his child running his first races at Athletics at Primary school in the earliest grades.

People often say that parenting is the hardest job in the world. It is interesting in that regard because, unlike every other job for which we might apply or be

At the end of a recent sporting fixture between two rival schools, parents of one of the schools, who had clearly been drinking for much of the day and subsequently

“Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You can

A favourite piece of graffiti of a previous generation said, “Jesus saves” after which a wise crack had added “And Messi nets the rebound”. But then another similar piece of

We tend not to associate poetry and sport; indeed, we will not be aware of many sportsmen quoting, let alone writing, poetry. However, in a previous article we noted that

In the 2023 FA Cup Final, Ilkay Gundogan scored for Manchester City within twelve seconds of the start of the match. Looking back over the thirty years of the EPL,

Picture a glass of beer; that may well be a refreshing sight for some – indeed some might even be moved to go to the fridge at the very mention!

“Should you always do what others tell you to do?” That was a question that Michael Oher asks in his essay in the film ‘Blind Side’ as he reflects on

At one stage or another, we have all enjoyed an informal game of touch rugby or soccer, arranged ad hoc, on the spur of the moment, where teams are randomly