LET THEM PLAY  

LET THEM PLAY  

Gary Lineker, the former England soccer captain, prolific goal-scorer and current popular television  pundit recently recounted in an interview on BBC Sport that “I’m standing on the sidelines listening  to parents shouting, and ninety-nine point...
TRY WITH OOMPH SPELLS TRIUMPH  

TRY WITH OOMPH SPELLS TRIUMPH  

In recent weeks FIFA, the world’s soccer body, held its annual FIFA Best Awards ceremony with the  top awards going to the Best Woman Player (Megan Rapinoe), Best Man Player (Lionel Messi), Best  Coach Women’s team (Jill Ellis) and Best Coach Men’s team...
I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN  

I GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT I GET UP AGAIN  

There is a wonderful moment in the classic 1981 film ‘Chariots of Fire’ when the English sprinter  Harold Abrahams is downcast following a loss to his arch rival, the Scotsman Eric Liddell, and wants  to give up running. Interestingly it takes his...
A BAND OF BROTHERS

A BAND OF BROTHERS

In recent weeks, the cricketing world has been absorbed by the riveting Ashes Test series between  Australia and England, being played out in front of huge and very vocal crowds in England. It has  coincided with the release of a powerful film called ‘The...