How Come?

How Come?

Who would want to be a sports coach at a school? The answer might well be that a lot of people do. It is a dream job, working with young people, helping them develop, seeing their joy, delighting in their excitement, progressing their ability! Yes, and listening to...
Which is the real world?

Which is the real world?

In a recent interview before a league match that preceded a European Final in which his club was competing, the manager of Tottenham Hotspur, Ange Postecoglou, stated that “in a normal world, we would play our best players”, but on this occasion he did not want...
School of sport: Winning ugly

School of sport: Winning ugly

THERE are various theories as to when the first Beauty Contest was held, ranging from anywhere in the 1800s — some sources claim it was in the form of a medieval joust re-enactment in 1839 when they crowned a young woman as the “Queen of Beauty”. Others see it...
ON FORM OR IN CLASS

ON FORM OR IN CLASS

A great deal of attention has been placed on a young soccer player overseas in recent weeks as he has just scored a goal. That may be a little surprising as in truth, if we look around, a lot of people have scored goals in recent weeks! However, the attention on this...
SPACE EXPLORATION

SPACE EXPLORATION

If we were presented with a white sheet of paper that had a small black dot on it and we were asked what we saw, most of us would most probably say we saw a black dot — it is obvious! The dot takes up a minute amount of space on the paper, but that is what we say we...