Sports Articles

The crowd goes quiet once again. There is a heavy expectation, a silent hope, a momentary pause at...

Parenting is the toughest job in the world. We have noted previously that for all our other jobs...

Brian Clough was an extraordinary soccer manager. He took over Derby County when they were in the...

The holiday season just past perhaps offered opportunities for party games, dreaded by some,...

It is one of professional sport’s most ridiculous requirements that managers and even players are...

“Many a true word is said in jest”, as the saying goes. During a fun game of ‘Trivial Pursuits’...

When it comes to sermons, there are some classic and extreme responses! In some churches, the...

The story is told of a coach who called one of his Colts players aside during a match and asked...

When we choose a sports team, we select players primarily on their ability in their specific...

Remember the topic of ‘inequalities’ in Maths? We know what the sign for, as well as the meaning...

Wayne Goldsmith was the Australian physiologist who in 1992 was tasked to identify talented...

Have we ever wondered why junior schools have a sack race at their Sports Days? It is not exactly...

We do not need to drive far around town nowadays to witness a scourge on the landscape – in other...

Coming first is essential, is it not? It is the whole point of sport, we are led to believe. And...

The dream of every youngster who plays sport is to play it at the highest level, especially on the...

MARILYN Monroe once famously said that “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and it is a fair...

MANY years ago, a group of boys were taken to see a play in London by their teacher. While the...

IN 2014 a Mathematician calculated that there are 177,147 ways to tie a tie, although he did admit...