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October 12, 2010
Pakistan can lead cricket out of crisis, says ICC chief
Evening Standard
As befits a qualified accountant, Haroon Lorgat measures his words carefully.
The chief executive of the International Cricket Council admits that the first time he heard of spot fixing' was when he joined the sport's governing body two years ago.
As befits a qualified accountant, Haroon Lorgat measures his words carefully.
The chief executive of the International Cricket Council admits that the first time he heard of spot fixing' was when he joined the sport's governing body two years ago.
Fans treated as if they don't count by dysfunctional football family
Insideworldfootball.biz
Liverpool fans gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand would have been better advised to move a short distance westwards to Parliament Square to get our law-makers to address an essential problem in football: that we now have an extraordinarily unlevel playing field when it comes to the national game.
The fact is that the football industry is like a dysfunctional family and this has come about through muddle headed law-making.
Liverpool fans gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand would have been better advised to move a short distance westwards to Parliament Square to get our law-makers to address an essential problem in football: that we now have an extraordinarily unlevel playing field when it comes to the national game.
The fact is that the football industry is like a dysfunctional family and this has come about through muddle headed law-making.
October 5, 2010
Tom Daley: When I'm on top of the board, I still get really scared
Evening Standard
For all the success Tom Daley has had in diving, the 16-year-old knows that things do not happen by chance. To succeed, you must not only know what you want but hone your targets from an early age.
As we sit by the Plymouth swimming pool where he has just finished another training session, he explains how he sees his life panning out.
For all the success Tom Daley has had in diving, the 16-year-old knows that things do not happen by chance. To succeed, you must not only know what you want but hone your targets from an early age.
As we sit by the Plymouth swimming pool where he has just finished another training session, he explains how he sees his life panning out.
October 1, 2010
Success is par for the course for Welsh billionaire who brought the Ryder Cup to Celtic Manor
Evening Standard
As Sir Terence Matthews, who owns Celtic Manor, put it to me: "If you want a winning team, you don't want four Tiger Woods. They would kill each other."
This reflects the experience that Matthews has acquired over the last 40 years creating nearly 90 technology companies that earned him the title of the principality's so-called first billionaire.
As Sir Terence Matthews, who owns Celtic Manor, put it to me: "If you want a winning team, you don't want four Tiger Woods. They would kill each other."
This reflects the experience that Matthews has acquired over the last 40 years creating nearly 90 technology companies that earned him the title of the principality's so-called first billionaire.
September 30, 2010
Fans must stop falling in love with rich men
Insideworldfootball.biz
The rich, as Hemingway said, are different to the rest of us - they have more money.
But what is now emerging is that the rich in football are expected to behave differently to rich people in any other sport.
The rich, as Hemingway said, are different to the rest of us - they have more money.
But what is now emerging is that the rich in football are expected to behave differently to rich people in any other sport.
September 28, 2010
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Evening Standard
There was a time when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so hated contact with the outside world that he contemptuously brushed aside Magic Johnson, then a ball boy, when he asked for his autograph.
On another occasion, he refused to stop reading a newspaper as he gave an interview but now, as an ambassador for the National Basketball Association, he is more than happy to talk about the sporting revolution he expects to take place at the O2 Arena next Monday when the LA Lakers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
There was a time when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar so hated contact with the outside world that he contemptuously brushed aside Magic Johnson, then a ball boy, when he asked for his autograph.
On another occasion, he refused to stop reading a newspaper as he gave an interview but now, as an ambassador for the National Basketball Association, he is more than happy to talk about the sporting revolution he expects to take place at the O2 Arena next Monday when the LA Lakers take on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
September 26, 2010
Commonwealth Games 2010: failings of Indian approach there for all to see
Sunday Telegraph
Indian incompetence has been brought to the fore in a week of disturbing revelations of filthy, uninhabitable conditions and high-profile withdrawals.
Clive Lloyd tells the story of flying into Mumbai with his West Indian team in November 1974. Soon after arriving, he was taken by local cricket officials to a ground in the city which, less than three months later, was to be the venue for the last Test in the series.
Indian incompetence has been brought to the fore in a week of disturbing revelations of filthy, uninhabitable conditions and high-profile withdrawals.
Clive Lloyd tells the story of flying into Mumbai with his West Indian team in November 1974. Soon after arriving, he was taken by local cricket officials to a ground in the city which, less than three months later, was to be the venue for the last Test in the series.
September 23, 2010
The Commonwealth Games: a damaging drip-feed of Indian incompetence
Evening Standard
The Delhi Commonwealth Games will probably go on. The Indians have too much pride at stake and the Commonwealth Games Federation does not have the courage or the ability to stop them at this late stage.
A better leadership, particularly from the Indians, should have prevented this catastrophe. The preparations for the Games have always been fraught but the hope was that the Indians would catch up. When they failed, the organisers should have realised that cancellation would...
The Delhi Commonwealth Games will probably go on. The Indians have too much pride at stake and the Commonwealth Games Federation does not have the courage or the ability to stop them at this late stage.
A better leadership, particularly from the Indians, should have prevented this catastrophe. The preparations for the Games have always been fraught but the hope was that the Indians would catch up. When they failed, the organisers should have realised that cancellation would...
A damaging drip-feed of Indian incompetence
Evening Standard
The Delhi Commonwealth Games will probably go on. The Indians have too much pride at stake and the Commonwealth Games Federation does not have the courage or the ability to stop them at this late stage.
A better leadership, particularly from the Indians, should have prevented this catastrophe. The preparations for the Games have always been fraught but the hope was that the Indians would catch up. When they failed, the organisers should have realised that cancellation would...
The Delhi Commonwealth Games will probably go on. The Indians have too much pride at stake and the Commonwealth Games Federation does not have the courage or the ability to stop them at this late stage.
A better leadership, particularly from the Indians, should have prevented this catastrophe. The preparations for the Games have always been fraught but the hope was that the Indians would catch up. When they failed, the organisers should have realised that cancellation would...
Scotland should stop acting like victims
Insideworldfootball.biz
Manchester United's match with Rangers in the Champions League was more than a mere group match where the Scottish manager of the English team, Sir Alex Ferguson, was playing the side that had scorned him in his youth in Glasgow.
It was all our footballing pasts rolled together and it illustrated why Scottish football is at such a low ebb and may go even lower before it recovers, if it ever does.
Manchester United's match with Rangers in the Champions League was more than a mere group match where the Scottish manager of the English team, Sir Alex Ferguson, was playing the side that had scorned him in his youth in Glasgow.
It was all our footballing pasts rolled together and it illustrated why Scottish football is at such a low ebb and may go even lower before it recovers, if it ever does.
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