Sports View
Sport and drugs - where to draw the line?
- If I was a train driver, or a 'captain of industry' for that matter, I would expect that my employers would bother themselves about what I do when 'on duty' - but leave me alone for the rest of the time.
- Wednesday, November 14 - 2007 at 14:22 |
The confusions of 'London 2012'
- The International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has urged London 2012 Olympic Games organisers to get on with their preparations for the Games.
- Monday, November 05 - 2007 at 16:05 |
The Premiership shows it is still the beautiful game
- Even the most passionate football fan would have to accept that not every match deserves the accolade of the 'beautiful game'. Rather too often the overpaid prima donnas prance around the pitch rehearsing their poses for the next photoshoot rather than focusing on propelling the ball towards their opponents net.
- Monday, October 29 - 2007 at 14:16 |
Springboks triumph despite game of politics
- South Africa were worthy winners of The Rugby World Cup. They were the only undefeated side in the tournament, they adapted their game plan with skill to the circumstances of every match - and they held their nerve well to survive the physical and mental test of the Final with aplomb.
- Monday, October 22 - 2007 at 15:19 |
Golf needs a winning Ernie Els
- Ernie Els' fine victory in the World Match Play tournament seems to confirm a welcome return to form for the 'Big Easy'. Whilst his win at Wentworth was his first in 2007, Ernie had come close in the last two Majors of the season (The Open Championship and the PGA) and he is now head of the European Order of Merit.
- Wednesday, October 17 - 2007 at 14:53 |
The fear of losing
- The ultimate sporting challenge is not how you cope with the prospect of winning but how, at the crucial moment, you handle the fear of losing - and there is nothing worse than losing.
- Monday, October 08 - 2007 at 15:20 |
Twenty20 success must cause ICC rethink
- The tremendous success of the first World Twenty20 tournament should lead to a radical rethink of the international cricket calendar despite the International Cricket Council's knee-jerk defence of the status quo.
- Tuesday, October 02 - 2007 at 18:01 |
Supporters colour the Rugby World Cup
- Even those of us for whom sport is a passion will tend in these often cynical times to forget what lies at the heart of great sporting occasions such as the Rugby World Cup in France.
- Sunday, September 23 - 2007 at 13:48 |
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