Category: Opinion
Posted on November 4, 2015
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Obesity is certainly a buzz word in today’s society. It’s impossible to avoid the countless reports about how both how “fat” this country is becoming. Not only that, there is also the constant spoon-feeding of stories about how “lazy” Britain is becoming too. The statistics don’t… Continue Reading “Being young, fit and healthy isn’t necessarily a good thing”
Category: OpinionTags: Cricket, GPs, Grass root sport, Great Britain, Injury, Medical professionals, obesity, Playing through pain, Sedentary, Spain, Sport
Posted on September 11, 2015
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Jonny Wilkinson is a rugby legend. Everyone agrees – those old enough to remember his heroics, those who can’t and even our great enemy from whom he ‘stole’ the 2003 World Cup. There is one person who doesn’t hold this view though – the… Continue Reading “Still Living in the Dark Ages”
Posted on May 30, 2015
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I thought I’d switch things up a bit this week. Normally I like to write from a third person perspective, offering one viewpoint on whatever takes my fancy in the sporting world. Look through some of my recent stuff and count how many times… Continue Reading “Why I’m proud to call myself a ‘Diva’”
Posted on April 4, 2015
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After receiving four huge blows to his head recently, the decision to rest Welsh rugby star George North for a month seems like a good one, especially with the increasing worries surrounding concussion in contact sports. Whilst I am all in agreement that he should… Continue Reading “Something needs to be done, NOW”
Category: Opinion, Rugby Union, UncategorizedTags: Concussion, England, George North, IRB, Jeff Astle, Mike Brown, NHS, RFU, Rugby Union, Wales
Posted on March 19, 2015
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I don’t have much in common with tennis ace Andy Murray. He’s an international sporting superstar; I’m not. He has a gorgeous fiancée; I don’t. He is worth millions of pounds; I’m already in debt. However one thing that we do share, aside perhaps… Continue Reading “Once a cheat, always a cheat”
Category: Opinion, UncategorizedTags: Andy Murray, Athletics, Cheating, Doping, football, Kolo Toure, Manchester City, Tennis, USA, Wayne Odesnik
Posted on February 12, 2015
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Last week, former professional footballer Clarke Carlisle admitted that his collision with a lorry back in December was no accident; it was an attempt to end his life. Such incidents involving professional sportsmen and women are, worryingly, becoming more common but Carlisle’s story is… Continue Reading “Depression in Sport – still a long way to go”
Category: OpinionTags: Clarke Carlisle, Cricket, Dale Roberts, Depression, Elite sport, football, Gary Speed, Germany, Media, PCA, PFA, Professional Cricketers' Association, Professional Footballers' Association, Robert Enke, Rushden and Diamonds FC, Steve Harmison, Suicide, Wales
Posted on December 16, 2014
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There are some issues in sport that never cease to disappear. The pattern they follow also does not change – a controversial action is followed followed by a whole host of opinions as to what should happen before nothing is done and the problem goes… Continue Reading “No Quick Fix For This”
Category: football, OpinionTags: 2000 Cricket Match Fixing Scandal, 2006 Serie A Scandal, 2010 Spot Fixing Scandal, AC MIlan, Ander Herrera, Cricket, Deportivo La Coruna, football, Hansie Cronje, Juventus, La Liga, Levante, Manchester United, Match fixing, Pakistan, South Africa, Sport fixing, Zaragoza
Posted on November 15, 2014
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Wayne Rooney – England’s captain, the fourth highest goalscorer for his country and about to become only the ninth Englishman to reach a century of caps. Statistically, it can be said that Rooney is one of the finest footballers this nation has produced; he… Continue Reading “What makes the good ‘great’?”
Category: football, OpinionTags: 1966 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, Afghanistan, Andrew Flintoff, Ashes, Australia, Ballon d'Or, Barcelona, Bobby Moore, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, England, FA Cup, FIFA World Cup, football, Geoff Hurst, George Cohen, Gordon Banks, Great Britain, Greece, La Liga, Lionel Messi, Manchester United, Michael Phelps, Michael Schumacher, New Zealand, Olympics, Ray Wilson, Real Madrid, Richie McCaw, Rowing, Rugby Union, Sachin Tendulkar, Senegal, Serena Williams, Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Ian Botham, Sir Steve Redgrave, UEFA Champions League, Wayne Rooney, Webb Ellis Cup
Posted on October 31, 2014
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It’s something that any person who plays sport is guilty of; playing through the pain is the done thing. If you don’t, you’re seen as weak. Your team suffers, team-mates and fans hold it against you and, more often than not, you hate yourself… Continue Reading “Injuries – they are trying to tell you something!”
Category: OpinionTags: 2012 Rugby League Grand Final, BBC, Cricket, Fitness Tests, Injuy, Leeds Rhinos, Olga Korbut, Pain, Paul Wood, PE, Playing through pain, Rugby League, Ruptured Testicle, Soviet Sports Committee, Sport, USSR, Warrington Wolves
Posted on May 22, 2014
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Cake is a fantastic thing. It has many uses – birthdays, weddings, mood-raiser – and there are numerous different variations. There is a cake for everyone out there, unless by some serious set of unfortunate circumstances there is someone allergic to every single potential… Continue Reading “A Sweet Tooth for Success”
Category: football, OpinionTags: 2014 FIFA World Cup, Barcelona FC, Barclays Premier League 2013/14, Brazil, Cake, Capital One Cup 2014, Carlos Tevez, Dmitri Seluk, England, Ivory Coast, Joleon Lescott, Manchester City FC, Mario Balotelli, Roberto Carlos, Twitter, UEFA Champions League, Yaya Toure
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