9 August 2010
Synchronised swimming is not for wimps. Look at this clip showing the Spanish team winning silver at Budapest earlier today. Try holding your breath for the same length of time as the girl who starts the sequence by diving from the poolside to the centre of the group. Don’t breathe until she does; to appreciate [...]
27 April 2010
I heard recently that the Olympic stadium in London has already cost over £300 million, and look at how much it costs to go to a football match these days. But sport needn’t be big business, you can enjoy participating in some very challenging sports for almost nothing if you are prepared to travel. [...]
21 February 2010
Article in News of the World this week about Mark Cueto the England rugby player.
The editorial is mainly about him allowing his body to be used as a canvas for artist Carolyn Roper to paint his muscles. In the interest of decency she seems to have painted over his shorts, well we all know [...]
31 January 2010
I watched the Australian Open tennis final this morning. Federer was invincible but Murray had a good go at him.
Apart from the high quality of the game I am always on the lookout for injuries. I noticed that Murray grabbed his right thigh after a pretty strenuous stretch for the ball. It [...]