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Silly, Stupid, Sport

August 19, 2023 Longrider 23

Apparently there’s a football game going on this weekend. Apparently, it is supposed to matter. Apparently not going is some sort of heinous crime. Prince […]

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It’s Just a Game

December 11, 2022 Longrider 14

They are not heroes and no one’s heart got broken. Someone else kicked a ball around a bit better than they did. Now put your […]

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Nope

March 4, 2022 Longrider 19

No, you are not and never will be. ‘I’m a woman, just like anybody else on the team. I’ve always viewed myself as just a […]

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She’s Right

July 4, 2018 Longrider 49

Jan Leeming and the bombardment of sport. Miss Leeming claimed the public are not ‘addicted to sport’ and would prefer licence fee money to go […]

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Oh, Please…

August 14, 2017 Longrider 8

Athletics, how will it cope? Usain Bolt returns to make his bow, but how will athletics move on without its ray of sunshine? Sigh… It […]

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This

February 22, 2017 Longrider 4

Is in part why I utterly detest the world of sport. The Gambling Commission’s enforcement and intelligence director, Richard Watson, declared: “Integrity in sport is […]

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Cinderella?

October 19, 2016 Longrider 10

More like the ugly sisters… The status of physical education in schools needs a “radical shake-up” and it should be valued in the same way […]