SJA member Tommy Hindley, of Professional Sport, has received a prestigious Tennis Europe award for long and outstanding contribution to tennis's medi…
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Month: August 2010
Pakistan cricket scandal: do we want to play them any more?
"The fix was in. They were at it. They've been at it for years. No more. Not this time. There should be no way back. Pakistan can play cricket however…
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“The players aren’t guzzling champagne or anything”
A week in sport in quotes, including record-breaking batting from Stuart Broad and Jonathan Trott, the end of Tiger Woods' (non-violent) marriage, Usa…
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BBC appoints war correspondent to cover sports news
Two years out from the London Olympics, and the first signs that muck and bullets could be about to fly are there in the BBC appointment of a former …
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FA fears that Panorama could de-rail 2018 bid
The worry is a documentary devised and produced in England exposing rivals’ activities could alienate the FIFA ExCo voters against the country’s b…
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YOG exceeded Rogge’s expectations, but not others’
"Overall it has vastly exceeded my highest expectations. I knew it would be well-organised but I did not expect this level of perfection. Of course we…
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Julie Welch returns with tale of sadly lost Lilywhite
John White was as skilled and creative a midfield player as I have ever clapped eyes on, like a cross between Glenn Hoddle and Gazza. He was all guile…
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UK Sport’s head of comms to move to British Cycling
Russell Langley, UK Sport's head of communications, is leaving the government funding agency to join British Cycling…
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Cricketer rejects writing as “career without a future”
If the truth hurts, then the decision by Nottinghamshire batsman Mark Wagh not to pursue a post-cricket life in sports journalism because it is not a …
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Sky News names Nick Powell as its sports editor
In his new role, Powell will split his time between appearing in bulletins, providing match analysis, presenting the Saturday Sport programme and day-…
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