By Barry Newcombe, chairman, AIPS rugby commission France retained the RBS Six Nations’ rugby union title with a last-gasp victory at the Stade …
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Category: Sports digest
Dame Tanni and the great triviality
After the retirement of Tanni Grey-Thompson, Simon Barnes, of The Times, writes on the changing attitudes to disabled sport Our perception of sport ha…
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Sports journalism – a matter of degree?
Is sports journalism a worthy subject for a university degree course? There are 593 journalism courses available to start in the autumn of 2006, with …
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England get history lesson for Croke clash
Conor O’Shea, the former Ireland rugby full-back and captain, has been brought in to address the England team at a special meeting today about C…
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Coe goes on offensive over Olympic benefits
Lord Coe, chairman of the London Olympics organising committee, today launched a withering attack against the “chattering classes” and mid…
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Talented Mr Ripley in fight against cancer
Sue Mott, in the Daily Telegraph, meets a multi-talented former England rugby forward who is battling prostate cancer When I received an email from An…
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Och! Calcutta
Scotsman Robert Philip, in his Daily Telegraph column, tempers his countrymen’s enthusiasm for the visit to Twickenham You can almost hear the g…
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Another World Cup win for Germany
From Philip Barker in Lake Taupo, New Zealand The incomparable Michael Schumacher may have just retired but the Germans may well have unearthed a teen…
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Is sports commentary better with a bit of bias?
Nicky Campbell, in The Guardian, examines whether “The McLaren Principle” of commentary is still being honoured by sports broadcasters Las…
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Why Beckham is bad for football in America
Since the words 250 and million will be appended to David Beckham’s name in virtually every media mention, American fans will likely expect to s…
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