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French Inquiry

Today in Paris, the France Football Federation (FFF) were busy conducting an inquiry into the French players strike at the recent FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Afterwards, it emerged that the FFF (winners in 1998 and Runners-Up in 2006) had suspended Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka for 18 games, and Captain Patrice Evra (Manchester United) had received […]

Robert Green

West Ham and England Goalkeeper Robert Green will have developed a deeper understanding of who he is, as a result of the sporting trauma he experienced on Saturday. By allowing a soft shot to pass through his hands and crawl agonisingly over the goaline, in the first half of England’s opening group match against USA […]

Successful (Non) Interventions

The development of sporting excellence has consumed my thinking, and the majority of my physical activity since I was a small boy. The journey has been challenging, inspirational, contained moments as well as periods of despair, and created an unhealthy self-obsession at times. If anyone believes that a life in sport is romantic or an […]