Tag: Sports
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A French Victory. A Moment for Africa | The 2018 World Cup
The World Cup is over… finally we can lay to rest that song for another two years whilst we hope and dare to dream. One day it will come home, but for now it is bypassing and heading straight home to France. (I mean it might pop by and jump on the Eurostar in Kings…
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The Joy & Pain of Being An England Football Fan
Supporting England in any world sport is painful but not nearly as painful as supporting the English football team. It is akin to being an Arsenal fan. Arsenal fans, we know pain. Shit we’ve known decades worth of pain from a team we believe can get us to the promise land season after season, but…
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Ryan Lochte- Peak White-Male Privilege.
“…It’s the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honour the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they’re out there breaking the law?” – Coach Carter. This is…
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Derek Jeter- RE2PECT
In all my life I’ve watched maybe two games of baseball, besides sports movies, and until I met my friend Valerie, @vogueandcoffee, on twitter, I didn’t really know much about the sport. I still don’t know an awful lot, but from what little I’ve learned one thing remains constant- Derek Jeter is one hell of…
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Fergie.
Today we say goodbye to one of the most, if not the most, successful manager in sporting history, Sir Alex Ferguson; he is the most successful manager in the English Premier league . The Premiership will never be the same without him and his is a legacy every sporting hero should look to emulating. For…
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Lance Armstrong, was it worth it?
Lance Armstrong was supposed to be the sporting hero of our generation, one we talked about for many, many, years to come. His was a swan story we should have relished telling. Just like that of Steve Jobs, sporting legend Billie Jean King and that epic match, or the formidable return of Monica Seles…all those…
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Footballers and their shenanigans
Footballers. We can’t hold them to the highest of moral standards because when it comes to moral fibre some skipped that line in favour of stupidity instead. Google football scandals. The proof is in the pudding. The latest shenanigans is starring one John Terry and his co-star Ashley Cole. You might have heard of two…