Perth is quite simply one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and holds a special place in my heart as it was my home for 12 years. During that time, albeit my later years at high school and university I was always subjected to the ridicule of being a pom, and our poor [...]

I had high hopes of staying up to watch the all important coin toss and the momentous first delivery as England headed down under to enemy territory looking to win the Ashes on Australian soil for the first time in over 20-years.
However the need of sleep beat me and I had to retreat to the [...]

During 2010 there have been a number of high profile sporting scandals. First, there was ‘Bloodgate‘ where players and staff of Harlequins RFC were involved in fabricating an on field blood injury, secondly we’ve seen a whole raft of alleged match fixing and betting scams involving the Pakistani Cricket team, thirdly was the claim that [...]

It was a dour summer of football for any Englishmen, but don’t worry that’s all behind us now! We can all look forward to the new Premiership season which kicks off this weekend.
There is no doubt that it will be another exciting campaign, but who is going to come out on top. Will Manchester United [...]

Olympics

Youth Olympic Games, Singapore. 12th-26th August

Cricket

Friday, 06 August 2010 – Second Test Match -England v Pakistan, Edgbaston, 11:00
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 – Third Test Match – England v Pakistan, The Brit Oval, 11:00
Thursday, 26 August 2010 – Fourth Test Match – England v Pakistan, Lord’s, 11:00

Athletics

London Grand Prix – 13-14th August
Berlin IAAF World Challenge – [...]

The Parliament of Catalonia has become the first mainland region in Spain (the Canary Islands banned it in 1991), to move to ban the traditional bull fight on the grounds that it is “barbaric and outdated”.
Is it a cruel sport, is it even a sport?
You decide.

“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is [...]

David Beckham is a highly filmed and photographed sports star and it will probably not have escaped you that he has a penchant for tattoo’s.
As far as we can tell he has nine:
Beck of neck – winged cross
Lower back – “Brooklyn” 1
Down the spine – guardian angel
Between the shoulders – “Romeo” 2
Left forearm – “Victoria” [...]