Tag Archives: sport

It’s time to admit football has a money problem

By Guest | Published: March 6, 2013

Football has a money problem. A first – but significant – step in dealing with financial short-termism in the game is to address the language we use.

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Fears over 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy

By Ed Jacobs | Published: January 17, 2013

MSPs have warned a lack of volunteers and coaches risks the legacyof next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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Comment: The Olympic legacy must be about more than just tourism

By Shamik Das | Published: November 8, 2012

Culture secretary Maria Miller delivered a barely-keynote speech on tourism and the Olympic legacy on Tuesday – but surely the legacy is more than just tourism?

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The Tory Olympic legacy? Scrapping protections for school playing fields

By Shamik Das | Published: October 28, 2012

School sport: new regulations come in to force on Wedneseday which get rid of the requirement on all schools to have decent sized playing fields.

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GUILTY: After nearly a year, Terry is finally punished for racially abusing Ferdinand

By Shamik Das | Published: September 27, 2012

Eleven months after his on-field clash with Anton Ferdinand, and having escaped justice in July, John Terry was finally found guilty of racist abuse today.

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Time to seize upon Murray’s win and Olympic buzz and invest in grassroots sport

By Ed Jacobs | Published: September 12, 2012

Reaction to Andy Murray’s US Open at the end of this most golden summer of glorious British sport.

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Will Wales make a bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

By Ed Jacobs | Published: August 15, 2012

One of Wales’ Olympic Gold medallists has put his weight right behind a bid for Cardiff and South Wales to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

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Comment: Olympics sexism still rife amongst tweeters and even journalists

By John Millington | Published: August 9, 2012

John Millington looks at the sexist attitude of some Tweeters towards female athletes during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Olympic stars hit back at Cameron and Gove over slashing of sports budgets

By Shamik Das | Published: August 9, 2012

A raft of Olympic stars past and present have warned the government against cutbacks to school sport and the slashing of elite sport funding.

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London 2012 needs to set a precedent for the coverage of women’s sport

By Katie Stanton | Published: July 26, 2012

We can only hope that scheduling Team GB’s women’ footballing debut to coincide with opening day hysteria will challenge past records on poor coverage.

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