SPORTING CLAPTRAP

I was reading a reputable sports magazine the other day – I shall leave you to guess the sport – and I was struck by the number of...

SIR JOHN HARDLY-KNOWS

WHEN THE TROUBLESHOOTER SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT SIR JOHN HARVEY-JONES v MORGAN SPORTS CAR Everybody remembers the TV series,...

TWO AWFUL SHOTS

Bradman b Bowes 0 Robinson b Cummins 0 Regard these two photos. Which, in your opinion, is the worse shot? Well, I think you will agree...

STRIKES

I guess I first became aware of the bitter rivalry between the football clubs of Southampton and Portsmouth during the 1970s when I was...

OLD STADIUMS NEVER DIE THEY JUST FADE AWAY

By all accounts, the fan experience at the current World Cup in Qatar takes some beating. Leaving aside all the controversy swirling...

STOP ALL THE CLOCKS

The blot of slow play Did you know that in the recent rugby match between England and South Africa, the ball was in play for only 33...

THE LAW IS AN ASS

"Come the Revolution, the second people to be lined up against a wall and shot will be the lawyers.” So goes the trenchant, quite...

STROUD SCHOOL and our prime minister

Hearing that Rishi Sunak attended a prep school in Hampshire where I once taught evinced a flood of happy memories. It was the end of the...

MANKAD

We’ve all seen it by now. The Indian bowler prepares to deliver the ball. But halfway through the actual delivery, she suddenly stops and...

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