Category: Sport

Well the most ridiculous F1 “race” ever is under way. Between them, the organisers and FIA have managed to con 120,000 paying spectators and millions of TV viewers out of a proper race. Instead just six cars are “racing” around with some of the teams competing seemingly more interested in picking up points rather than…

Can it really be true that rugby union want to do away with automatic promotion and relegation? I really do wonder about the rugby authorities. So we end up with a league that becomes meaningless dead rubbers by the end of the season, with the dull games that would bring about. Of course there’s also…

Well the ECB have done it. They’ve gone completely to Sky for live coverage. All live cricket is now exclusively available to satellite and cable subscribers. The sop to the rest of us is that channel Five are going to show highlights between 7.15pm and 8.00pm. Of course large parts of the country don’t get…

Today’s the day when the ECC decide whether or not they’re going to deprive the masses and do for themselves what rugby (union and league) already does by removing themselves entirely from terrestrial television. Do they take the extra £20 available and go exclusively to Sky? How much less should nPower, Vodafone and other sponsors…

It seems that Yealding have decided that they should try to hold their FA Cup tie against Newcastle at their home ground after all. A couple of years ago there was the farcical situation where Farnborough decided that they’d prefer to play their tie against Arssenal at Highbury instead of at home. Of course they…

Could Sky be getting the lot? Financially sound in the short term, it spells disaster in the long term for the game.

Mediaguardian are reporting that Fergie has extended his boycott of the BBC for life. Frankly, he deserves a dressing down from the FA for this petulant and childish behaviour. The BBC pays £105m for their three year deal, and at the very least they should be entitled to have an interview with a nominated player…

Last night the Red Sox finally won the World Series for the first time since 1918 – I won’t even get into the whole Babe Ruth curse thing. I’m not sure what that’ll make Newcastle United fans feel like. They haven’t won a domestic trophy since their 1955 FA Cup win. The Red Sox hadn’t…

So on Sunday, courtesy of a sponsorship deal at work, I got to go along to Superset Tennis at Wembley Arena. I must admit that I hate travelling to and from Wembley, but on Sunday, aside from my local train service being a bus for the day (and thus making it quicker to catch a…

Well the England cricket rights are up for grabs at the moment (free reg reqd). Over the last three years, Channel 4 have had all the home Tests, save one, and Sky have had the one dayers as well as a single Test. Ofcom have recently put out a draft of the latest Listed Events…

I rushed back from Brighton to catch the end of the Tour of Britain cycle race. Last weekend saw the southeast having fantastic weather, and people turned out in big numbers. It’s been five years since the last tour of Britain – the Prutour as it was then. So it was good to see professional…

So it seems that Wayne Rooney’s off to Man Utd – but that story highlights a real problem that I have with the way the Premiership is organised. Yesterday Man Utd drew with Everton 0-0, but Fergie refused “all post match interviews.” Fergie already has a problem with the BBC, and is not giving interviews…

The IOC are already starting my favourite game at major sporting contests – the unfeasibly large audiences. Of course events like the Olympics attract astronomical audiences with global appeal. But much of the world still doesn’t have electricity regularly available and they won’t be tuning in for the Men’s 100m Final at Athens. They’re saying…