The old saw has it that ‘if you sup with the devil,bring a long spoon’. Well the IOC sold out to the bad guys long since and whatever moral authority…
The old saw has it that ‘if you sup with the devil,bring a long spoon’. Well the IOC sold out to the bad guys long since and whatever moral authority…
I watched him closely for the first matches when he got the job and knew straightaway he’d never do. Already at a disadvantage with his boyish looks he also opted…
If you live long enough you’ll see everything they say. Today was an example of that old chestnut as Ukraine (a country fighting a low level war against a superpower…
It is arguable that this magnificent sport came of age in the recent French Open at Roland Garros. For sheer sporting drama the men’s matches were a match for anything…
Back around 1933 when Hitler was terrorising the Austrian govt with threats, bombs and assassinations and the rest of it he demanded that a member of the local fledgling nazi…
Peps eccentric team selection comes back to haunt him. This is not the first time pep picks a team out of kilter with the facts. Two years ago he left…
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, By WB YeatsHad I the heavens embroidered clothsEnwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and…
There was a minute of respect for Liverpool legend Ian stJohn before tonight’s game against Chelsea. But the mourning at the club is not confined to the death of the…
In the recent U.S election I heard one pundit say that the Republican Party would never return to sanity until it lost Texas. Indeed hopes were high that Democrats could…
The sound of death in the throat of Thomas Macswiney is the end of your adventure in Ireland’. This was the opinion of a guild of New York Irish as…