Unsung heroes
The name Sir Ludwig Guttmann meant nothing to me until a few days ago. While on holiday in Ireland last week, I heard the amazing story of the man behind the Paralympic Games. This is a story everyone should hear…
The Games are over
Amidst a blaze of fireworks at midnight last night in London, the Olympic Games were declared ended and the flame was doused. Now its Rio’s turn in four year’s time. But when the Roman emperor Theodosius declared the Games over…
God and sports
The world watched as the fastest man on the planet crossed himself, pointed to heaven, crouched into his start position and then sprinted the second-fastest 100-metre dash in history... on a Sunday. Throughout the Games the sound track from Chariots…
Three cheers for the Brits!
Four years ago, as the Chinese handed over the Olympic flag to the British, I wondered how those islanders could ever match the spell-binding display of artistic precision and mass choreography which opened the Beijing Games. On Friday evening we…
The Ramadan challenge
Europe’s Summer of Sport enters its third phase this week. The London Olympics follow hard on the heels of the Tour de France, which jumped the gun even before the European Football Championships final. Meanwhile, sport will not distract Europe’s…
