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Improve Wages and Spare Amir, for the Sake of Pakistani Cricket.

The shocking news from the weekend concerning yet more
allegations involving Pakistani cricketers is a desperate
shame for all involved, from the England team whose win at
Lords wrapped...
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Caster's Clear To Run, So Get Off Her Back!

One of the more unedifying moments of the sporting weekend
was the reaction of some of the beaten athletes in Berlin
after Caster Semenya won the 800 metres...
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Hoy Proves Best On Four Wheels, Not Two!

They came to simply enjoy themselves but put six,
high-achieving sportsmen and women togetherĀ on a race track
and the competitive juices quickly begin to show.



Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir...
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McGrath Scores Big Without My Assistance!

It was good to see my old mucker Anthony McGrath scoring a
quality, unbeaten ton yesterday for Yorkshire with an
innings described in today's media as one of...
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Palace on Borrowed Time.

Friday nights down at the Palace didn't mean an invitation
from the Queen but an evening spent at the home of British
athletics. Twenty years ago, even fifteen...
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Has Gay Saved Athletics?

Tyson Gay's 100 metres win over Usain Bolt last week in
Stockholm was just the result world athletics needed after
two breathless years of Bolt domination.



This is not...
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Olympic Stadium? First Comes the Emirates for Mo!

Ask Mo Farah about winning the 10K/5K double at the European
Athletics Championships in Barcelona and the Somalian-born
British long-distance star is understandably excited. Ask
"Fly Mo" about his...
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The Drugs Don't Work

One of the most haunting songs by "The Verve" is, of course,
"The Drugs Don't Work" and never does this statement ring
more true than today with the...
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Wiggins Set To Produce Greatest Hits!

Bradley Wiggins has a reassuring view about his Tour de
France efforts that finished last week with a 24th place in
General Classification. It's not that 24th is...
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Ennis Wins Gold, Now For That Strudel!

Just back from a glorious Saturday night in Barcelona where
Mo Farah, Dai Greene and especially Jessica EnnisĀ confirmed
that British athletics is back on track after a lean...
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