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A Yearning for the Gurning Championships

16 May 2012

Talking about a certain sports star the other day got me to recalling one of the worst, most embarrassing comments I have ever made in public and, trust me, I've made a few. I was covering a well-known sport star's wedding for, would you believe, OK! magazine many years ago and was wondering quit...
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The Day the Rocket Won His Greatest Trophy!

15 May 2012

Watching Ronnie O'Sullivan claim his fourth world championship in imperious fashion last week reminded me of the day when "The Rocket" beat Ian "The Storm" Stafford in a three-frame shoot-out at Ilford Snooker Club a few years' back. I challenged him as part of a series of participatory feature...
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You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It - In The End!

1 March 2012

For some reason whenever I come across a top sportswoman they end up promising me cake! I don't know if they think I need filling up (somehow I doubt that) or mothering (somehow I doubt that too) or whether they can spot a greedy bastard when they see one, but it has happened three times in the past...
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My Adventures with Healing Hans

16 February 2012

Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, to give him his full name, is in the news again, this time for seeing sprint champion Usain Bolt at his Munich surgery. What has been reported less is that the 69-year-old Bayern Munich and former German national football team doctor, has also seen Irish singer Bono...
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The Day I Swapped Katarina Witt for a Camel

5 January 2012

The news that the former East German ice skating star Katarina Witt will become a Dancing On Ice judge on ITV reminded me of a bizarre couple of days spent in Munich many moons ago when I went to interview the 1984 and 1988 ladies singles Winter Olympic gold medallist. Witt, now aged 46, was reg...
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Hempleman-Adams Keeps it in the Family

19 December 2011

It was really good to see that Amelia Hempleman-Adams made it to the South Pole this week alongside her father, the intrepid adventurer David, having skied for 97 miles to achieve her goal. By any standards this is some achievement but to beat everything the elements and the crevasses the Antarc...
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A Great Night at the Jaguar Academy of Sport Awards

2 December 2011

A great time was spent by one and all at the annual Jaguar Academy of Sport awards which, after just two years, has become a major date in the sporting diary. Hosted by the irreverent James Corden and Kirsty Gallacher at the Savoy it was a night of celebration, both for current stars and future star...
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The Sports Industry Awards - One of the best nights in the sporting calendar

12 May 2011

Excellent night once again at the annual Sports Industry Awards held at the Battersea Evolution where a staggering 1,700 people from the world of sport and sport business came together to mingle, air kiss and watch a series of gongs being handed out by host Martin Bayfield and a galaxy of sports sta...
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The Heroes and Heroines of the London Marathon

18 April 2011

This morning close to 37,000 people will be experiencing a heady mixture of pain, relief, happiness and sheer pride in themselves after completing the London Marathon on what turned out to be a warm morning. Many of them probably didn't even believe they could run 13 miles when they began their trai...
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Barry Can Still Sell Ice to the Inuits

6 April 2011

Was in the company of the always entertaining Barry Hearn today as he launched the Betfred.com World Snooker Championships in the swish RAC Club in London's fancy Pall Mall. Now Hearn is not everyone's cup of tea. Some love his boundless enthusiasm, others find it a bit wearing, not that he cares a ...
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