With England having a rare penalty win in the World Cup, John McGowan considers what shoot-outs tells us about national prowess . Though football is, perhaps briefly, looking like it’s […]
The winner takes it all
John McGowan considers the horrors of school sports day and suggests a surprisingly simple remedy.
Athletic identity: Hercules’ muscle or Achilles heel?
Last November England cricket batsman Jonathon Trott departed from Ashes tour of Australia due to a long-standing ‘stress-related illness’. This was a shock for some of the media. Do such […]