Today in Paris, the France Football Federation (FFF) were busy conducting an inquiry into the French players strike at the recent FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Afterwards, it emerged that the FFF (winners in 1998 and Runners-Up in 2006) had suspended Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka for 18 games, and Captain Patrice Evra (Manchester United) had received a [...]
On this day, August 8th (1914), WG Grace, ‘The Great Cricketer’, finally retired from playing cricket at the age of 66.
His last match was played on this day in 1914 for Eltham v Northbrook.
Ironically, Grace did not bat or bowl, in the match – in complete contrast to his remarkable playing career where his ‘all-round’ skills [...]
When 59 year-old Tom Watson narrowly failed to win The Open Championship at Turnberry last year, many people disbelieved that a man of his age could achieve such sporting greatness.
The subject of ageism has dominated some employment tribunals recently, and there have also been some high profile journalistic cases where famous newsreaders like Moira Stewart [...]
