Link to A nice piece about Montreal Impact and the owners vision. Surfing while jetlagged turns up some interesting stuff.
Beckham, WAGs and Mourinho – The sports pages
“I WILL BE BACK, Beckham vows to play on for England as op saves career”
Beckham, Bahrain and Florida…
Two stories yesterday, Beckhams injury and the Bahrain GP dominated the sports pages of the British papers. The general belief is that Beckham was going to be part of Capello’s squad. I think his positive influence in the dressing room and ability to come off the bench to provide something extra late in a game made his inclusion in the 23 almost certain, even if…
Day-2 in Bahrain
Sebastian Vettel in the Red bull claimed pole and the rest of the top 10 was made up of the usual suspects with no huge surprises, but a left a few more questions. Biggest thing may be Schumacher being beaten once again by Rosberg. The difference between the two Mercedes drivers was rather consistent, about 0.3 seconds across the three qualifying sessions. Same story at…
Day-1 in Bahrain
First day in Bahrain is in the books, as they are going for time I’m guessing everyone is running with low fuel and the car is set up accordingly. A quick look down the times from the two Friday sessions show a few things: Michael is not in the groove, a little rusty or underestimated the level of competition as he was beat by Nico…
Bahrain is almost here
The preseason is over and the teams are arriving in Bahrain for the first race of the season, the waiting and teasing is almost over and we’ll get to see who has what for real. Based on testing times it looks a little like the F1 world has returned to business as usual with McLaren and Ferrari a little ahead of the rest. The rest…
Shankley was right, sport can be more important
I remember the ’88 Olympics from Calgary; being British hopes were never high for the winter games. Team GB had a little run of success in figure skating, the superlative performance of Jayne Torivll and Christopher Dean in Sarajevo followed on from the success of Robyn Cousins and John Curry in ‘76 and ’80 respectively. However going into Calgary I recall no realistic medal hopes,…
Sport at its best
At its best, sport is about people doing something transcendentally brilliant, something that is amazingly skillful, disciplined, verging on the breathtakingly beautiful and in so doing is capable bringing enormous joy to the people watching. I love the Olympics, the idea of the finest in a set discipline doing it, not for a pay cheque on that day (though it helps big time with endorsements…
What matters to Canada
For the last two weeks Vancouver has been shown off at it’s very best. I’ve been fortunate enough to spend some time there, take in a couple of events and revel in the tremendous atmosphere created by something this big going so well. There were problems early on, obviously the death of Nodar Kumaritashvil on the opening day will not be forgotten. However the luge…
Free Mukmuk!
There is another matter that has got a surprising amount of attention in some quaters, the recognition of Mukmuck. For those not in the know Mukmuk is a sidekick to the three main Vancouver 2010 mascots Quatchi, Miga and Sumi. Just for information Quatchi is a Sasquatch, Miga is a orca/bear crossbreed and Sumi is an animal guardian spirit. All very worthy of mascot status…