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Book Review – Ultra Marathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes

Self-help books are all the rage. Titles like How to Write a Blog (must read that one when […]

July 17, 2014 Book reviews, Books, Greek sporting legends, Running, Sport

Bastareaud comes of age at Toulon

Next Sunday, two of Europe’s rugby heavyweights go head to head in Marseille – current Heineken Cup champions […]

April 22, 2014 France, Rugby union, Sport

Sore Nipples and Trench Foot at the London Marathon

The London Marathon is one of the great city sporting events. A quality elite race, which this year […]

April 11, 2014 Running, Sport

Book Review – Calon: A Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby by Owen Sheers

The Green Man Festival is a wonderful occasion. It takes place every August in the gentle, rolling foothills […]

February 19, 2014 Book reviews, Books, Rugby union, Sport

Bonnes nouvelles for Bonneval

It isn’t quite back to the future in the world of French rugby but for those of us […]

February 10, 2014 France, Rugby union, Sport

The Winter Games through a Victorian lens

Thousands of journalists are descending on the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, […]

February 3, 2014 Books, Culture, History, Olympics, Sport

The Mad Leap of the Ski-Jumpers

The ski-jump competition is one of the most popular aspects of any Winter Olympics and has been since […]

January 27, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

The Thin White Line of Cross-Country Skiing

Cross-country skiing is an integral part of the Winter Olympics and has been since the first event in […]

January 22, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

Sowing the seeds for the Winter Olympics

When the Winter Olympics get underway in Sochi on February 7, there will be in the region of […]

January 15, 2014 History, Olympics, Sport

Invictus – Nelson Mandela and the 1995 RWC

The former South African president Nelson Mandela died just a few hours ago on December 5, 2013. His […]

December 6, 2013 Culture, Film, Rugby union, Sport

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