by Keith Joseph
There are times when it seems that we do not know who are the true heroes of a nation.
Despite the efforts of some institutions to elevate those whom they define as ‘unsung heroes’ to national and regional recognition one is still not certain that we pay due homage to many.
Several years ago some International Federations (IF) took the bold step to insist that their affiliates around the world, national sports associations, should be comprised of only clubs. They found that in several instances their affiliates were floundering and inconsistent in terms of their capacity to sustain themselves. This latter problem meant that the IF suffered at the local and continental levels and therefore ran the risk of losing status at the international level. Read the rest of this entry »
The new school year began this week, one week after it was originally scheduled to start. Interestingly and perhaps embarrassingly there are some institutions where rehabilitation work is still being done on the very buildings in which the teachers and students are expected to function daily.
There are those who would suggest that the legacy of sport is as much about dirtiness as it is about success.
The Greeks were suspected of using drugs to attain success in the Olympics of antiquity. Some scholars suggest that discrimination against women was rampant and that the Games reflected the social class divisions in the area at the time.
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