If one were to follow closely the developments in sport over the past several months it is impossible to ignore the seeming fracas between the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the IOC Session convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the eve of the commencement of the Summer […]
In reviewing this country’s participation in competitive international sport we can lay claim to some measure of success albeit few and far between. In 1959 at the Pan American Games in Chicago, Maurice King won a bronze medal in the weightlifting. This was the country’s first major sporting success at the international level. George Manners […]
Today’s biggest challenge to international sport is the seeming unwillingness to apply the fundamental principles of fair play. When one examines the international sport scene one readily recalls the tremendous expenditure by the international football federation – FIFA – to promotion of fair play. Indeed FIFA has made popular the FIFA Fair Play Anthem. Today […]