Yet another football manager has been sacked and this time it’s really big news. The axing of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United boss led the BBC News website on Sunday and now of course the speculation mounts as to who will succeed him in the short and long term. The writing has been on …
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Whatever your views on their aims and tactics, Insulate Britain have certainly been a prominent campaigning force this autumn. Seeking to draw maximum attention to their mission by protesting on motorways and central London roads, the group are demanding the government take greater action against climate change. Their particular focus is on the environmental costs …
After 18 months of online study, we finally returned to in-person lectures at Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS) this week. It was great to be back! As well as seeing our classmates and lecturers in the flesh for the first time since March 2020, there were many more we had only previously met in digital form. …
They may have been a year late and there may not have been any spectators, but once again the Olympics lived up to their billing as sport’s greatest stage. Despite competitors being required to follow stringent Covid-19 restrictions and then having to give their all in front of just a few officials, coaches and teammates, …
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There were some great races at the British Athletics Championships, with Olympic places on the line, but one of last weekend’s standout images was of an athlete who failed to make the plane for Tokyo. On the Friday night, quadruple Olympic champion Mo Farah made one final attempt at securing the 10,000m qualifying time of …
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If you love your sport, you can’t beat a ‘wow moment’: something that leaves you gasping at what you have just witnessed. It might be a moment of breathtaking skill that leaves you wondering how he or she managed to pull it off, or perhaps it’s the sheer drama of what is unfolding before your …
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Sport can so often divide opinion as we argue whether this or that player or club is better or more deserving of a particular accolade. But every now and then virtual unanimity can break out as it did this week in opposition to football’s European Super League fiasco. It was hard to find anyone to …
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It may not have been the long term plan, but it will be a welcome change. I’m talking about the Team GB Olympic marathon trials taking place over a multi-lap course in London’s Kew Gardens on Friday (March 26). Had we been in a normal sporting year, there’s no doubt this race would have been …
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It’s less than four months since the 2020 Six Nations finished, but the 2021 tournament is already shaping up nicely. While England belatedly managed to secure last year’s crown on points difference, it looks like 2020 runners-up France will take some beating this time around. As an England fan, I’m not sure what to make …
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One of the most anticipated sporting weekends of the year has arrived, even though 2021 has only just begun. I am of course talking about the FA Cup third round weekend, when the big boys of the Premier League and Championship enter the fray in English football’s national cup competition. As in most years, there …
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