Despite my initial indignant bluster, with much projectile monocle-shedding and rustling of the Times, I dutifully paid for the online feed of the Ukraine-England match. The £4.99 buy-by-Wednesday special offer rate, of course… I’m both tight-fisted and slightly sceptical about how well this internet-only thing is going to work. Are there going to be a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sport'
Tiny people running around in my computer!
October 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Sport, Technology, TV/Radio
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A foretaste of 2012?
August 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Consumer, Sport
I’m already quite excited about the 2012 Olympics. I mean… the OLYMPICS! IN THE CITY WHERE I LIVE! Apart from the inevitable public transport cock-ups and ridiculous prices, how can that be anything but EXCITING? And if the GB medal haul is a sign of things to come, even better. But here’s something I hope [...]
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Olympic heartbreak of the day
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Drivel, Sport
In this first (and probably last) instalment of an exciting and emotionally draining new series, I bring you the sad story of Russian weightlifter Svetlana Tsarukaeva. Lifting in the Women’s 63kg Snatch category (stop giggling at the back!) she hoisted the 107kg barbell to head height, only to lose her grip and drop it behind [...]
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Tennis to become watersport by 2009
July 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Sport
As if the drastic state of British tennis wasn’t bad enough*, the charmingly unflustered protocols of the All England Lawn Tennis Club have come in for some justifiable criticism this week. Like the opening of Parliament or an episode of Miss Marple, Wimbledon has its own slow, deliberate methods, based on an unshakeable certainty that [...]
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Tiger Tim bares his teeth
July 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Sport
When Tim Henman spoke frankly about British tennis and how we are far too “accepting of mediocrity”, it was inevitable that the massed clever dicks of the press would swap their knowing nudges and winks. Despite the insinuation, though, Henman is far less a part of the problem than those very journalists who hurry to [...]
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A-HAAAAAAA!
August 20th, 2004 · No Comments · Drivel, Sport, TV/Radio
Jonathan Edwards seems like a nice bloke, but he’s probably not quite ready for top TV sports punditry just yet. Commentating on the men’s high jump in the Olympics, he produced this piece of classic Alan Partridge… “And here is… er, I don’t know who that is… er… it’s a… Hungarian man” I must say, [...]
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Fashion nostalgia in the 2004 Olympics
August 16th, 2004 · No Comments · Drivel, Sport
It’s Olympics time again! As usual, I’m taking a fairly casual interest (apart from football and tennis, I tend not to watch all that much sport on TV) just browsing the BBC’s excellent multi-channel online/tv output and watching a little bit of everything. And as usual, I’m struck by the totally freakish bizarreness of female [...]
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Rain delays
July 2nd, 2003 · No Comments · Sport
Yeah, yeah… I know. It’s been nearly two weeks since I wrote anything here. I’ve been watching the tennis, okay? Living in Britain, it’s impossible to escape the Henman-related hyperbole of the press, but I’m just not even going to speculate. On so many occasions in the past, Henman has demonstrated an ability worthy of [...]
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