June 26th, 2009
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Chat on the rugby field: Probably not to be taken literally
There’s an amusing piece in the Guardian this morning about some of the dialogue on the pitch during the 1st Lions Test last weekend, and for scrum-half Mike Phillips the words from the Springbok lock Bakkies Botha were a bit more than he had been expecting:
“There was a lot of talk on the pitch and Bakkies [...]
Tennis and the personality game
After every Brit except Andy Murray has played his or her final game in this year’s Wimbledon Singles events, the time has come for the papers to take a ‘measured’ look at the reasons for this particular sporting failure. Steven Howard in the Sun has this to offer:
Some countries have no aptitude for certain sports. Have the Germans [...]