Chris Evert
The lady whose graceful postered form plastered the bedroom walls of many a teenage boy back in the 1970s, Chris Evert is a former World Number 1 tennis player. From the US, she won an incredible eighteen Grand Slam singles …
Alexander Popov
Once upon a time there was a little boy who was afraid of water. His father, concerned that this hydrophobia might impact on to other aspects of his son’s life insisted that he went to the local swimming pool and …
Shaun White – The Flying Tomato
Two time Olympic gold medallist Shaun Roger White had things stacked against him in his early years. Before he was even one year old he underwent two open-heart operations to deal with a heart defect known as a Tetralogy of …
The Great Career of Adam Gilchrist
Anyone for cricket? Adam Gilchrist, who otherwise goes by the nicknames of Church or Gilly. He is the first but not the last cricketer to appear but this guy is not yet retired from the game and has redefined the …
Heather McKay Australia’s Greatest Female Squash Player
Australia, it cannot be doubted, has produced many world class sports stars, per capita possibly more than any other country in the world. That and the little green god aside we have to take our hats off to number 95 …
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Calcio Fiorentino – a Bruising, Anarchic and Exhilarating Spectacle of Sport
Calcio Fiorentino – does that ring any bells in terms sports? It is almost certainly not one you played at school but it has weathered the centuries well and is still played in its home town of Florence. It has …
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