That moment when the eventual Open Winner, Darren Clarke’s ball clipped the top of a bunker and somehow escaped and thundered on safely down the fairway. There were at least two other ‘magical’ moments when the commentators suggested that Clarke had ‘the little people on his side’ (note: Clarke did, in fact, play sublime golf [...]
Riots Provoke Sportsmanship
Street riots broke out in Vancouver after the Canucks ice hockey team lost in the final of the North American Championship (the Stanley Cup) against Boston last month. Police cars were burned, looting and violence spread. One group of Canucks fans did something unusual. Hundreds of young fans (from Vancouver’s Langley Elementary School) wrote to [...]
Basketball Junkie
What a true sportsman – basket ball, ex pro, ex junkie and now coach, Chris Herren is the real thing. Congrats to him every day as he creates great moments of sportsmanship EVERY day for young people all around him. In Chris’s words: “My message to kids today is to have fun. Because unfortunately in [...]
India v Pakistan when enemies become friends
With over 700 million working days being lost in India during the Cricket World Cup, then this happens. Arch enemies, India and Pakistan, meet in the semi finals and effectively bring both countries to a stand as over one billion people watched the match on television. One man offered to sell his liver for a [...]
Japanese teenage golfer donates all his winnings to victims
Japanese teenage golfer, Ryo Ishikawa, donates all this year’s earnings to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Watch out for a new hero next week at the Masters Golf. A brilliant teenage golfer with a big heart. The 19 year old announced yesterday that he will donate all of his 2011 earnings to [...]
Entering The Cauldron – The Final Siege
When asked about the illegal Welsh try that won the game, the Irish coach, Declan Kidney did not fulminate in the manner of Sir Alex Ferguson, but said, that ‘while he felt extremely frustrated, he was not going to make an issue of it at a time when so many in the world were suffering [...]
Sport Saved My Life
Here is one of life’s truly inspirational heroes. This is Tim Wotton’s story of how he uses sport every day to cheat death. Without sport he could not survive medically. And you know what? He treasures every moment. Thank you Tim, you put everything into perspective. Tim has got his own blog.
Johnny Wilkinson Gentleman & Genius
When World Cup winning hero, Johnny Wilkinson came to town, fans turn up to see the genius in action. There’s something unique about him (which this story reveals later). He now plies his trade for French side, Toulon, and when they played London Irish in the Heineken Cup, Wilkinson was majestic at the Madejski Stadium. [...]
I had a dream
I have often wondered whether I would live to see Ireland beat the All Blacks. The famous team from New Zealand are the best in the world(despite only winning one World Cup). Something unreal happened……. Although Munster, a province of Ireland, beat them way back in 1978, Ireland never managed to beat the Kiwis in [...]
