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Two hours of sport per day is unrealistic
Following the recent success at the Olympics, there has been a huge increase in the amount of rhetoric regarding the sporting future of the education system.
By Cameron Corbett | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 13 August 2012 at 2:13 pm
Ticking things off the list…in Minsk, of all places
I am lucky enough to have done my fair share of border hopping. I’ve bumbled from Kenya to Uganda, popped in on Pakistan, pootled around a bit of India and a few others, as anyone unfortunate enough to have heard any ‘gap yah’ stories will no doubt attest. I have had cameras confiscated or destroyed, [...]
By Alexandra Willis | Sport | Friday, 15 April 2011 at 6:07 pm
Motorcycle Diaries – Suzuki GSXR 600 2011 Review
So I got my hands on the Suzuki GSXR600, and Kwakker ZX6R for two weeks, two of the best machines around if you ask me, see what I thought of the all new GSXR below!
By Luke Wilkins | Notebook | Thursday, 31 March 2011 at 6:00 am
Motorcycle Diaries – Kawasaki ZX6-R Review
So having spent two weeks on the all new GSXR 600, and last years ZX6-R, I have had immense fun, but what do I think of what a lot of people would call the class leading 600 supersport?
By Luke Wilkins | Notebook | Tuesday, 22 March 2011 at 4:25 pm
Why the lean and mean Novak Djokovic of 2011 has tennis running scared
There was a brief passage of time when Novak Djokovic lived up to his nickname. The Djoker. Not because he was doing the life-and-soul-of-the-party thing, the impressions, the running commentary, the often profligate banter. No. Of course, it was very funny for a while. A breath of fresh air. But it was after the initial [...]
By Alexandra Willis | Sport | Monday, 21 March 2011 at 9:30 am
Getting lost in translation – an occupational hazard in the travelling tennis world?
In today’s multimedia arena of smartphones, iPads, twitter, Facebook, and so on, the concept of not being understood is rather a rare one.
We are blessed, that, apart from throughout most of China, the Queen’s speech is an all-pervading influence. First of all, much of the internet is in English. And secondly, if you do have [...]
By Alexandra Willis | Sport | Monday, 7 March 2011 at 9:30 am
Speeches, songs, draws, suits and so on – why Davis Cup can be a laugh a minute
What with Ireland beating England at cricket, and Sir Alex in sticky waters yet again, it may have escaped your attention that there hasn’t been a great deal tennis going on this week.
By Alexandra Willis | Sport | Friday, 4 March 2011 at 11:31 am
Motorcycle Diaries – First Road Test of Ducati Diavel on UK Roads
So at Bikechannel.com, we managed to blag a Diavel for a few hours, to give this incredible Italian machine its first proper road test over here in the UK.
By Luke Wilkins | Notebook | Thursday, 17 February 2011 at 1:15 pm
Motorcycle Diaries – Bike Show in London Highlights!
So I went down to the Bike show on Friday at London’s Excel Arena, and this is a round up of some of the coolest stuff I laid my eyes upon.
By Luke Wilkins | Notebook | Wednesday, 9 February 2011 at 2:25 pm
When Francesca met Svetlana, and broke a record at the Australian Open
The fourth round match-up between Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova on Sunday afternoon at the Australian Open was not on many people’s lists as a must-watch-event.
By Alexandra Willis | Sport | Monday, 24 January 2011 at 1:00 am
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