Well the big news has to be the Athletics. Best ever medal effort by Britain at the European championships in Barcelona. The target was 15 and we got 19 medals in total. 6 Gold, 7 Silvers and 6 Bronze. Worthy of note is Derval O' Rourke who got Ireland's only medal with a silver. Is she any relation to our own Steve O'R. Steve is very fit with his cycling to work so is there a family connection? On a serious note special mention has to go to Merlene Ottey (used to run for Jamaica) who at 50 is running in the 4 x 100m for Slovenia (not sure why Slovenia!). She has a total of 27 medals in various competitions and it's a phenomenal effort she is still going at 50!
Debate still rages on about England's failure in the Football World Cup. I personally think there are too many foreign players playing in the premier league. Without wanting to get too deep about it all, it is very disturbing that the pro players can get as much in a week as I used to earn as a teacher in a year. You should play because you love the game but do some play for prestige, wags, money, cars etc etc? Who knows. Who cares?
Tri Nations is well underway and New Zealand are dominating. They seem the best team by far and look unbeatable. The other 2 teams are always capable of an upset though. It currently stands New Zealand top on 15 points, Australia second on 4 points and South Africa last on 0 points. More importantly Chris Paterson has returned to Scottish training! Be nice to see him further his 100 cap haul! Go Chris!
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