I heard the guy from British boxing on R5 last week saying that amateur boxing is struggling at the moment since as soon as anyone shows any talent, they are persuaded to turn pro. It also didn't help that those boxers that were in Paris were all drawn against the world number 1s or 2s in the...
Jack Carlin into the final of the Keirin. Hamish Turnbull crashed in his semi-final.
Women's Modern Pentathlon Laser run just starting. Bryson the Brit is 7th but has 61 seconds to make up.
Why did they change the boxing scoring system back again? I thought that things had got better when there was in round scoring with judges pressing buttons and if several did it simultaneously, then the boxer scored points. Or was that bent too?
Based upon the physiques of the ladies currently...
I think all parents worry about the future for them (at least they should do anyway). At least you are giving him a happy and stable life as it is not that long ago when he would have been put away into an institution and "forgotten" (which incidentally was what my father told me to do with our...
Yup. Plus the courses they play on are ridiculously difficult.
I once had the pleasure of getting utterly thrashed by Gary Evans in what was the Whitbread trophy (Sussex Inter Club Scratch matchplay) when he was still an amateur playing off +4. He played a totally different game and even he...