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Sport Opinion
ONE of the posh papers in England – you know, the one with all the spelling mistakes – is taking its policy of transparent journalism to the next level by hosting what they are calling an Open Weekend.
One of the great pleasures of watching – and listening to – American Football is the stupefying names that spout forth from the commentators' gubs.
France meet Italy seeking revenge for the biggest shock in tournament history; Scotland take on England in the oldest international fixture in the world; and Ireland welcome Wales for a rematch of the best match at last year's World Cup.
THE 1500 metres victory by Mo Farah in the final race of the last international indoor athletics match staged at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall, may hint at the glimmer of a new dawn for British middle-distance running.
Mention the phrase 'Qualifying School' to a golfer and, more often than not, you'll be greeted with the kind of horrified glare that's usually reserved for a gaping leg wound.
SOME people would have you believe that Sportscene now so closely resembles Crimewatch that Rob Maclean should finish each show by saying "don't have nightmares".
Careless talk may not cost lives on the field of sport but it can offer ammunition to opponents and no-one knows that better than Andy Robinson.