Doug Gillon

Sports writer

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The cesspit that is world sport is still reeking of same old stench

INTERNATIONAL sport is a cesspit. Not a week passes without allegations of scandal, corruption, bribery, racism, cheating, blackmail, child abuse or bad governance – by no means an inclusive catalogue. Principles of integrity, fair play, respect for opponents, and the rules of almost all games you care to mention, have been traduced. Sport is lost in a Bermuda Triangle with its moral and ethical compass defunct.

Farewell field of dreams . . .

YOU can tear down the old stadium, lay waste a field of dreams, but Meadowbank will forever hold a treasured place in a nation's affections.