The World Chess Championship reached a critical stage this week with the best of twelve series between Boris Gelfand and defending champion Viswanathan Anand tied at 6-6, taking the contest to a tie-breaker on Wednesday. Central to the tied score was a move made by Gelfand, his tenth as black, which took him 40 minutes […]

Picture the scene; a man stands with his arms raised aloft, another looks shocked but amused, while a lady nearby looks disheartened, certainly not oblivious to the cheers and hollers of those standing a few feet away. If you read the newspapers across Europe over the past week this image was one splashed across the […]

In an interview with the Financial Times recently, Patrick Nally, known as the Godfather of Sports marketing, talked of his role in bringing large corporate sponsorship to major sporting events; Coca Cola to the World Cup, even jeans to the Olympic Games. Nally was instrumental in shaping the sporting world into the mould it is […]

Mother’s Day is celebrated on different days and dates around the world, a day when sons and daughters, as well as the odd thoughtful husband, show their appreciation of “mum” by letting her put her feet up, as Dad does the dishes, the kids make breakfast and the dog fetches the TV remote. Most commonly, […]