sport & selling

The pain of seeing a pretty much first choice New Zealand XV edge a not even half strength England this Saturday just gone. Revenge come the World Cup semi this time next year in Japan? In the build-up, I noted Kiwi discussion of a current favoured tactic of theirs. It

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/45802534] Build from the fascinating research announced this week from horseracing aimed in part at raising equine welfare. With the aid of Exeter Uni scientists [https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/scientific-research-equine-vision-leads-trial-new-fence-hurdle-design-improve-safety-jump-racing/] , it seems we humans see the world rather differently from horses;

Thomas Gronnemark [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45405476] is a man in demand. In his native Denmark he switched from his own athletic pursuits, turning to coaching in 2004. Specifically focussing on football’s throw-ins. With demonstrable success at league sides. Since joining Liverpool FC’s payroll this

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45567456] My first ever sales office was overwhelmingly what today might dismissively be called greige [http://salespodder.com/stop-your-digital-greige-pitch/]. Big bulky plastic wooden single seater desks on industrial dirty blue carpet tiles surrounded by off-white pre-fab walls. Yet even that was an advance

Cricket is a game to keep the stattos very happy. Numbers gush forth for almost any situation, performance and result. A classic revolves around a player’s “average”. For a batsman, this comes from the accumulated runs ever scored, divided by the number of times they’ve lost their wicket.

Lewis Pugh [http://lewispugh.com/] is a remarkable athlete. An endurance swimmer campaigning for marine protection reserves. His latest challenge being to swim the entire length of the English Channel. All the way from Land’s End to Dover (25min explanatory vid [https://youtu.be/RI6RlUJwwjc]). I watched The Long

Arh, golf. The days I lost to the game in my youth now feel tales of legend. Or folly. If only I could remember which. Most people are probably familiar with what a course guide looks like. The yardages and hazards of each hole mapped out. Helping amateur and pro

John McEnroe, tennis legend. Nowadays the best pundit in that game. At Wimbledon each year he’s got to hosting a phone-in show on national radio. Whilst not a natural in this sphere – speaking to everyday folk perhaps doesn’t extend beyond checkin or waiting staff – he still does a

The Times of London graphic showing all World Cup shootout spotkicks 1982-2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A success rate of 70%. Meaning a failure rate of 30%. That was the pre-Russia standing of scoring likelihood in the stalemate breaking intense drama of world cup penalty deciders. And then England finally won a shootout.