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Don't Choose Arbitrary Goals Like New English FA Chairman

Former TV exec Greg Dyke delivered his vision to the world of English football this week. It’s difficult to not like the chap. Usually such a sensible thinker and outrageously, completely wrongly, hounded out of his job when running the BBC, his judgement tends to be sound. Yet his

If Even The Best Commentator Has An Ever-Present 'Musts' List...

Yes, another ‘sport and selling’ post inspired by the wonder that is cricket. If the five-day battles leave you cold, relax, it’ll likely be the last for a while. The Ashes Summer has just ended with England victorious. Over the bank holiday weekend, the final Test suffered long rain

How To Get Out Of A Selling Rut Like Top Sport Stars

Working away this week I’ve been able to listen to much of the cricket on Test Match Special. The final Ashes Test saw a rare panic selection from England. A worryingly momentum shifting win is now within Aussie’s reach. Ed Smith [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Smith_

Opportunity Outweighs Scariness

[https://twitter.com/xXx_Belle] [http://instagram.com/xxx_belle] This is the fuzzy telly shot tweeted by an athletics World Champs bronze medallist. Annabelle Lewis carried the baton through the third leg of the women’s 4x100m relay Sunday. She’s on the right of the jubilant quartet. When

Be Wary If You 'Follow The Coin' And Other Lessons From Beating Aussies

I do enjoy my sport & selling posts. Especially when finding inspiration from my beloved cricket. If you don’t share my passion for cricket or have no idea what the sport means, feel free to skip the next 700 words! The Ashes are in full swing. England at home

Have You Gary Player's Focus?

Oh Westie! When will Lee Westwood win a major? Last Sunday he achingly fell away as American lefty Mickleson tore up the links to romp home. The Open golf champ is yet again from other shores. In the build up to the final round, I caught a ten minute video

Success Lesson From Murray's New Number Two Fan

Well. Andy Murray. Amazing. Tennis is blessed with such golden rivalries down the ages. After Rafa and Roger no-one would have guessed that they’d both have to step aside so soon for Andy and Nole. As the new Wimbledon champion he is poised for two or three incredible years

Face A Big Loss Like Federer To Be Grand Slam Champion

Bloody Wednesday the media are calling it. Record numbers of injury withdrawals and super-crazy upsets are hacking away at Wimbledon contenders this year. After Nadal’s shock defeat came perhaps an even bigger one so early doors. Federer’s incredible run of 36 grand slam Quarters-or-better ended to an apparent

Know Boundaries Like Top Cricket Analyst

[/content/images/wordpress/2013/06/sa-cric-analyst-prasanna-agoram-p-dog-400x221.jpg] This is a pic taken of my telly showing, I learned Wednesday, an Indian chap affectionately called P-Dog. I revelled in Wednesday’s latest South African cricket “choke”. Especially as I was watching from their Cape. Mauled by the alarmingly predictable and plodding,

Jurgen Klopp Champion Rise

Not since the young Mourinho has such a breath of fresh air blown through football management. Okay, so the team Jurgen Klopp manages, Borussia Dortmund, got turned over at Wembley in Saturday’s enthralling Champions League final. A crushing last minute Bayern killer denied his team. Man-for-man the Munich superstars