sport & selling

[http://www.tensator.com/showroom/tensabarrier-posts.aspx] I learned of one brand name in the marketplace for those barriers you get where the seat-belt style fabric slots into a pole, so beloved by airports and New York clubs. I caught the start of the Istanbul Grand Prix today, and the

The World’s fourth priciest footballer recently suffered an embarrassing 903-minute wait for his first goal at his new club. Fernando Torres [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Torres] was the subject of plenty of pundit advice during his drought. Most of it was rubbish of course, but a pair

So England failed to nail the Grand Slam. Hammered by an Ireland presumably embarrassed they’d been previously absent from the tournament. Catching the interviews from the game beforehand I was struck by one response from a young Scottish player. In assessing the impact of beating Italy to avoid the

I watched a documentary on a plane from 2004 about a legendary 80s Decathlon rivalry. Les grands duels du sport heard plenty from both affable German Jürgen Hingsen and irreverent Brit Daley Thompson. The German was thought the superior athlete, regularly holding the world record, yet never beat his tougher

Arh, yes. The revelling in such Ashes glory. With so much to admire from an English perspective, cricket writers have since been beside themselves to try and put fingers on how such a monumental thrashing of the big enemy came to pass. One example came from the always enjoyable Vic

Has there been a more one-sided Ashes day’s play in living memory? Not one single observer seems to think so. England’s dominance over woeful Australia was as superior as it was surprising. With the Perth hammering metered out by the hosts, you’d have though momentum was all

With the Ashes Down Under starting with such an enthralling First Test, I’m reminded to talk cricket. In fact, there are two types of sport aren’t there? American sports, and the proper ones that everyone else plays. Firmly in the latter category for me is indeed the wonder