All posts tagged "Fifty Shades of May"
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50 Shades of May
/ 7 months agoFSOM: Italian football needs to sort itself out – but why that is not a simple task
Cosa e successo al calcio Italiano? In amongst the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the Champions League night of the...
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50 Shades of May
/ 8 months agoFSOM: From wearing tuxedos at dinner parties to trips on America’s Cup yachts – what actually happens at sporting beneficiary dos?
FSOM is wondering whether it’s worth the money to get his tuxedo dry cleaned. After all, it doesn’t get out much...
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50 Shades of May
/ 8 months agoFSOM: Football is becoming boring in its method and style – it’s no surprise why teams are looking for ‘marginal gains’ with set pieces
There’s an old sporting joke that says: ‘I went along to a fight and an ice hockey match broke out.’ It’s...
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50 Shades of May
/ 8 months agoFSOM: From cigarettes and oranges to sweets and electrolyte drinks – how football’s half-time ritual has changed
Back in the day, one of the most important pieces of a team’s football kit was lugged along in a string...
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50 Shades of May
/ 8 months agoFSOM: Sporting minnows are not a waste of time – for every powerhouse, there are inspirational stories such as Gary White’s
A footballing circumnavigation of the globe from the Southampton Sunday Leagues to Taiwan, via the Bahamas, Pacific Islands and Japan is...
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50 Shades of May
/ 9 months agoFSOM: Winter Olympics’ ‘Penisgate’ is eye-watering – who decided that injecting male privates with hyaluronic acid is a good idea!
OUCH! That’s the only word you could use in reaction to the latest attempt by athletes to gain that important micro-edge...
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50 Shades of May
/ 9 months agoFSOM: Tomorrow Golf League is artificial but attracts the world’s best while reaching a new and younger audience through its popularity
Nobody is sure if it was Oscar Wilde or Mark Twain who described golf as ‘a good walk spoiled.’ Whichever of...
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50 Shades of May
/ 9 months agoFSOM: The Hahnenkamm is the most prestigious ski race in the world – even if you are not an aficionado here is why it is must see
Quiz time. Where will the biggest crowd at any sporting event on the planet be this weekend? It won’t be at...
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50 Shades of May
/ 10 months agoFSOM: The Enhanced Games trumpets ‘the future of human endurance’ but what about the long-term health effects on its athletes?
The men’s 100metres final in the 1988 Seoul Olympics has been described as ‘the dirtiest race in history’. Original winner Ben...
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50 Shades of May
/ 10 months agoFSOM: US president Donald Trump is turning the 2026 World Cup into a political circus
FSOM is back from his Chrimbo break. The object of the exercise was a flit across the Herring Pond to visit...
