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Fifty years of sporting memories as Doug Gillon bows out at The Herald
Doug Gillon calls time today writing for The Herald. Here is his view of 50 years covering sport.
The cesspit that is world sport is still reeking of same old stench
INTERNATIONAL sport is a cesspit. Not a week passes without allegations of scandal, corruption, bribery, racism, cheating, blackmail, child abuse or bad governance – by no means an inclusive catalogue. Principles of integrity, fair play, respect for opponents, and the rules of almost all games you care to mention, have been traduced. Sport is lost in a Bermuda Triangle with its moral and ethical compass defunct.
Ahead of fiftieth anniversary of Jim Clark's death, Hockenheimring remains synonymous with his name
IT was a grey, damp, April day in Baden-Wurttemberg which was to become a black one. Under leaden skies at Hockenheim, a Formula Two race was on the programme.
There have been some benchmark Scottish athletics performances in 2017, but will this translate to Gold Coast glory?
THE athletics season officially ends next weekend, and Commonwealth Games selection for Gold Coast next year looms. There are five weeks left to achieve qualifying standards, but few opportunities, save for marathoners.
Farewell field of dreams . . .
YOU can tear down the old stadium, lay waste a field of dreams, but Meadowbank will forever hold a treasured place in a nation's affections.
Doug Gillon: Learmonth closes in on McKean working with just bare necessities
SPORT facilities at Loughborough University are state of the art: “The best integrated sports development environment in the world” according to its most famous graduate, Sebastian Coe.
David Keir Gracie: 65 years since an Olympic appearance that defined his career
EVEREST had yet to be conquered, sweets and meat were subject to post-war rationing, the farthing was legal tender, and the TV licence cost 1920 of them, or £2 in today's money: a snapshot of Britain when the XV Olympics opened in Helsinki 65 years ago this week.
As Mo Farah announces his retirement, debate over greatest-ever tag rages on . . .
MO FARAH confirmed this week that he would run the last track race of his career in the Birmingham Diamond League on August 20. Thereafter his focus will be the marathon.