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I was especialy pleased to be invited by UK Sport earlier this month to travel back to Lusaka, Zambia, to undertake some consultancy work with Ken Black in connection with the London 2012 legacy programme titled International Inspiration writes Norman Brook. Edusport Activity The reason being that this was my fourth engagement with the Zambian sporting community, the other three dating back to 1995/1996 and I was keen to learn what had changed in the last 13-14 years. My firs

There is an abundance of information on anti-doping published by WADA, International Sports Federations, and National Anti-Doping Organisations.  Anti-doping cases are also constantly being reported in both the popular and sports media.  It is therefore somewhat surprising that athletes continue to fall foul of anti-doping regulations, apparently, because they did not understand their responsibilities under the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code). A recent example is the case o

I got to know Mary when I was based in Belfast as the National Athletics Coach for Northern Ireland.  Having an Olympic Champion on our doorstep was great for Northern Ireland Athletics and Mary did a lot to support the sport locally including running a trust fund to support talented young athletes. My relationship with Mary moved from that of being colleagues to being friends shortly after I stepped down as Northern Ireland National Coach.  In 1992, I joined the Sports Counc

The CSR element of this sponsorship allowed British Triathlon to launch a series of children’s events, the Corus Kids of Steel,  aimed at introducing increased numbers of young people to the sport of Triathlon especially children from under-represented groups and from socially disadvantaged areas. The sponsorship also enabled the employment of an equity officer and introduced initiatives to promote triathlon amongst diverse and under-represented groups.  Big advances were mad

Readers of the Daily Telegraph have voted Cape Town the Best World City in its 2008 travel awards. South Africa itself also secured a place in the top three best non-European country categories. The Telegraph, one of the UK’s leading daily newspapers, polled 40 000 of its readers in the 10th awards of its kind. Cape Town beat both San Francisco and Sydney to be named as the world’s best city. Cape Town Tourism chief executive, Mariëtte du-Toit Helmbold said: “We are thrilled

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