It’s only been two days, but the Twenty20 Cricket tournament has almost surpassed the excitement levels achieved through the ENTIRE snooze-fest of the 50-over World Cup in the West Indies earlier this year. That tournament was beset by problems, ranging from poor attendances, off-field incidents, and let’s face it, boring cricket. Last night’s opening match […]
Archives for September 2007
Asafa Powell sets a new 100m world record – 9.74s
It came at the most unexpected of times. That is really just a euphemism for saying that it happened in a low-key, obscure meeting, in the absence of any major competition, and must be one of the least exciting world records ever, but Asafa Powell has broken his own (shared) world record in the 100m. […]
Exercise in the heat
Craig Mottram was one of the “hot” (excuse the pun) favourites for the Men’s 5000m final at the recent IAAF World Championships in Athletics. As we all know by now, he finished 13th out of a field of 14, who ran the race in the slowest time in Championship history! Hardly the performance of a […]
African dominance in sprinting?
Here at The Science of Sport, we don’t shy away from controversial topics (within reason!) and are always on the lookout for interesting, substantiated, and discussion-provoking articles, provided there’s basis for them. In the past, we featured a post on African running, but only scratched the surface behind why the East Africans dominate middle and […]
IAAF World Championships – a recap and the Best and Worst of…
So the IAAF World Championships in athletics concluded on the weekend, and we’ve tried to bring you as much analysis and insight as possible here at The Science of Sport. So in our final post on the World Champs, now that the dust has settled, we bring you a wrap up of our “best” and […]