Alan Dymock
Alan Dymock
Alan is a Scottish student working towards a Masters in Journalism. He writes about soccer, boxing and rugby. Formerly a full time professional, Alan is currently registered with the ERC to play the highest level of rugby in Europe, with Glasgow Warriors. He writes about it for several British websites, but away from rugby he is a Newcastle United fan.
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English Premier League: The Immaculate Misconception?
As Britain slowly clambers out of its Olympic hangover there is a realization that sport can be something different from the pomp that has distracted us for so long. Gone are the notions of God-like genius and the need for red carpet treatment. A backlash is being hinted at and the English Premier League is [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: The 5 Worst Moments
The Olympics were good fun and everyone (bar Australia) seemed pretty pleased with how it all panned out. I’ve only just posted about the fantastic moments the Games provide so this will be a little more tongue in cheek. These are the five worst moments of the Games. The Crying Game We all have a [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: The Top 10 Moments
So the fat lady has finished singing. This morning many woke up, flicked on the TV and slapped their foreheads as they realized there was no sport on. Many will now be raring to get into the Paralympics, but the empty Cristal bottles and lack of lanyards on the tube tell us that the 2012 [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Doping Allegations Never Die
According to the un-verified Twitter account of Victor Conte –founder of BALCO Laboratories who were caught up in the doping scandal dubbed the BALCO Affair –there is cause for suspicion at the 2012 London Olympics. Through the account, Conte is insistent that winners at these Games are only urine tested, rather than having additional blood [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Forget Usain Bolt, David Rudisha Delivered the Moment of the Games
Last night the networks could not help themselves. Usain Bolt had completed a “double double.” Suddenly his face was plastered onto every television screen and titled as the greatest sprinter of all time. He ran a time of 19.32s. That was the same time Michael Johnson ran when he held the world record. It was [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Mayor of London Boris Johnson Gets Caught on a Wire
Tonight the Great British public steel themselves for another evening of cheering on potential winners, with Michael Jamieson and Andrew Willis hoping to translate their fantastic qualifying times into medals in the 200m breaststroke final. If one of them is able to win gold then they will join Bradley Wiggins and the victorious rowing pair [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: South Korean, Chinese and Indonesian Badminton Players Disqualified
Eight players were officially disqualified from the women’s double in badminton after Olympic officials complained of the conduct of two pairs from South Korea, one from China and one from Indonesia. The women – Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli of China, Jung Kyung-eun, Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of South Korea, and Meiliana [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Bradley Wiggins Wins Time Trial Gold, Becomes Most Successful British Olympian
There is a saying in the UK: you wait all day for a bus and two come along at once. Well, today at the 2012 London Olympics, just after the country threw up a fist pump and cheered at Helen Glover and Heather Stanning winning the women’s paired rowing, Bradley Wiggins began his cycling time [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Team GB Win Their First Gold
After days of near misses, condolences for favorites and anguish at early exits Team GB were finally able to celebrate their first gold medal of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Thanks to rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the women’s pair, the nation can truly begin to enjoy the games. They were favorites over [...]
Tweet2012 London Olympics: Vive La France!
Seven years ago things could not have been more different. Dejected Parisians stropped; jutting out lower lips and shrugging at questions about London’s validity to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Even their newspapers ran with headlines brazenly shouting “Why?!” Today, as London enjoys the amorous gaze of the world, the French, too, bask in the [...]
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