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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Monster Hit by Greg Inglis in Australian Rugby Match Fuels Debate
National Rugby League (NRL) is consistently held up as the premier competition in rugby league. It is the testing ground for some of the fiercest and most skilled athletes from Australia and New Zealand. However, sometimes it can turn ugly. Recently there have been disputations as some officials call for there to be amendments to [...]
TweetSerie A Broadcaster Parodies Point Break
With half-hearted friendlies taking place all over the world and the good-time buzz of the EUROs dissipating like so much submerged Alka-Seltzer, it is time to get excited about an onrushing season of soccer. The transfer market is roaring on with the ferocity of a Batman press junket; some squad clearouts have been brutal; the [...]
TweetRugby Legend Stirling Mortlock Lampooned in Music Video
The self-shot music video is a phenomenon which began as soon as YouTube hit the scene. The evolution started with the lonely individual, sat with a video camera in their room, miming along to Europop. Soon enough the craze took more extravagant twists. Of late this has been taken up by assorted professional athletes. Countless [...]
TweetDon’t Forget the Paralympics
A lot has been made of the upcoming Olympic Games in London, but it must also be noted that this is a big year for the Paralympics as well. Oscar Pistorius is making headlines alongside able-bodied athletes, sure, but he is an ambassador for a competition which has grown from strength to strength, and will [...]
TweetBritish Open: Who Can Claim the Claret Jug?
Tomorrow sees the first round of the 141st Open Championship tee off at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. The favorites have already been decided on by the bookmakers, but do they reflect reality? It is set to be a true challenge of links golf, with unforgiving wilderness around manicured greens and conditions already described as [...]
TweetLionel Messi Named Alongside Unknown Welshman on ‘Best Footballer in Europe’ List
UEFA President Michel Platini began an initiative last year to re-imagine the old European Footballer of the Year award. Handed out at the draw for the UEFA Champions League groupings, the award goes to the Best Footballer in Europe. Today a shortlist of 32 players was released. The names on the list read like a [...]
TweetMichael Johnson: Oscar Pistorius Competing In Olympics Is “Unfair to the Able-bodied Competitors”
According to 400m world record holder Michael Johnson, who was also a winner of four Olympic gold medals, it is “unfair to the able-bodied competitors” that South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius is allowed to compete in the 400m at the London Games. Speaking to The Times newspaper in England, Johnson claimed that Pistorius –known to many as [...]
TweetLondon Olympics: Marlon Devonish Fronts Anti-Doping Advertisement
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKlein have combined forces with the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and Team GB sprinter Marlon Devonish to launch an advertisement campaign which promotes ‘clean’ performance and a drug-free Olympics. GlaxoSmithKlein is the official ‘Laboratory Services Provider’ for the Games and LOCOG have placed a huge emphasis on [...]
TweetLondon Olympics: Athletes Arrive at Olympic Village
Amid tales of lost busses, torn up motorway lanes and soldiers at security checkpoints, athletes started pouring into the London Olympic village yesterday. With countries having their own blocs and athletes pairing up, rooms were taken to with the kind of excitement one should feel just ten days before the opening ceremony. Beforehand, though, American 400m [...]
TweetScottish Premier League: Dundee FC Replace Rangers FC
On Saturday, there was a pre-season ‘friendly’ between two local rivals, Dundee FC and Dundee United. Symbolizing an old rivalry that had not taken place in a competitive context for some time, the city was out in force, hoping to see something special. Dundee have had ups and downs, following years of financial instability. They [...]
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