ONE of my teachers, Father Fritz, a devout Jesuit who taught English and cricket, told me that I should be a writer. My father, a hard-boiled businessman, scoffed at the idea, saying I would never make money, but would just hang around bars drinking. He wanted me to be a barrister but when I refused, he pushed me into engineering. I had no aptitude for engineering and trained as an accountant, becoming a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
But I had never given up my ambition of being a journalist and the moment I qualified I decided to turn to writing. I started on radio and over the years my journalism evolved, always combining sport with business reporting — using my accountancy background. In recent years, as sports moved from a cottage industry to a proper business, I have devoted all my time to writing about the sports industry. I also write on other issues such as India as well as economic, political, immigration and race issues.
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Sachin Tendulkar — Little Master Pakistan snub raises fears of IPL terrorism Brilliant — but now England must sustain success after the Ashes India and England: greatest Test sides C4 still seething over ECB's Sky deal ICC vote to move base from Lord's Hazare, virtuoso part in the great 'V' era Zimbabwe tour on despite media ban Money was the last thing on his mind Streak welcomes ICC initiative Secret ways of the middle man who helped crack massive fraud No marks for ECB in Hussain affair £400m illegally bet on Indian cricket Home umpires given out in new move over Tests Condon report says match-fixing has been rife since mid-Seventies |
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| Essay on Sport
Deported before I had chance to write a word In awe of the man who has winning formula IAAF admit failure in the war on drug cheats Why did Mugabe think I was such a danger to his regime? Conte goes to ground as drugs inquiry gathers pace Crozier's Wembley dream fulfilled Barbados send biggest squad to Manchester |
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| Selective memories of Scottish enterprise
The Anglo-Indian detente is more fragile than you think Book review of 'India after Gandhi' Bollywood's Oscars come to the UK Lost and Found: Benegal's Bose Subhas Chandra Bose — a revised biography The Slow Death of an Indian Paradox |
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British Muslims forgetting their roots Britain has a shared history with its immigrants — unlike America We didn't come here for the money Tell us the truth of the Empire |
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A trip to Peebles brings me cheer Now I know what it's like to win Olympic gold |
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| Bursting into the World Market | July 1998
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