sport Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/sport/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:20:02 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Will sports betting encourage match fixing? https://jedidiah.org.za/character/will-sports-betting-encourage-match-fixing/ https://jedidiah.org.za/character/will-sports-betting-encourage-match-fixing/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:01:50 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1156 Hansie Cronje, match fixing, cricket, sport, South AfricaIn April 2000 it was revealed that Hansie Cronje, former South African cricket captain and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate were involved in match fixing during 1999 and earlier.

After an enquiry by the King Commission, Cronje was banned from any involvement in cricket for life. This scandal was one of the biggest controversies ever to have rocked the international cricket world.

Only now during January 2019, after almost two decades, a British court ordered for the extradition of Sanjeev Chawla, to India where he will ... continue reading

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]]> https://jedidiah.org.za/character/will-sports-betting-encourage-match-fixing/feed/ 1 Seasons in sport and life https://jedidiah.org.za/character/seasons-in-sport-and-life/ https://jedidiah.org.za/character/seasons-in-sport-and-life/#respond Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:21:35 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1078 watermelon, green, red, fruitFor many years I was a high school teacher and part of being a teacher means being involved in coaching different sports. So when I think of seasons one of the first things that comes to mind, besides summer, autumn, winter and spring, is rugby, cricket, athletics, etc.

Too long a season

Now it is interesting when for example the cricket season becomes long, how I start to look forward to the rugby season. The reverse is also true; after a long rugby season that sometimes carry on till almost ... continue reading

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