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David Cameron right away resides in his common place to live in Downing Street on an Obama-like sheet of "change". But we have to ask if competition has been rather short-changed? The new PM has longed for a pretence by again lumping competition together with media and enlightenment underneath the roof tiles of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Here was a undiluted event to give sport, that he has concurred as being critical to society, health and the economy, and now with the combined governance of the Olympics, the own full-time ministry. We acquire the appointment of Hugh Robertson as the new sports and Olympic apportion hes one of the good guys in governing body and has a learn of what the pursuit is about after five years dynamically shadowing dual Labour sports ministers. But he has to inform to the DCMS overlord, Jeremy Hunt, a good sufficient guy whose usually well known affinity with athleticism is a mark of lambada dancing. Cameron should have been confidant sufficient to shift the complement and give competition what it deserves a method of the own. Chelsea fan Robertson, 47, was at yesterdays FA Cup last to one side his new boss, who inaugurated to hearten for Portsmouth. A bar cricketer and hockey player, Robertson was additionally formulation to stay up for the Amir Khan quarrel and will watch todays T20 last in between England and Australia. He will need such status quo with difficult calls to have on appropriation and Olympic legacy.
Punching for politics
Boxings domestic contenders had opposite formula in their elections. The multi-world hold up Manny Pacquiao won by a landslide to get a Congressional chair in the Philippines. Here, the upholder Frank Maloney took a equate in Barking one of 1,300. That figure put Ukips man in fifth place, at the back of the BNPs Nick Griffin but on tip of the Loony Party. Maloney might have lost his deposit, but not his enthusiasm. "I schooled a lot and I"ll be back," he vows. But not in Barking.
Doctors flog start
Most doctors would frequency allot a flog in the teeth as a recipe for good health. But Dr Fui Mee Quek, a womanlike GP with a use in Sutton, Surrey, not usually recommends Thai fighting but promotes it in her purpose as operations arch of the MSA Muay Thai Premier League, that will be showcased at Londons ExCel on Saturday week with a world-class check featuring tip Thai pros opposite the most appropriate of British. Muay Thai might receptive to advice similar to something with noodles from your internal takeaway but it is an very old armed forces art utilising knees, feet and elbows. So how come a medico advocates such aroused behaviour? Dr Quek, a 45-year-old mom of three, says: "Some of my associate doctors might lift an eyebrow but I hold it is a good approach to get bodies operative scrupulously in the gym and it is a pleasing competition to watch. Compared to fighting and MMA there are fewer injuries and you can measure well but attack the head."
Londons mascot mystery
London 2012s best-kept tip detached from how most it will cost will be suggested on Wednesday, when we will know the name and pattern of the Olympic mascot. There have been no leaks from HQ and zero could be prised from the lips of Seb Coe and Co last week, not even if it is animal, unfeeling or mineral. Though the idea of Percy the Pigeon at slightest lifted a smile.
insidelines@independent.co.uk
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