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Sport(s) & other pointless pursuits

Harry Pugh

A newsletter about sport, sports & everything/anything else.

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Latest Issues

The World Cup of Darts: A preview of the only upcoming international tournament that matters

This Thursday at 8pm UK time, the men’s national teams of Mexico and South Africa will kick off the first game of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A bizarre, bloated tournament, expanded to 48 teams and hosted by three nations, one of which has thr...

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Darts without the drink? Saudi Masters critics asking the wrong question

In December 2024, just as the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) World Darts Championships was getting going, PDC founder and president Barry Hearn was on Talk Sport. Asked about whether “the darts” might follow snooker and boxing to Sa...

4 months ago
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The start of something (else) new

Two years ago or so, I wrote a piece about how football clubs’ transfer policies mirrored the strategies of most venture capital firms – a bad approach as I saw it. Despite some very half-arsed pitching to press, nowhere was interested in p...

5 months ago
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Do I hate football or is my team just rubbish?

A quick note: Any eagle-eyed readers of this newsletter will have noticed that it’s been a few weeks since the last one went out. A particular apology to those of you that are kind enough to pay for this newsletter. I’m certain the lack o...

7 months ago
19

Tough weeks for Ange Postecoglou and Taylor Swift

Hello! Just the regular, polite, passive-aggressive request to please give the newsletter a like if you did, in fact, like it. Email subscribers can still like it without a Substack account, just tap/click that little heart at the bottom...

8 months ago
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    Writer of sporty and non-sporty things. Host of Good Darts podcast.

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