Without doubt, sports and sports men and women can be a power for good in the world inspiring by example and bringing together communities, nations and cultures in a common understanding of the principles of peace and fair play.

One area that the IOC might wish review is the issue of recycling of sporting infrastructure. Take bobsleigh for example. TOROC did a great job to try and mitigate its environmental impact. But the fact remains that constructing, operating and maintaining what is effectively a huge fridge in the mountains raises many fundamental questions of sustainability.

The deplorable attack ... was a deliberate attempt to kill and maim defenseless Serbian men, women and children.

I don't have a very high opinion of men, without doubt it is because I am one. Men and women live on two planets. I find it even bizarre that we can coexist.

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit

We have a duty to rescue our closest living relatives as part of our wider responsibilities to conserve the ecosystems they inhabit.