Perkins-Tino Bare

Relooking The So Called `Minor Sports` Perkins Tino Bare The major aim of any sport organization is to be successful but in our local sport what defines the magnitude of a sport is not its successes but the backing it receives and its support base. This has then resulted in the more successful sports which most people do not understand lacking a strong support base hence them being termed as minor sports. It is however sarcastic and ironical for even looking at our sports the most successful team in our sporting history is the women`s hockey team which won gold at the 1960 Olympics yet the sport is constantly viewed as a minor sport. Other sports also include Karate which is not far following Sincere Samson Muripo`s also winning gold at the world championships and Kirsty`s world dominance in swimming which landed her a slot in the IOC, the Blacks dominance in Tennis, and so on. This year we had Luke Steyn who becoming the first Zimbabwean to qualify for the Winter Olym

After watching arguably one of the best displays of football ever, it just goes on to show that football as an entity is now evolving at a much greater pace than what it used to do. What I am not sure of is whether Blitz Krieg is the new pinnacle for surely it is too good to be true just like Joga Bonito which just like their counterparts capitalized on the weaknesses of their opponents.Credit should be given to the German team for their ruthless attacking style of plaay which sealed them the match in just 28 minutes making completely wiping away any hope of a come-back. This was also a case of some average fellows who had no idea what it means to wear that yellow jersey (especially that moment during the national anthems which to me was a poor attempt of garnering support which backfired tremendously) in fact this is disturbing particularly because even if we bring it home a bit it is the same story whereby players don't what it means anymore to be a warrior (just as a juxtap