Friday, May 16, 2008

The Nick Townsend column: Wenger's one-eyed views do little to deter boot boys (Independent)

There are sports in which injury is such an ever-present menace that the scars are carried almost like trophies of war. Tony McCoy broke his back, or at least a vertebra in it, in January, and yet so obsessive is the Irish multi-champion jump jockey's desire to ride at the Cheltenham Festival in nine days' time that he has gone to extraordinary lengths to swing back into the saddle, including ...