Hello and welcome to In the Zone Blog the first of my regular blogposts on matters relating to Sport and Politics issues from around the world.

I will be regularly up-dating you on my activities as well as my responses to a range of themes concerning not just the popular and most glamorous and predominantly male sports, which receive the majority of media attention

The blog will identify major sporting events in advance and will offer you a range of links to issues as they develop. In addition to focusing on activities close to home, such as the first Ashes Test in Wales and the Ryder Cup the blog will comment on developments around the world

I would welcome your thoughts and comments and I look forward to hearing from you.

Please let me know how I could contribute to any events and initiatives you are planning.

COMMENTS

Great web-site! A really interesting time in sports/politics at the moment. Can Portsmouth really be bought by the brother of the new owner of Man City? What is Shumawatra's role in it all? Did anyone else find it wonderfully ironic to see the fantastic Indian fans outnumber the English fans at the home of cricket? Just how *can* Real afford 80 million for a player, and pay him 12 million quid a year? We need answers!

Tim Wharton, Kings College London

The website and blog look very interesting.

Karianne Bax, University of Wales Institute