Football season underway...

The headline is not entirely misleading, despite the photo! Today's image is another one that I captured at the Pride Parade last weekend. Managed to get so many fun images that it is difficult to not keep using them on the blog!

But yes, the football season did start in England this weekend and my team, Crystal Palace, got off to a flying start with a 4-1 win over Southampton. A great way to start the season, but I am not getting too carried away just yet. Last season the team got off to a flying start, and after five games was undefeated and leading the Championship. Things were looking good for promotion to Premier League, and then somewhere it all went horribly wrong, so much so that the play-offs were not even in sight by season end. Maybe this year...

And in cycling news, the Discovery cycling team, the one that Lance Amstrong rode for, and also the team of this year's Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, has announced they are disbanding. As the story in the IHT notes, "the death of the Discovery Channel bicycle team ... can be laid to many problems plaguing the sport, including doping scandals and suspicions, fierce politics, lack of leadership and a loss of credibility." As team officials noted, "this is not the time an investor stands to gain by spending many millions to have its name on a team jersey. Therefore [we] decided not to pursue a new sponsor." I know I am naive, but it is simply wrong to see politics and cheating getting in the way of the pure joy of sport.