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Flamboyant rower and coach who led Oxford

Flamboyant rower and coach who led Oxford to Boat Race supremacy and beat his own men in the 'True Blue' mutiny When Daniel Topolski first coached an Oxford crew for the Boat Race in 1973 it was assumed by many that rugby, cricket and rowing were conducted in their respective Varsity matches at national or international level. It is only in rowing that leading universities still compete at world level and that is thanks to him. As an oarsman Topolski won the Boat Race with Oxford in 1967 and lost in 1968. After Oxford, where he took the last ever fourth in Geography, and then a Diploma in Social Anthropology, he was a natural for the emerging world of television journalism and began his career with the BBC. Even by the standards of the late Sixties he was a bohemian and romantic figure; cascades of black curls framed the face of an impish Greek god, Eros with a hint of Bacchus. He was small by rowing standards and built himself into a muscular,

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athletic David who took on Goliath with pleasure. He lived until his forties with his mother Marian in a rambling house in Hanover Terrace on the west side of Regent's Park. It began as a family home with a lease acquired by his father Feliks Topolski, a noted war artist, who was patronised by Prince Philip and the haute bourgeoisie. Inside it was all art and chatter. It was rarely heated unless Marian turned on the rings of the cooker in her smoke filled kitchen. From this chaotic idyll Daniel was sent to the French Lyce and then to Westminster, from which his determination and athleticism led him to New College, Oxford. His father, the migr Pole, was disappointed that he was not going to one of the old colleges. At Oxford he tried for the Boat Race squad but was rejected as too slight by coaches who

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thought absolute power more valuable than relative power. This unimaginative stance gave him the chip on his shoulder he needed to row well enough and hard enough to beat bigger men, and when in 1974 international rowing created a new class of lightweights his 70kg body was the perfect size. He won silver in a coxless four at the 1975 World Championships and became lightweight world champion in the eight in Amsterdam in 1977. Irritated by Oxford's poor record against Cambridge he persuaded the rowing president, the American Olympian David Sawyier, to appoint him as finishing coach for the 1973 race. They lost, but learned plenty, and Topolski went on to make his formula of intense physical training and inspired man management the source of 10 straight wins from 1976. His gift was to persuade lesser talents that if they came through the fire of his training they could beat anybody; indeed, sometimes his crews were inferior in all but spirit and won against the odds. Topolski was accused throughout his career of recruiting older, high powered oarsmen from abroad and packing

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them into crews which then out rowed less well endowed light blue boys. This is nonsense. His fourth in Geography and his relative poverty left him unable to persuade the

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postgraduates. But such aspirants would seek him out whenever he was competing or coaching abroad and ask how they might join his success story. Regardless of their talent, all were encouraged and directed to the admissions office. The rising number of international postgraduates over Topolski's 40 years of coaching and advising and the declining number from the English public schools simply reflects the changing nature of the British student population. In 1986, when he had been absent for much of the winter, the Oxford crew lost. Chris Clarke, a Californian postgraduate, rowed in that crew and went home determined to find some strong Americans to ensure a win for his second year. Whether he recruited them, or whether they would have come anyway, their experience was in well funded and well organised university boat clubs and national teams. They were astonished when the squad had a whip round for coins for the gas meter to get a hot shower after training, and by the sight of the finishing coach driving the bus to practice, rigging the boats and then taking the megaphone in the coaching launch. They were bemused by the contrast of Topolski's revolting fur coat and his carelessly long hair with his driven intensity in all types of training, in the gym or on the water. The astonishing denouement when the crew, composed mostly of spares, beat a good Cambridge crew in a cataclysmic thunderstorm, was written up by Topolski (with Patrick Robinson) in the 1989 book True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award and was adapted into the 1996 film True Blue, directed by Ferdinand Fairfax. A year later money began to flow in much larger quantities and the club developed a proper organisation with a new regime. Topolski was offered an assistant position, which he declined. He stood back for a year or two and then was drawn

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back in as an adviser to the professional coaches. He was in close touch with the coach and the squad until last week. Along with his sister Tessa, for the last 15 years of his life Topolski, who was married to the actress Suzy Gilmore, worked to restore the legacy of his father, who died in 1989 leaving an enormous collection of 20th century documentary painting and drawing with almost every celebrity and public figure represented. Daniel secured 3m of lottery and sponsorship money to preserve the collection in the railway arches at Waterloo where Feliks had created it. A portion is visible in the Topolski bar and cafe in the South Bank Arts Centre. Daniel Topolski, oarsman, coach and journalist: born London 4 June 1945; married 1998 Suzy Gilmore (two daughters, one son); died 21 February 2015. Click the Adblock/Adblock Plus icon, which is to the right of your address bar. On Adblock click "Don't run on pages on this domain". If you are Private Browsing in Firefox, "Tracking Protection" may cause the adblock notice to show. It can be temporarily disabled by clicking the "shield" icon in the address bar.

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Flamboyant American lambasts former coach

Flamboyant American lambasts former coach as he puts one over Bollettieri's new employer ANDRE AGASSI chose to respond yesterday to the letter of resignation he received from Nick Bollettieri after Wimbledon last July. 'Nick is insignificant,' he said, assessing the coach's influence on a coach factory outlet online match. 'His knowledge of the game is limited. If you're wondering how much he knows about tennis, play a set against him. He never taught me anything about strategy, but he can sell himself. He probably spent most of his time convincing Boris that he was the reason why I beat Boris. coach outlet store That is just the way it coach factory outlet works, professionally.' Their relationship was bound to become strained, Agassi added, 'when you become more important to his career than he does to your career. Nick never won the matches for me, and I certainly don't expect him to win them for Boris.' Bollettieri shrugged at all this. 'He can say whatever he likes,' he said. 'All you have to do is look at him making 30 to 40 million dollars, winning Wimbledon and reaching two other Grand Slam finals. I certainly didn't become a millionaire off Andre Agassi.' Becker defended Bollettieri. 'In my opinion, Nick is a complete coach for all aspects of the game,' he said. It was Agassi's seventh consecutive win in nine matches with Becker, coach sale and it might have been shorter and even more emphatic had the German not decided to ease his frustration by handing his racket to a ball girl after winning only one of the first 10 points of the second set. Agassi, 2 0 up, had drilled a forehand to win the opening point of the third game when Becker decided to take the unofficial time out. Agassi played along, patting a serve to the ball girl, who hit a creditable return and then struck a 'winning' second shot. When the match resumed, Agassi double faulted, and Becker went on to break his serve for 1 2. 'I think he was looking for something to get him into it, not so much for it to bring me down,' Agassi said. 'I think it did give him a second to be focused and not to be so negative. then he started playing really well.' Though Agassi retrieved the break to love in the next game, Becker's mind was back in the match. He also broke to love, then held for 3 3, raising the prospect of a third set. It was then Agassi began to apply the type of pressure to Becker's serve that enabled him to take the opening set in only 28 minutes. Had the ball girl been Steffi Graf rather than Stephanie Flaherty, Becker might have considered leaving his racket in her hand. Twenty five matches have elapsed since coach outlet online Graf lost a set, but the American Amy Frazier at least had the distinction of taking the 100th game of the year off the Wimbledon champion before being overwhelmed in the fourth round, 6 3, 6 0. Graf will attempt to extend her winning sequence to 30 in the quarter finals here. She plays Kimiko Date, whom she defeated in straight sets in the semi finals of the Australian Open in January. Click the Adblock/Adblock Plus icon, which is to the right of your address bar. On Adblock click "Don't run on pages on this domain". If you are Private Browsing in Firefox, "Tracking Protection" may cause the adblock notice to show. It can be temporarily disabled by clicking the "shield" icon in the coach outlet sale address bar.

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Flailing USC needs Chip Kelly as its coach

Flailing USC needs Chip Kelly as its coach Subscribe to USA TODAYAlready a print edition subscriber, but don't have a login?Activate your digital access.Manage your

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on shaky ground after his team lost to unranked Washington on Thursday night.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports)You know it when you see it.And what you see at Southern California nearing the halfway point of the 2015 season is the failed regime of Steve Sarkisian and a program desperately in need of Chip Kelly.No. 17 USC lost to unranked Washington on Thursday night, 17 12. It stands as the most inexplicable loss of the Sarkisian era, though there are many to choose from in his 18 games as the Trojans' head coach.It's over. At least it should be.Picked to win the Pac 12 Conference and stocked with talent that should go 10 2 by accident, Sarkisian has proven himself to be incapable of this job, on and off the field.Follow the road to the 2015 College Football Playoff at The Football Four, our home to rate and debate the nation's best.Whether USC has the stomach to make a coaching change right now in Sarkisian's second season is unclear. He was the choice all along of athletics director Pat Haden, and to concede

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steward of the Trojans' great football tradition.But you know it when you see it.And there are no excuses for the Trojans to be this inconsistent, this poorly coached and this intent on squandering a roster loaded with individual stars.At least Lane Kiffin had a 10 win season at USC before things went bad. What does Sarkisian have?Chip Kelly and USC could be an excellent match. (Photo: Brad Mills, USA TODAY Sports)Washington, a team that lost its best defensive players from last season and wasn't supposed to even go 5 7 according to Las Vegas oddsmakers, punked the Trojans in LA. The Huskies' defense won the line of scrimmage, and despite significant offensive limitations, made enough plays on both sides of the ball to grind out a close fourth quarter.USC started slow and played soft up front in a must win game. That's on Sark.It was as thoroughly a coaching win by Washington's Chris Petersen as you'll ever see. And at 3 2 with a pair of home losses, USC's season is essentially over relative to the expectations placed on this team when it was selected as

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continue to haunt Japan coach Javier Aguirre

fixing claims continue to haunt Japan coach Javier Aguirre Japan coach Javier Aguirre attempted on Sunday to brush off intrigue into his role in a Spanish

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a few weeks ago and won be answering that question," he told reporters on Sunday. "I have been at four World Cups, four Gold Cups and three Copa Americas and in each of those tournaments I have only ever spoken about soccer. That is what I want to do at my first Asian Cup." Japan remain favourites to extend their record of Asian titles to five despite a

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fixing allegations if asked says coach Cesare Prandelli

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this week alone including Lazio's captain Stefano Mauri and the home of new Serie A champions Juventus' coach Antonio Conte searched. Left back Domenico Criscito was dropped from the Italy squad after his room at Italy's training camp was raided on Monday while team mate Leonardo Bonucci has remained in the 23 despite being under investigation. And now allegations of the illegal betting of 1.5million ( by Italy's goalkeeper and captain Gigi Buffon have emerged. Italy won the World Cup in 1982 and 2006 after previous match fixing scandals rocked Serie A. But prime minister Mario Monti suggested this week that ALL football in Italy should be suspended for "two to three years" to clean up the game. With the Azzurri due to face world champions Spain in their opening Euro 2012 game in only eight days, Prandelli has admitted on Italian TV that their presence could taint the tournament. "If they tell us that it is for the good of football for Italy to not go to the European Championship, then that won't be a problem," said the

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European Championship." Prandelli spoke out after Buffon's lawyer appeared on TV to reject claims about the Juventus star, who is not under investigation by the police. The coach admitted he did

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not know if his No 1 would be affected by the latest scandal. "How is Buffon's mood? You should ask him," added Prandelli. "He is very strong, with a great personality. He manages to hide uncomfortable moments, but despite this, even a person like him can suffer in a difficult moment like this." Zenit St Petersburg defender Criscito meanwhile, has lashed out after being dropped. "I have not done anything wrong in my life," claimed the former Genoa player. "I have cried, and I am not ashamed of that. I am innocent and a lot of people have to apologise to me. "Being dropped from the squad, I know, makes me a symbol of the scandal. "We both should have gone," Criscito added. "Receiving an official notification that you are under investigation doesn't mean you are guilty." But Republic of Ireland assistant manager Marco Tardelli, who won the World Cup in 1982, reckons his homeland is unlikely to pull out. "I don't think so," he said. "Italy is very important. They will be in Poland because not all of football in Italy is involved." The match fixing investigation has already seen former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni banned from football for three and a half years, and the arrest of former Lazio skipper Giuseppe

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Signori. Prosecutors in Cremona have detailed an extensive match fixing ring stretching as far as Singapore and South America that was allegedly in operation for more than 10 years.

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five with France coach cost me dear

five with France coach cost me dear A Z Sports American Football Athletics Basketball Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Disability Sport Equestrian Football Formula 1 Gaelic Games Golf Gymnastics Horse Racing Motorsport Olympic Sports Rugby League Rugby Union Snooker Swimming Tennis Winter Sports Full Sports A Z Events Euro 2016 Rio 2016 World Sport European Football Champions League African Football Around the UK England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Football Women's Football Tables Live Scores All Teams Leagues CupsTables Women's Football Home More from Football Live Scores All Teams Leagues Cups Football Home England v Norway: Women's World Cup last 16Date: Monday, 22 June. Kick off: 22:00 BST Venue: Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa. Coverage: Live on BBC Three, BBC Sport website, including text commentary, and BBC Radio 5 live. Catch up via BBC iPlayer. England forward Eniola Aluko is writing a regular column for the BBC Sport website throughout the Women's World Cup. Here she reflects on a case of mistaken identity, being dropped for the final group game and penalty strategies for Monday's last 16 tie with Norway. Now we have reached the knockout stages of the World Cup the pressure has obviously increased so it's important to switch off and have fun at the right times. Unfortunately, it has been me who has been providing the laughs recently thanks to our disciplinary representatives in the England squad otherwise known as defender Laura Bassett and midfielder Jade Moore. They are in charge when it comes to dishing out the forfeits if anyone does something ridiculous in a game or during camp. But we aren't talking minor punishments like singing a song. Their rulings can be harsh. My case came in our opening game against France. As I ran off the pitch at half time I accidentally high fived the France coach Philippe Bergeroo, thinking it was our head coach

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away from the group where you can be the real you are special too. I like to hang out with Lianne Sanderson and Alex Greenwood and if we spend the day together, we just relax and don't talk about football at all. We've been to see a Drake concert when we were in Toronto, and we had a pamper day at a spa in Ottawa on Friday before getting stuck into plenty of meat at the rib festival. Women's World Cup 2015: Mark Sampson praises 'fantastic' EnglandWhen you are away for five weeks, you need that ability to switch off sometimes. Mark has used all 20 outfield players at the tournament so far, so there have been plenty of ups and down for the squad in terms

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