Love is.....

Valentine's day is here again and the boys of Sports Wall are here to tell you about the many different aspects of love...

Fashion Files - Higher, faster stronger

The season continues apace and so too does the fashion fun and in honour of the beginning of the Winter Olympics, we proudly present a bigger, better and more fabulous fashion round up. So saddle up fashion fans and follow us on the trail of sartorial excellence.

Fashion Files - Light and Shade

Its that time of year again. Figure skating is back and the Grand Prix series is upon us. It may be the early stages of the season but already the fashion stakes have been raised. There have been some big, bold costuming statements made this season so let's jump right in fashion fans.

Agony and Ecstasy at Worlds

So the huge festival of sequins and drama that is the World Championships has once again swept us all along and left us with nothing more than glitter and make up stains. I had high hopes for the men's competition this year. In some ways I was not disappointed.

Four Continents Fashion Files

So we'd barely had chance to calm down from all the fun of European Championships before Four Continents came swaggering along, dripping sequins and carried us all away. Don't resist, just follow me....

Zagreb Fashion Files part one

The European Figure Skating Championships traditionally promise plenty of drama, skill and sequins and this year was no exception. Not only do the skaters raise their game program wise, they often raise the bar fashion wise for the first major event of the year. So lets swim through the chiffon and what we can find...

Fashion Files: NHK Special

Last weekend's NHK trophy was the last event before the Grand Prix finals and so it was crucial in terms of qualifying points. As well as being super competitive, it was also very very inspirational. The fashion on show at NHK was nothing short of fabulous, so lets dive in shall we?

Fashion Files - mid season swing

So the grand Prix series has brought us some brilliant skating, some great new programs and some surprising results. But as well as all that the Grand prix series also brings us another gift. A gift that keeps on giving. The gift of figure skating fashion. Let's go through the looking glass ice fans.

Short and sweet in Shanghai

So the Grand Prix series continues apace in Shanghai. This week saw the season debuts of Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi, Fabian Bourzat and Nathalie Pechalat and Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov. An exciting field, I'm sure you'll all agree and the competition was not short on drama.

Early Season Fashion Files

So the figure skating goodness just never ends. I wasn't planning on doing fashion files this early, but the first two Grand Prix events of the year provided me with so many moments of fashion joy and confusion that I just couldn't help myself. Are you all ready? Then let's go.

Hotting up at Skate Canada

The men's contest at Skate America opened the season well with some surprises and set the bar very high. So looking at the field for Skate Canada we had high expectations. And we weren't disappointed, it was a cracker.

Up and coming in Canada

So Grand Prix season is now in full swing and we've moved on to Skate Canada. The pairs contest sees the first outing of Worlds Champs Robin Solkowy and Aliona Savchenko, along with a couple of exciting up and coming couples so let's dive right in.

Rise and Fall at Skate America

So finally after a months long wait, the figure skating season has started again. Joy of joys, figure skating is back in all its floaty, sparkly, ridiculous glory. And the whole shebang kicked off good and proper at Skate America.

The great Grand Prix preview

So Skate America and the beginning of the Grand Prix series are now just over a week away and the entry lists are out. Having looked over the new programme list and the entry list for each Grand Prix, I'm very very excited to see what these competitions are going to bring. So who is going where? And what impact will it have? Well let us begin at the beginning with Skate America...

Figure skating xmas aka new programs

Today I saw the list of new programs that are being planned for the new season. This is pretty much the figure skating equivalent of Christmas, its that exciting and that much of a gift.

Figure Skating off season shuffle

Well its figure skating off season as I'm sure you know and we're all eagerly awaiting the start of the next round of competition and all the new routines (and outfits!) that this brings. But while we're all waiting I thought we could play a little game. The figure skating music shuffle game. I've been challenging myself to come up with the music that I would really love to see some of my favourite figure skaters take on. I'm sure you'll all know the songs but just in case I'll include links.

French Fashion Files - Nice 2012

Here we are again at the end of another brilliant season of figure skating competition. This time we had the added bonus of Worlds decamping to one of the fashion capitals of the world- France. Did the lovely boys and girls of figure skating step up their sartorial games for the bright lights of La Belle France? You bet they did, so follow me and let's see what delights were in store down at the rink.

A whole World(s) of drama

So I've finally gotten around to watching the pairs free from Nice 2012. I think I've been stringing it out because its so good that I don't want it to end. As we all remember the short program was packed full of shocks with three Russian pairs making mistakes, so the free was poised to be one hell of a contest.

Twice as Nice

So after the drama of the pairs short, could I handle any more of what Nice had to throw at me? Well we all know the answer is of course, a resounding YES. So on I went watching short dance and men's short.

Nightmares in Nice

Just when we thought it was safe to back on the ice rink, World Championships came along and brought us a whole load of drama. And when I say a whole load, I mean a whole load. A drama fest, drama a go go, drama-rama.  It all kicked off in the pairs short program.