May 2009
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YouTube - A magnificent seven…British and Irish Lions Moments
After a less than convincing open tour match victory on the Lions 2009 Tour of South Africa, we take a look back at some of the Great British & Irish Lions moments from the past. Ranging from thefirst Test demolition of Australia in 2001 to the infamous ‘99′ call in 1974, this year’s touring party [...]
On this day in transfer gossip history… May 30 2003
A lot has happened in football since 2003, yet much of what was predicted by the papers hasn’t. On this day in 2003, the BBC transfer gossip column brought us reports of big Manchester United stars being wooed by Spanish giants and Arsene Wenger being touted as the next Real Madrid manager. So in many [...]
Kotelnik knows what boxing isn’t
Congratulations are in order for Andreas Kotelnik, who is now less than a month away from a big fight with Amir Khan for the WBA Light Welterweight Title. The current champion is full of optimism and confidence ahead of the bout, and has an exciting plan for his opponent, according to the BBC:
“I am always prepared to go [...]
The T20 World Cup: For the youth
Like any good international tournament, the Twenty20 World Cup, which starts next week, is vaunting all the good it’s going to do. The Olympics are going to regenerate the East End of London, the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa is going to leave a legacy of pride, transport, and a greener world (no, not [...]
Easy rumour-mongering: Sven to Portsmouth, again
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.
LP Hartley
The past is February, and the club is Portsmouth. The manager, Tony Adams, has gone - the second manager to leave the post in the season. And the rumour mill is churning out more and more ambitious names for his replacement, which are surely never going [...]
Quote of the day, yesterday - Terry Venables
Yes, we know it’s often all too easy to mock comments that are immediately shown to look silly, but we’re going to draw attention to this reasoned piece of assessment from Terry Venables yesterday in the Daily Mail:
‘If it does come down to Messi against Ronaldo, well, Messi is one of the best players in the [...]
The voice of the public: Informed debate on the big issues
We spend so much time on Sport without Spin chiding the efforts of commentators and experts that we thought it might be fun to take a quick pulse of the people’s thoughts on the major sporting issues - a reminder, if you will, that no matter how big the issues are, they can always be [...]
The great Rooney boot mystery
While Manchester United were being reminded that Barcelona are quite handy at football, there was a small morsel of comfort for Wayne Rooney, whose personal anguish at having his football boots stolen had briefly threatened to ruin everything.
In a ’story’ ‘reported’ by the Sun yesterday (and yes, both those words deserve inverted commas, it appeared that [...]
Mihir Bose’s inside line on sport goes to Italy
Going to Rome; not free - so it would be nice if being there would solicit some insightful journalism and informative interviews. Fortunately, one of the BBC’s men in Rome was the rapier-like Mihir Bose, scything his way through sport to help the mere mortal know it better. For his blog during the build-up to the Champions [...]
Romancing the stone: Pounds, pence and playoffs
As readers of these pages will be aware, the à souffle de butt coverage of the Association game by certain of our Sunny-ADHD-guzzling Quatrième État is a curious, slightly tacky-to-the-touch phenomenon.
Take, pray do, the example above: a portion of the website of one of Britain’s most moderately popular newspapers, which I shan’t name because the anonymous [...]