June 2009
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The truth of the Murray anti-English myth once and for all - until it has to be done again
Inspired by the oft-repeated sentiment heard around this time of year that Andy Murray doesn’t represent the Brits, we at Sport without Spin thought it was about time to set the record straight on the attitudes of the boy from Dunblane. We’re not the first to do so, and despite the overwhelming evidence to support [...]
Arshavin’s Barcelona quotes: designed to stun
In the pages of today’s Sun is a 42 word article containing some quotes from Arsenal’s most popular Russian Andrei Arshavin about his love for another club:
Andrey is Shavin a laugh
ANDREY ARSHAVIN has stunned Arsenal by revealing he wants to play for Barcelona.
The Russian striker, 28, who joined the Gunners in a £16.9m deal five months ago, said: [...]
Tabloids watch Under 21s through Walcott lens
Tonight England will be facing Germany in the Under 21 European Championship Final, where both the players and the manager have a great chance of gaining experience of playing in a final at a big tournament and developing a winning mentality that will be a useful thing to take with them should they advance into [...]
Peter De Villiers on good, harmless gouging
Although he’s led his side to a Lions series victory, Peter de Villiers took a step beyond the pale on the weekend by playing down the relevance of Schalk Burger’s gouging of Luke Fitzgerald barely half a minute into the Second Test. According to the BBC, the South Africa coach said of the incident the following:
“I [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
A world where Springboks conquer Lions
Commiserations to the British and Irish Lions, whose efforts on the weekend were ultimately rewarded with nothing. A committed performance against a resilient Springbok side made for an excellent game of rugby, and the Lions will certainly come away from their tour in more credit than Woodward’s 2005 side. The [...]
On this day in transfer gossip history… 27 June 2005
On this day in 2005 BBC’s transfer gossip column was like one of those toddler’s games where they have shapes and matching holes to put them through, and the papers weren’t very good at it. A number of different players were faced with holes in the shape of Newcastle United, Birmingham City and West Ham, [...]
Chat on the rugby field: Probably not to be taken literally
There’s an amusing piece in the Guardian this morning about some of the dialogue on the pitch during the 1st Lions Test last weekend, and for scrum-half Mike Phillips the words from the Springbok lock Bakkies Botha were a bit more than he had been expecting:
“There was a lot of talk on the pitch and Bakkies [...]
Tennis and the personality game
After every Brit except Andy Murray has played his or her final game in this year’s Wimbledon Singles events, the time has come for the papers to take a ‘measured’ look at the reasons for this particular sporting failure. Steven Howard in the Sun has this to offer:
Some countries have no aptitude for certain sports. Have the Germans [...]
How fights are made - at Boris Becker’s wedding, obviously
The Sun suggest that David Haye, having already missed out on a title fight against Wladimir Klitschko, may be thwarted in his attempts to fight his brother Vitali. Why? Well, the reason’s staring you in the face:
He [Haye] had planned to take on WBC champ Vitali once his injury had cleared but now the Ukrainian [...]
Yesterday’s Ashes warm-up - all for a pun
What we learnt about the Australians from their first warm-up match in England was actually nothing new: their top order has the potential to be a bit fragile, but they have some real depth to their batting, and they are adept at digging their way out of trouble. A score of 349-7 after a day’s [...]