July 2009
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Risible rumour of the day: The Sun say Ribery to Manchester United for £35m
A very suspicious looking rumour has crept in to the Sun this morning, in which they claim that Franck Ribery might be on his way to United - once a loyalty bonus has been effected on August 14 and he can start negotiations with a few extra Euros in the bank:
The Premier League champions will wait [...]
Big Transfer House: Tugs of war, wars or words and defender merry-go-rounds
Meet the housemates
Catch up on day 24-30
Day Thirty-One
Eviction night came and predictably enough, Emannuel was sent on his merry way with Garry and Mark’s blessing. The house watched his interview on a live feed, and it seemed Garry and Mark’s tactics in the house had paid off when Emmanuel told everyone “I’m happy being here. I had a [...]
The Xabi Alonso ultimatum - deadline watch
The rumour is gathering pace and it looks like Xabi Alonso will be a Real Madrid player very shortly, but we wanted to pick up on an oddity in the Times this morning:
Liverpool have given Real Madrid 48 hours to complete the signing of Xabi Alonso as the Merseyside club seek to end speculation about [...]
Luca Badoer wishes the Daily Mail had their facts straight on Schumacher’s return
Remember yesterday when the Daily Mail told us that Michael Schumacher would not be stepping in to fill Felipe Massa’s car for the duration of his absence from the sport? They even went so far as to call it an exclusive. We quoted from their article yesterday, so we’ve got a hazy memory of it, [...]
Advanced technology stops suiting swimming
The World Swimming Championships have followed a predictable pattern in Rome this week - after the tumbling records in last year’s Olympics, other companies have brought out bodysuits which are still fasster and more effective than the Speedo LZR - and, completely coincidentally, even more records have been broken, at a quicker rate than ever. [...]
Schumacher on his way back to Ferrari?
It might seem somewhat unpalatable that the focus of the Formula One world in the wake of Felipe Massa’s injury is now on who will drive Massa’s car in the next race, but with the Valencia race just three and a half weeks away, this is the nature of the sport. And the big rumour [...]
Mourinho in credit after the Eto’o/Ibrahimovic swap
Last week we pointed out that the deal which sent Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the Nou Camp and Samuel Eto’o to the San Siro was one which seemed heavily stacked in favour of the Italian side. We also brought you some exclusive (if evidently fictional) coverage of the negotiations:
Pep: Hi, Jose?
Jose: Speaking.
Pep: Pep here.
Jose: What can I do for you?
Pep: I’d like to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Jose: [...]
Is that what he said? Bell back at number 4
No Kevin Pietersen for the rest of the series, so it falls to Ian Bell to shore up England’s middle order and mark his return to the side with some meaningful runs. And if the headline in the Sun is to believed, he’s ready to do it with a vengeance:
I’ll make Aussies pay for my pain
Wow - [...]
Armstrong and Contador - there’s the rift
A couple of weeks ago in the middle of a tense and tight Tour de France we noticed that the media were getting rather excited about the antagonising rivalry that was developing between Lance Armstrong and Contador. There had been a little flurry of quotes on the matter, too - Armstrong had said things were [...]
Is that what he meant? Van der Sar wants to keep playing
The Manchester United goalkeeper was the subject of a Daily Star story yesterday in which he evaluates his role in the United set-up for the coming season. At the age of 38 and with a contract that runs for only one more year, questions of retirement will follow him until such point that he either [...]