July 6th, 2009
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The Mirror do their research on Sheffield Wednesday’s non-arrivals
While you would have thought that a short article naming a rumoured player and a new club would be fairly easy to knock together if you had a source and some facts, you’re of course assuming that there is a source and some facts.
The Mirror have excelled themselves this morning with the news that Sheffield Wednesday [...]
Everything is equal in the world of Martin Petrov
Manchester City’s Bulgarian winger has been thinking aloud on the chances of Manchester City’s hopes for the upcoming season, and is full of belief that the Blue half of Manchester can join their more celebrated local rivals in the top four this season. Whilst it remains to be seen how just how glittering the stars [...]
How world rankings are compiled: Pay attention, Serena
So Serena has won three of the last four Grand Slams, and she’s a little bit disappointed to be only classified as the world’s second best female tennis player, if the words reported by the BBC are anything to go by:
“I think if you hold three Grand Slam titles, maybe you should be number one, but [...]
Federer wins Wimbledon on the BBC - and now for a word from our sponsors…
As we watched Federer make the leap from being amongst the greats of a sport to the most decorated male tennis player of all time, we were treated to some wonderful scenes where he held the trophy aloft, where he smiled beside Sampras, Borg and Laver, in which the torch was passed.
The BBC brought us back [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
Federer making history
Roger Federer finally did that thing that we’d all been anticipating and won the French Open, thereby joining the elite list of players to win all four Slams, and tieing the record for most Grand Slams won in the process.
Wait - that was last month.
This month he’s merely started a new club for men who’ve won [...]