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The previous two contests of Ashes series, we are told, were defined by their first overs, both of which were bowled by Steve Harmison. His hostile deliveries to Langer confronted Australia with the stark reality of a contest in 2005, the wide of 2006-7 betrayed a nervousness and underpreparation which was brutally punished.
This time, there was [...]
Never ones to miss a chance to rub salt incessantly into an open cut, the Sun have rocked us all this morning with the revelation that dropping a division and thereby facing inferior opponents is going to have ramifications for the number of season tickets that will be sold. Excited? We know we are.
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Ian Bermingham, defender for Shamrock Rovers, has been identified by the Sun as the first man likely to be given the task of marking Cristiano Ronaldo as a Real Madrid player. Casting aside any selectorial whims on the part of Real or Shamrock Rovers, it’s a mildly interesting human angle that someone from considerably more [...]
