July 14th, 2009
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The Fraizer Campbell story - as ruined by the Mirror
So Fraizer Campbell has finally moved away from Manchester United and is off to the Stadium of Light to become part of the Steve Bruce era - of course, that will come as no surprise to the readers of the Mirror, who were on the case from the very beginning and never missed a beat [...]
Armstrong and Contador - where’s the rift?
The build-up to the Tour de France this year was dominated by the prospect of the return of Lance Armstrong, the seven-times winner of the event. The trouble was, Astana, his rebranded former team, had replaced him as their top cyclist in the wake of his retirement in 2005 with a top cyclist by the [...]
The numbers game: Emmanuel Adebayor for Manchester City
When a newspaper talks about a big money deal that will take a player from one club to another, the number has traditionally referred to the transfer fee. Always has done, always ought to. So imagine our surprise when the headline in this morning’s Sun read as follows:
£60m Ade
That, even by this summer’s yardstick of transfer window [...]
YouTube: A Magnificent Seven… Unusual dismissals
In honour of Ed Joyce’s freak dismissal (which you can watch here), where the ball lodge in a fielder’s pocket as he took evasive action at short leg. we take a look at seven other unusual dismissals from the cricketing archives. We’ve already captured Pietersen’s inredibly unlucky hit wicket incident in a past YouTube feature, [...]