July 20th, 2009
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The world’s strangest swap deal - Eto’o and Ibrahimovic
Apparently Barcelona and Inter Milan have agreed in principle a deal which would see striker Samuel Eto’o head to Italy and Zlatan Ibrahimovic move west to Spain. If they both want to move, which it appears they do, you can almost see the logic of a straight swap - but the idea of Barcelona paying [...]
Hyperbole breaks out on the BBC - millions feared dead
Usain Bolt deserves special recognition and lots of coverage - of course he does. He has already achieved things that many did not think were possible. This time 20 years ago, the 100m world record stood at 9.92 - who would have given credence to the performance Bolt gave at the Beijing Olympics were he [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend - golfers young and old, England make winning easy and tough, and a bout potentially exciting and terrible
Watson so nearly breaks the records
It seemed to be scripted in fairy-tale. Tom Watson had been at or near the head of the leaderboard for four days. After 71 holes of the Open, he had just drained a birdie to give him a one shot lead. At the age of 59, he was preparing to par [...]