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There’s been plenty of hyperbole written about Jermaine Defoe in the wake of his scoring five last weekend. What was undoubtedly an impressive effort has been made out to be something more than it was - see Ian Wright’s article in the Sun for proof - and the Sunday Express has moved it on a [...]
Mercury rising… and falling and rising again
English cricket continues to baffle. Last week we looked at the mercurial nature of the side that could be slain for more than 240 in 20 overs and then restrict South Africa to almost the same over 50 overs and knock off the runs with panache. This weekend the [...]
There’ve been a lot of rumours this week surrounding the future of Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, and they don’t appear to have been based on very much. The same themes that drove the rumours back in August - ambiguous words, the lure of Spain and Mrs Vidic’s apparent distaste for British weather, despite coming [...]
David Anderson’s column in the Mirror today contains the following excellent apology to former Hull Chairman Paul Duffen, whose tenure ended at the beginning of the month amidst a storm of stories about the parlous state of Hull’s finances. We’ll let the words do the talking (for now):
In our November 4 article “Why Paul Duffen’s largesse [...]
One day into the First Test in Australia, and two days into Chris Gayle’s stay in Australia, the West Indies captain has made some quietly damning comments about the future of Test match cricket. As reported by Cricinfo:
“If you look at what’s happening now, it’s no secret,” Gayle said. “At the same time we’re always going [...]
The Mirror does an excellent job of lacking self-awareness today. Steve Stammers in his opinion piece this morning ventures the following fairly sensible assessment on Arsene Wenger’s press conference on Monday, which we covered yesterday:
Arsene Wenger’s outburst is no big deal
In the eyes of some people, it was like discovering your maiden aunt was a coke-dealing street [...]
It’s a fairly simple scenario. You’ve just watched a fighter with whom you’ve worked put in perhaps the greatest night’s work of his life and win yet another belt at yet another weight - around your weight, as it happens. You’re reflecting on the destruction a couple of days afterwards and someone asks you if [...]
The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has found himself in the back pages of a number of newspapers this morning. Apparently the problems began at a press conference, according to the Sun, in which he was asked about Theo Walcott and his prospects for the World Cup:
Wenger blasted: “For f***’s sake the World Cup is in [...]
The idea of a replay may now be a dim and distant memory, but the chat surrounding the events of last week still rumbles on. A particular highlight was Friday’s dose of rage from the Times‘ Tony Cascarino, who scorned Thierry Henry for not doing something so sporting that no sportsman has ever done it [...]
Scotland win a rugby game
Of all the sides in action against the might of the Tri-Nations teams, the Scottish were hardly considered likely winners. Strong defence, grim resolution and a stroke of luck when the boot of Matt Giteau failed to do what was expected all combined however to make Scotland 9-8 victors over the Australians. [...]
