“You couldn’t make this up” said one of my team mates, only hours before the self-proclaimed ‘Toughest Event on the Planet’ was due to begin (since then the slogan has travelled down […]
Having had a couple of days to digest Sunday’s drama on Merseyside, my original thoughts regarding Luis Suarez were that he is a disgrace and should be severely punished. Today these views remain unchanged, for […]
Yesterday, during Spurs’ must-win match against Manchester City, the home side looked anything but Champions League contenders for the first hour. In a highly drab affair, Emmanuel Adebayor continued to frustrate with […]
Nyon in Switzerland hosted the draw for the Champions League semi-finals earlier on Friday. With two teams apiece from Germany and Spain, the purists’ prayers were answered with two mouth-watering Germany versus Spain […]
Some of the best goal keeping training techniques I have seen!
It has been an extraordinary season for Bayern Munich. Last Saturday, they created history by winning their 23rd Bundesliga title with six games to spare, thanks to a 20 point deficit between themselves and second […]
Following last summer’s €20m move to football’s latest billionaire factory in Paris Saint-Germain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the world’s most expensive footballer after accumulating €180m in transfer fees during his career. His CV speaks […]
An excellent article was written recently by Bill Simmons (editor-in-chief of Grantland – an ESPN internet venture) surrounding doping in professional sports. To summarise, his commentary reflected on how American sports (namely […]
Recently, an article in a broadsheet newspaper somewhat foolishly ‘addressed’ why Chelsea fans should happily accept Frank Lampard’s pending departure from Stamford Bridge – with the argument centring that a new contract […]
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