** By Andy Cole 30 June 2010 So now we know the World Cup quarter-final line-up, and two teams have really stood apart for me so far: Argentina and Brazil, in that order. Coming into the tournament there were so many questions and doubts about Diego Maradona’s team and about him, temperamentally. They didn’t qualify […]
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SARAH HAMES: ‘You’re from there and you want to be a Wimbledon ball boy? Sorry, but no’
* SARAH HAMES is a lawyer by education but swapped the bar for the piste, then PR. She knows her sport from the inside, the offside and blind side, with a portfolio stretching from the hallowed corridors of the All England Club to the expanses of the Southern Ocean… . . . . . By […]
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Revealed: How the fixture computer dislikes Liverpool, and favours Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea
By Brian Sears 18 June 2010 Yesterday’s release of the fixture list for the 2010-11 season prompted a quick examination of opening-day matches in the Premier League since the top division was revamped in 1992-93, and reveals an anti-Liverpool bias and a disproportionate number of home games for the other three “big four” sides. As […]
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Free swimming scheme drowns in sea of government debt
By Keira Daley 17 June 2010 The Amateur Swimming Association has expressed its disappointment that ‘Free Swimming’ – a government scheme to allow free swimming for the young and old – will stop shortly, but has acknowledged tough funding decisions have to be made. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has today announced Free Swimming […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Portsmouth creditors ‘accept CVA deal’, club to exit administration
By Nick Harris 17 June 2010 NB: original story posted pre-11am, update below Portsmouth are expected to exit administration and begin re-building for the future after the formal acceptance today of an offer by the club’s administrators to creditors. Sportingintelligence understands that the club’s administrator has received “yes” votes from creditors acccounting for around 80 […]
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ANDY COLE: ‘All credit to Germany, flag bearers for the beautiful game in the World Cup’s first week’
** By Andy Cole 17 June 2010 Every team has now played at least one match at the World Cup and only one nation has really impressed me: Germany. It’s not just the goals they scored against Australia – and we’re all drawn to goals – but the way they went about their business in […]
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Chelsea favourites for Premier League title, Liverpool behind Manchester United, Arsenal and Man City in the running
By Pete Wilson 17 June 2010 With the release of the fixture list for 2010, bookmakers William Hill have made Chelsea the favourites for the Premier League title, with QPR favourites for the Championship. Southampton favourites for League One, Gilligham favourites for League Two. The full odds from Hills for 2010-11: PREMIER LEAGUE Win: 13/8 […]
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Liverpool to host Arsenal on opening weekend, Newcastle at Man Utd, Blackpool host Wigan
By Nick Harris 17 June 2010 Blackpool, newcomers to the Premier League for 2010-11, will begin their first season in the division with a home game against Wigan Athletic on 14 August. The Lancashire Oranjie will then play their next match away at Arsenal. Blackpool’s final game in the Premier League (next season, perhaps for […]
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SARAH HAMES: ‘Sex. City. Girls. Gambling. World Cup. What on earth could go wrong?’
* SARAH HAMES is a lawyer by education but swapped the bar for the piste, then PR. She knows her sport from the inside, the offside and blind side, with a portfolio stretching from the hallowed corridors of the All England Club to the expanses of the Southern Ocean… . . . . . By […]
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WORLD CUP SENSATION: From ‘Miracle of Germany’ at Eurovision to football glory
By Nick Harris 16 June 2010 When Germany won the Eurovision song contest last month, it was billed back home as the ‘Miracle of Germany’ because it was so unexpected. The triumph for their 19-year-old songstress, Lena Meyer-Landrut, with ‘Satellite’, was the first time in 13 years that one of the “big four” in the […]
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