Melting pot
February 13th, 2012
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ALEXANDRA WILLIS is a multimedia tennis journalist who flits between the All England Club, SportingIntelligence, the TennisSpace and a few other outlets, while tweeting copiously and trying to improve her backhand in her spare time. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went to Oxford (and not just shopping).
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By Alexandra Willis
4 January 2011
It was an interesting weekend to be among Spanish media: the press, the fans, the players are reeling indignantly at a series of satirical videos released by the French TV station Canal+, which poke fun at the association, inextricable in some people's eyes, between Spanish athletes and doping.
The videos, in a Spitting Image style, show Rafael Nadal fuelling his car from his bodily...
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February 8th, 2012
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MARK THURSFIELD is a journalist and PR advisor, working across sports from skiing to motorsport. After founding his own sports magazine in the 90s, he worked for Eurosport TV then Sportal.com – the first major sports site of the dot com boom – before setting up on his own in 2001. He also plays a mean bass guitar …
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By Mark Thursfield
8 February 2012
In just over four weeks time the Swiss-French racing driver, Romain Grosjean, 25, will begin his first full season as a fully fledged F1 driver. And as he gets behind the wheel of his Lotus E20 in Melbourne,...
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February 8th, 2012
By Nick Harris
SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year
8 February 2012
Overseas and over here
Landmark dates in the history of overseas players in English football
1892 Walter Bowman, born and raised in Canada, of Swiss heritage, becomes the first foreign player in Football League history, for Accrington. He later plays for Ardwick (Man City).
1908 Max Seeburg, born in Germany, becomes the first European-born foreigner in the League, for Tottenham.
1911 Hussein Hegazi, an Egyptian forward, becomes the first African international in the League, with Fulham.
1913 The Denmark captain Nils Middleboe becomes the first foreign international captain to play in the League, for Chelsea.
1922 International defender Eugene Langenove becomes...
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