By Brian Sears 11 November 2010 There’s no nice way of saying this: Fulham are rubbish on the road. They haven’t won an away game in the Premier League since the opening day of last season. That’s as poor as West Ham, which is poor, believe me. That’s 24 games ago. It’s bad, really bad, […]
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Anti-gay Croatian football chief is ‘f**king sick’ of the Press
By Nick Harris 11 November 2010 Vlatko Markovic, the president of the Croatian Football Federation who caused outrage with a recent interview saying no gay players would represent his country during his reign, has marred a subsequently apology by swearing in public at reporters asking him about his apparent discrimination. In an interview published last […]
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THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The jury is out on whether Wayne Rooney would have been an Article 17 bargain, but it’s clear he would have been a cut-price buy’
* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon and Thomas Barnard discuss Wayne Rooney, Article […]
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First same-day Celtic and Rangers defeats to capital rivals in 38 years: 2,625-1
By Nick Harris 11 November 2010 Celtic and Rangers both losing SPL matches on the same day, as they did last night to Hearts at Hibs respectively, is a rare enough occurrence, but for both of them to lose to Edinburgh teams on the same day happens less than once in a generation. Celtic lost […]
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Londoners already offering their homes for rental during 2012 Olympics
By Alexandra Willis 11 November 2010 The 2012 Olympics may be providing the capital with all sorts of new facilities, improved public transport, and an influx of tourists when London finally opens its gates to athletes and spectators in 18 months time. But for some savvy Londoners, 2012 is also proving to be an opportunity […]
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