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Posts Tagged ‘ Sport ’

Manchester City win FA Cup

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14/05/2011
Manchester City win FA Cup

Manchester City won their first trophy for 35 years after Yaya Touré’s goal fired the side to victory in the FA Cup final against Stoke City.  Roberto Mancini’s team got an early FA Cup victory over their opponents before a ball was even kicked when newspaper reports yesterday said that Stoke agreed to stay...
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Azi Farni: The rise of the female sports presenter

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18/04/2011
Azi Farni: The rise of the female sports presenter

With the smoke clearing from the fallout of the Andy Gray and Richard Keyes debacle, one factor remains glaringly obvious to even the casual sporting observer. The number of women working in presenting, commentating or reporting in top level sport, despite being at its highest ever, still pales in comparison to the number of...
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Champions League Draw Allows Fergie To Plan Retirement

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18/03/2011
Champions League Draw Allows Fergie To Plan Retirement

Whisper it quietly, but this could be the year. They don’t want to hear it in the Manchester United boardroom and they certainly don’t want to hear it in the United dressing room, but this could be the year that Sir Alex Ferguson retires.   For a journalist to bring up the topic at...
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Mad Dog Moody Out Of France Game

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24/02/2011
Mad Dog Moody Out Of France Game

The Mad Dog is injured, again. Lewis Moody, fearless flanker and sidelined England captain misses out on selection for Saturday's France game.
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Welcome Back Matt

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20/01/2011
Welcome Back Matt

Two years in the rugby wilderness have not dampened Matt Steven’s sense of humour. The former Lions and England prop returned to training yesterday and was confronted with a drug-testing team from UK Sport. “I thought these things were supposed to be random,” said the Durban born tight-head with a wry smile. There was...
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What Now for Australian Cricket?

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10/01/2011
What Now for Australian Cricket?

As the dust begins to settle in the aftermath of England’s destructive Ashes victory, talk is quickly turning to England’s hopes of becoming the number one ranked test nation in the world.  Of finally finding that match-winning consistency that has ultimately, and frustratingly, cost England over the past two generations. Yet, spare a thought...
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Remember The Name [Insert young and talented sports-star here] – Chances are he won’t be here long

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19/11/2010
Remember The Name [Insert young and talented sports-star here] – Chances are he won’t be here long

We British manage to do moral outrage better than most. Nay, we do it better than everyone. The heavy hammer blows of the tabloid media slamming mercilessly into unsuspecting individuals resonates almost on a daily basis, sending what are usually B list celebrities scurrying towards the nearest blacked out limo or rehab clinic in...
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How to Beat The All Blacks

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03/11/2010
How to Beat The All Blacks

The All Blacks come to Europe for a Home nations’ tour this autumn intent on laying down a marker for next year’s World Cup. For ‘The Blackness’ –sitting at the top of the IRB World Rankings-, anything less than a Grand Slam this November will be seen as a failure. How can Martin Johnson’s...
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A Welshman in New York

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06/08/2010
A Welshman in New York

First David Beckham and now Thierry Henry it seems Americas’ cash rich soccer leagues are the retirement homes of choice for professional footballers. However, a budding young football coach from Penarth is doing exactly the opposite and is hoping to kick off his career by working in the States. Like Henry, 24 year old...
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The End Of Raúl Madrid

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27/07/2010
The End Of Raúl Madrid

For years he was the King of Madrid and the King of Spain and the football world was used to seeing his low-key celebration of the kiss of the wedding ring in paying tribute to his wife. We got used to that celebration as he plundered in goal after goal after goal. In 723...
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