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Siyabonga Ntshingila
Arsenal have had a topsy-turvy time of it since their calamity against Birmingham in the Carling Cup final a fortnight ago.
Victory against Leyton Orient seemed set to get them back to winning ways but a draw against Sunderland, with referee Antho... |
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Views: 61 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011 | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, English Premier League, FA Cup, football, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, Robin van Persie, Sir Alex Ferguson
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Siyabonga Ntshingila
Maybe Jermain Defoe has a future as a soothsayer.
Just months after the often misfiring Tottenham Hotspur finisher was derided for saying Harry Redknapp’s side could do better than illustrious rivals Arsenal on the club game’s biggest stage, ... |
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Views: 59 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | Tags: AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Football, Harry Redknapp, Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur
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Siyabonga Ntshingila
Firstly, before Arsenal throw their toys out the cot blaming ref Massimo Busacca, they must remember they had 90 minutes in which all they needed to do was match Barca goal for goal on an aggregate basis.
That is all. Teams often come to the Nou C... |
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Views: 177 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 | Tags: Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Football, Lionel Messi, Massimo Busacca, Nou Camp, Robin van Persie
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Siyabonga Ntshingila
Explain this to me, Inter Milan and AC Milan, with their combined history of success and passion and pride, are more than happy to share a ground and stadium identity, but Liverpool and Everton cannot find an easy way to do this? Why?
On its own, ... |
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Views: 221 | 2 Comments » | posted on Sunday, February 20th, 2011 | Tags: AC Milan, Everton, football, home stadium, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Paolo Maldini, San Siro, Stanley Park
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Adam Wakefield
Have you ever seen a film where there are two characters, each pushing their own agenda, whose paths are destined to collide because it is just so? It's a popular story arc in fictionalised works all over the world, since it gives a clear distinction... |
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Views: 233 | No Comments » | posted on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 | Tags: All Black, depth, Grand Slam, ICC, improvement, India, respect, Springbok, tennis, Test rugby, Tests, tour, Wallabies, Wimbledon, World Cup
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Adam Wakefield
The "roaring" 1920s saw the US economy explode in a manner befitting an octopus encircling an unsuspecting prey. Driven by Europe's bankruptcy after World War I, the Marshall Plan ensured that apart from propping up capitalist states in the Old World... |
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Views: 317 | 22 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 | Tags: English Premiership, Fifa, money, owners, soccer
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Adam Wakefield
The Hunter S Thompson title for his 1972 collection of articles, "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail", told of a US presidential election which came at a time of change in western popular culture. Vietnam was still raging, the Cold War was st... |
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Views: 204 | 4 Comments » | posted on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 | Tags: fifa, Sepp Blatter, world cup bidding process
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Adam Wakefield
Wayne Rooney's surprising agreement to a new five-year contract with Manchester United, considering the amount of press coverage his apparent fallout with manager Sir Alex Ferguson generated in the space of days, is only a respite from the club's cur... |
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Views: 559 | 5 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 | Tags: Manchester United, the business of sport
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