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...
It's the end of August, and the English Premier League (EPL -- not to be confused with the IPL. Bloody acronyms) has only after two weeks swung into full swing. What should we expect? More goals, excitement, controversy and unpredictability? There ha...
Liverpool have always proven to be a conundrum to me, especially as a Manchester United fan. Last year they should've won the title, but didn't. The reason? They drew too many games against opposition they should have beaten, plus Fernando Torres and...
Portsmouth's fall from grace might have come as a shock to the rest of the world, but a lot of people can't really say they didn't see it coming. How can a club with a stadium capacity of just over 20 000 and with no new plans expansion explain ...
Greatness is measured in many ways and one of the players who springs to mind is Ryan Giggs. He has never really achieved anything with Wales at international level, be it the European Championships or the World Cup. Medals, statistics and individual...
It is frightening to see the gulf in class between the English Premiership and our own. While the like of City, Liverpool and even Sunderland plundered four goals apiece over the weekend, South Africa's finest combined for a completely underwhelming ...
Is their success at luring talent and the financial success of the English Premier League turning English clubs into victims? Fifa recently gave Chelsea a 12-month ban on any transfer activity for "tapping" or inducing Gael Kakuta from French club Le...
Can Sir Alex Ferguson resist the urge to dip back into the transfer market? Every night I go to bed hoping to discover in the morning that Fergie had tricked us when he announced a while back that he had completed his transfer dealings. That I'll wak...
Champions -- Chelsea
The master plan of Roman Abramovich has been threatening for three seasons now and with the Blues under the management of Carlo Ancelotti, they might just have the bottle to take the Premier League title away from United, who ...
The greatest and most exciting league in the world will be kicking off this coming weekend and as always it will have its own twists, turns, lows and highs. How do you think it will pan out? Will Manchester United be crowned champions for the fourth ...
