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From Manchester United heroes to Liverpool chants and Arsenal haircuts: The Best and Worst of the season

With the curtain falling on another Premier League campaign, memories come flooding back on the seas....

Football  |  May 14, 2008  |  2699 Views  |  (13) Comments
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Flamini gone, Hleb going, is there a crisis at Arsenal?

With Mathieu Flamini already packing his bags on his way to AC Milan, a whole host of rumours have p....

Football  |  May 09, 2008  |  1384 Views  |  (46) Comments
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Liverpool's THREE biggest flops of the season

Liverpool’s transfer dealings this past season have been something of a mixed bag. Some great, other....

Football  |  May 08, 2008  |  3625 Views  |  (12) Comments
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Why it's important that cricket keeps its appeal

Bowlers and wicket keepers enthusiastically appealing for a wicket when they are not entirely sure, ....

Cricket  |  May 08, 2008  |  151 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Respect the ref: How to take the heat out of the Chelsea and Liverpool dissenters

One of the year’s hot topics at FA headquarters, and a problem that has reared its head notoriously ....

Football  |  May 09, 2008  |  431 Views  |  (5) Comments
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Why would Gareth Barry want to leave Aston Villa for Liverpool?

Liverpool have a nasty habit of poaching idolised club captains from sides with ambitions of breakin....

Football  |  May 07, 2008  |  2462 Views  |  (45) Comments
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Foreign and proud: Illogical home-grown quotas will hurt British talent

The ‘home-grown’ issue is one that has long plagued the Premier League, causing particular furore ar....

Football  |  May 06, 2008  |  144 Views  |  (1) Comments
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Harmy's decline is nothing compared to Hansie's spectacular downfall

In 2005, Steve Harmison was being described as “the most feared fast bowler in the world”. Constantl....

Cricket  |  May 06, 2008  |  82 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Boring Liverpool? Arsenal and Manchester United can't match them for goals

Rafa Benitez's Liverpool have all too often been branded as a team lacking any kind of creativity or....

Football  |  May 06, 2008  |  1985 Views  |  (20) Comments
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Justin's Major challenge: Is this the year golf's English Rose will really bloom?

There has been no British winner of one of golf’s four Major championships since 1999, when Paul Law....

Golf  |  May 05, 2008  |  58 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Nani in need: The Manchester United baby needs time to grow up

This might not earn me the plaudits of many Manchester United fans, but I firmly believe that young ....

Football  |  May 05, 2008  |  2488 Views  |  (6) Comments
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This tinpot FA Cup Final has to be better than Chelsea v Manchester United

The FA Cup this year has provided perhaps the most exciting and unexpected domestic knockout tournam....

Football  |  May 05, 2008  |  251 Views  |  (3) Comments
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Why the world should still care about the Indian Premier League

The initial IPL auction brought with it not only a scramble for the world’s top talent, but a cacoph....

Cricket  |  May 03, 2008  |  581 Views  |  (4) Comments
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FOUR lower-league gems who can light up next year's Premier League

With one place in the Championship race for promotion virtually settled, we now know that some of th....

Football  |  May 03, 2008  |  437 Views  |  (1) Comments
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Freddie and willing: Flintoff deserves a Test place - even if it's just as a bowler

In an article for a well-known sports website this week, Justin Langer waxed lyrical about the bowli....

Cricket  |  May 02, 2008  |  119 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Forget Symonds and Hussey - if Piyush Chawla was English, we'd have the world in a spin!

If you were asked to name a cricketer you’d like to see in the England Test team, I’m sure a few per....

Cricket  |  May 02, 2008  |  325 Views  |  (1) Comments
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The great Spurs debate: Who's in, who's out and the Berbatov-Eto'o swap deal

As Spurs’ season draws to an unspectacular close, it's no secret that new boss Juande Ramos is looki....

Football  |  May 02, 2008  |  4046 Views  |  (25) Comments
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Manchester City fans' SOS – Save Our Sven from a Thaksin axing!

Sources at three of the UK's biggest sporting news agencies have reported that, following a recent m....

Football  |  April 30, 2008  |  761 Views  |  (16) Comments
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Manchester United aren't too big to pay the penalty - get it, Fergie?

Now forgive me if I'm wrong but as far as I can see, the laws of the game should remain consistent n....

Football  |  April 28, 2008  |  553 Views  |  (9) Comments
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Message in a bottle: Why do super talents like Best, Maradona, Gascoigne and Adriano go off the rails?

When asked about the most gifted footballers of the post-war era, the answers are usually one of a h....

Football  |  April 26, 2008  |  419 Views  |  (4) Comments
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Why Avram Grant's Chelsea future could lie in Aston Villa's past

Let me spin a yarn for you. A very popular (and charismatic) top-flight manager leaves his club, hav....

Football  |  April 22, 2008  |  2472 Views  |  (12) Comments
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Why Gillett, Hicks and Co can never destroy the Liverpool spirit

There is a general consensus amongst football fans that the boardroom antics of George Gillett, Tom ....

Football  |  April 21, 2008  |  775 Views  |  (5) Comments
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Calzaghe’s the king – but bring on the re-match

And so Joe Calzaghe secured a split decision in Las Vegas against the justifiably defined "legend" t....

Boxing  |  April 20, 2008  |  388 Views  |  (0) Comments
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Why Arsenal deserve a better captain than William Gallas

Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, many top-flight sides have bred or bought great c....

Football  |  April 21, 2008  |  1577 Views  |  (28) Comments
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on April 21, 2008


Some strong views there Gunner Ville. Whilst I agree that sometimes Terry goes too far with his prot....