Football

Spitting image – why Sky benched Carragher

As Jamie Carragher is now painfully aware – ‘Believe in better’ is Sky’s slogan. It has served them well, especially with the creation of the best punditry partnership on TV, Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville. The former foes, legends for their rival clubs, Liverpool and Manchester United respectively, have forged a fantastic partnership based on …

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These women’s work – worth sweet FA?

What a depressingly predictable scenario. England’s brave, battling “Lionesses” (in itself arguably a bit derogatory but let’s not dwell on that) fly home to great acclaim across the football supporters in the country, men and women alike, inspiring a generation of girls to pull their boots on and of boys to stop making disparaging comments …

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FIFA FO FUM – sponsors smell the blood of corruption

With the FIFA annual congress meeting in Zurich today, one man appears to be somewhat absent – as I write this anyway… Whether you are a football/soccer fan or not, most people know the name Sepp Blatter. So far, teflon Sepp has managed to avoid the direct controversy that has surrounded his reign and tomorrow’s …

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