High time for creating rooms fit for Royalty April 14, 2011 THE Royal Wedding is just two weeks away. Come on, be honest, you are kind of interested and a bit curious. The truth is that there is something fascinating about the lives of the English aristocracy. Perhaps it is the Jane Austen we read as teenagers or the English heritage sites we were dragged round [...]
There’s no place like Cheltenham March 13, 2011 A is for Atmosphere – The roar of the tapes going up for the start of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is enough to send shivers down the spine of the calmest of human beings. When the commentator mentions the hot favourite “is absolutely cruising” rounding the home turn, the noise carries you along. B is [...]
Foster’s error grants Avram cup delight January 11, 2011 WEST HAM UNITED 2 VS BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 UNDER-FIRE West Ham boss Avram Grant blamed the incessant speculation surrounding his future for damaging the team after his 10 men rose above their Premier League travails to take a significant step towards the Carling Cup final. A goalkeeping howler from Ben Foster gifted Carlton Cole the [...]
Foster’s error grants Avram cup delight January 11, 2011 WEST HAM UNITED 2 VS BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 UNDER-FIRE West Ham boss Avram Grant blamed the incessant speculation surrounding his future for damaging the team after his 10 men rose above their Premier League travails to take a significant step towards the Carling Cup final. A goalkeeping howler from Ben Foster gifted Carlton Cole the [...]
Defiant England send team despite fresh Games fears September 22, 2010 ENGLAND’S Commonwealth Games team is set to begin flying out to Delhi today despite another torrent of setbacks leaving the event’s future dangling by a thread. A section of ceiling in the main stadium fell in, adding to grave concerns over construction work, while an Australian TV station claimed to have exposed major security lapses. [...]
Veteran Davies earns shock call-up from Capello October 4, 2010 HE thought his chance had passed, but at the age of 33 Bolton forward Kevin Davies was yesterday handed his first England call-up for next week’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro. Davies was by far the most surprising name in Fabio Capello’s 23-man squad, which also includes teenage Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, despite him being [...]
THE FAMOUS FIVE – ENGLAND’S FOES February 2, 2011 Italy NICK MALLETT’S Italy remain a work in progress, and will have their work cut out again to not collect the wooden spoon, as they have done for the past three years. But there are some positives, and the Azzurri are becoming more competitive, thanks in part to domestic powerhouses Benetton Treviso and Aironi Rugby’s [...]
Dropping Green will ruin his confidence June 13, 2010 AS calamitous as Robert Green’s mistake was on Saturday night, not playing him for the second game against Algeria on Friday night would do more harm than good. You really have to feel sorry for Green. Mistakes like that don’t happen too much in top-flight football, but the way he held his hands up, then [...]
Dropping Green will ruin his confidence June 13, 2010 AS calamitous as Robert Green’s mistake was on Saturday night, not playing him for the second game against Algeria on Friday night would do more harm than good. You really have to feel sorry for Green. Mistakes like that don’t happen too much in top-flight football, but the way he held his hands up, then [...]
James receives a boost through new poster campaign June 3, 2010 ENGLAND coach Fabio Capello dropped the strongest hint yet that David James will be his No1 goalkeeper for the World Cup – through an innovative advertising campaign. The 39-year-old Portsmouth stopper was back between the sticks for Sunday’s 2-1 friendly win over Japan, and was yesterday handed the No1 shirt for this month’s showcase in [...]