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World Cup: Spain nicks it
Spain became the eighth national team to win the World Cup, beating Holland 1-0 in what was, in my opinion, a very poor final. Both teams came into the game playing some great football, but much of it was missing tonight, understandably due to nerves on both sides. Andres Iniesta’s goal, four minutes from the [...]
Quarter-final feast, and Capello stays on as England boss
Just when many of us thought that the World Cup couldn’t get any better, it did. Excitement, goals, shocks and a dramatic penalty shoot-out has ignited the tournament after a slow start. South America’s big two went out with a whimper. Brazil, one of the pre-tournament favourites, were beaten 1-2 by Holland. Argentina were thrashed [...]
Nigeria have a solution to football failure
The Nigerians have a much simpler way of dealing with their early World Cup exit… withdraw the national team from playing competitively for two years. The surprise decision was made by the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan. Their existing football federation was disbanded, and a new board will be put in place in order to shake-up [...]
England’s inglorious defeat
Oh, dear, here we go again. Our football team were thrashed. Dumped on. Pistol whipped. Humiliated. Beaten into submission. Oh, well… at least our cricket players did us proud.
Please, stop the bigoted chanting
On Sunday afternoon, England will face Germany for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. A great match in prospect between arguably one the greatest rivalries in world football. Unfortunately, whenever these teams are paired up, the banter is routinely reduced to bigoted chanting. In England, the match is constantly used as an [...]
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