“I hate it, it’s horrendous. It’s really, really horrible not having fans there, not having that atmosphere there.” The words of Notts County boss, Neil…
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How The Last Dance made me a complete basket case
It is amazing how sport has the ability to transfix. How you can become so enthralled in the contest that everything else going on in…
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Nadal reigns supreme at Roland Garros
The French Open had a new date and a new roof, but Rafa Nadal’s coronation was never in doubt. Even in these most uncertain of…
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The greatest shocks in Premier League history
As last season’s Premier League-winning Liverpool team trudged off the pitch at Villa Park last weekend, few around the country could comprehend the 90 minutes…
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Football and handball controversy: How we got here, and can it be changed?
On a drizzly afternoon in south London last Saturday, Roy Hodgson cut a dejected figure on the pitch at Selhurst Park. The Crystal Palace manager…
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Sabri Lamouchi – should he stay, or should he go?
The manager’s seat in the City Ground dugout is a hot one. Nottingham Forest haven’t exactly been scared of pulling the trigger in the past…
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Why English cricket’s greatest captain is actually Irish
It was a warm summers’ evening at Lord’s. The opening night of the first T20 World Cup to be held in England, and Irishman Eoin…
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It’s not the City Ground, it’s Selhurst Street – but it’s still brilliant
The clicking of turnstiles, the patter of studs on concrete and the smell of Deep Freeze wafting out of the changing rooms. There’s nothing like…
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