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Players are just too good for some fans

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

YOU might have expected Mike Phillips to receive a round of applause when he launched his return to rugby after the kind of injury every sportsperson dreads.

He had been out for nine months with cruciate ligament damage that had required a knee reconstruction to put...

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Hot air from Histon

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I hope Histon football club chairman Gareth Baldwin has enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame after the postponement of their FA Cup third-round clash...

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Critics of Hoy's knighthood should get on their bikes

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

IF the honours system were scrapped, would the world keep spinning? My guess is it would. But given that we seem stuck with it, I'd take issue...

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Flying baguettes

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

THERE is a lack of brain cells among those who represent Uefa's member countries: The Euro 2008 football tournament was a wondrous affair, one...

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The good, the bad and the ugly

The good, the bad and the ugly

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

S O this is Christmas. And what have you done? The question John Lennon came up with is worth asking again because it is time to hand out...

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Craig Brown and his ilk can go to blazes

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

GIVEN that cycling is flavour of the week, could someone push a bike the way of the former Scotland football manager Craig Brown, take him to...

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Why Nicole Cooke deserves awards galore

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

A COUPLE of years ago, they were touting a channel-swimming comedian for BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award. That despite Nicole Cooke...

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Wolves boss McCarthy is living in the past

Wolves boss McCarthy is living in the past

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

MICK McCarthy obviously hasn't heard about that letter that was delivered in Dorset 89 years late. Dated November 29 1919, it dropped through...

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Elementary, my dear Enzo

Elementary, my dear Enzo

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

ENZO Maccarinelli would probably prefer to eat a joint of Irish pork rather than shake the hand of Herbie Hide. Hype is as much a part of...

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Jones sets pace in Lions race

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

DESPITE an awful autumn series in an England shirt, Danny Cipriani continues to have his backers for the Lions No. 10 position in next summer's...

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