Bob Millward, Associated Press’s London-based sports writer, died today in Johannesburg. He was 58.
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News and information for sports journalists covering the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Even Facebook could not help NORMAN GILLER correctly predict the World Cup finallists. He would have been better off with Paul the Octopus. But, for different reasons, he is full of admiration for fellow football writers Sean Ingle and Patrick Barclay The Guardian will be missing a trick if they don’t put Paul the Octopus [...]
Continue reading →Officiousness is the bane of many a sports hack’s life, but surely few of us have encountered anything quite as petty* as the World Cup security guard in Pretoria ahead of the Paraguay-Japan game this week, who banned a cheese roll.
Continue reading →An internal inquiry has begun at the BBC over its lacklustre interview with England manager Fabio Capello ahead of today’s crunch World Cup group match against Slovenia.
Continue reading →PHILIP BARKER reviews the weekend TV, radio and newspaper coverage of England’s World Cup performances Radio5Live’s Mark Pougatch put it aptly: “Fabio Capello has crossed the Rubicon.” After the 0-0 draw against Algeria on Friday night, surely one of the worst performances by the national side in the past 40 years, the England coach has [...]
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20 Jun
2010
2010
What are your worst England performances?
After Friday night’s dire performance in the World Cup group game against Algeria, PHILIP BARKER suggests 10 of the worst performances by an England team in the past 40 years. Post your suggestions in the Comments box below
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11 Jun
2010
2010
It’s official: put your shirts on Spain
Fabio Capello is one of the calmest of managers, says NORMAN GILLER. But the pressure of the World Cup can make even the coolest of coaches boil The people have spoken and they say that Spain will beat Brazil in the 2010 World Cup final in Johannesburg on July 11. This is the verdict of [...]
Continue reading →Fleet Street’s Old Cock Tavern is already bedecked in the flags of all the competing nations at the 2010 World Cup. But what has impressed former England captain Terry Butcher has been the number of St George crosses being flown around the country, as he told IAN COLE at the latest SJA working lunch Terry [...]
Continue reading →Without doubt, today’s England World Cup squad announcement was a triumph not for Fabio Capello, but for Twitter, which was carrying pretty accurate forecasts of the final 23-man squad hours before the 4pm official announcement on the FA’s website. Equally, the announcement of the squad was another PR debacle for the Football Association, left apparently [...]
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