From Charles Sale, Daily Mail The Racing Post gives American football more coverage than any British newspaper, yet the betting publication has not be…
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Month: October 2008
Accreditation forms for West Indies tour 2009
Accreditation forms for England’s 2009 tour to the West Indies are now available.…
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Alan Hoby
By Barry Newcombe Alan Hoby, the former chief sportswriter at the Sunday Express, died in a residential home in Hove last week. He was 94.…
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Munich disaster memorial to go to auction
From HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk Football programmes belonging to one of the journalists who died alongside Manchester United players in the Munich Air Dis…
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Queen Victoria well-dressed for the occasion
IAN COLE profiles another of the contenders for the SJA Sports Awards: 2007 Sportswoman of the Year, Victoria Pendleton When Victoria Pendleton first …
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Ironwoman Wellington is as tough as old boots
A year ago, Chrissie Wellington’s surprise victory in possibly the toughest sporting event on the planet, the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, came too…
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Selvey bowls beamer at Test Match Special producer
Mike Selvey, the Guardian‘s cricket correspondent and erstwhile expert summariser on BBC Radio’s Test Match Special, has sparked a war of …
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BOA: Chairman’s press conference
The British Olympic Association will host a media briefing with its newly re-elected chairman Colin Moynihan, announcing the outcome of the election t…
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Hoy lays claim to title of Britain’s greatest
IAN COLE profiles the latest of the leading contenders for the 2008 SJA Sportsman of the Year awards Chris Hoy, standing proudly with three Olympic go…
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With Taylor around, who needs Borat?
MARTIN KELNER, in The Guardian, reviews ITV’s return to international football, and the documentary fronted by a failed England manager, Graham …
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