A simple, one-word rule change transformed football for ever. ANTON RIPPON looks back 84 years at its impact, and the tactical refinement introduced b…
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Month: July 2009
Ignoring papers will not improve coverage
COMMENTARY: BILL COLWILL on a worrying change of approach towards national newspapers by Hockey England The late Chris Moore once wrote “Sport c…
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BBC sport staff snub Salford; Stubbs off to ESPN
Almost half of BBC Sport’s middle managers have refused to move to the Corporation’s new Media City in Salford, it is being reported. And …
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Man Utd cancel Jakarta tour after bombings
Manchester United this morning cancelled their planned match in Jakarta, part of a Far East tour, following the terrorist bombings of two hotels in th…
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Alliss, Doubtfire and dynamite from Tiger
NORMAN GILLER polishes his brassie and dusts off his mashie niblick to brandish at anyone who suggests that the BBC’s chief golf commentator is …
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RFU: England rugby open day, Aug 12
Thoroughly modern pentathlon
By Philip Barker The sport was devised by the founder of the modern Olympics, but if Pierre de Coubertin was to return for next month’s modern …
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Celebrating soccer in Beckham’s new territory
As football’s focus shifts this weekend across the Atlantic, to where David Beckham returns to MLS, ANTON RIPPON writes on something in which US…
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Savage stands down as HWC chairman
By Bill Colwill Peter Savage, in his second year as chairman of the Hockey Writers’ Club, decided recently to stand down for personal reasons.…
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Davies backs a winner in Sky Bet Test
After the highs and lows of the first Test in Cardiff, Chris Davies has taken an early lead in the Sky Bet Ashes Media challenge. Sky Bet, one of the …
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