What has been your most memorable World Cup finals? For many of us of a certain age, Mexico in 1970 remains the finest footballing tournament. PHILIP …
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Month: January 2010
Gubba, Gigi and the Great Hoax of Trondheim
It’s confession time for NORMAN GILLER, the instigator of a hoax that helped cost commentating all-rounder Tony Gubba his hair It is too good a …
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Richardson and Jackson take Hockey Writers’ awards
Ashley Jackson, the 22-year-old England and HGC (Netherlands) midfield player, has been named the UK Player of the Year for 2009 following the annual …
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More changes at Telegraph’s sports desk
The Telegraph Group announced more changes to its sports desk today, with promotions and a move for three regulars, although no announcement has yet b…
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Media advisory: drug testing lab open day
‘I hope Rooney does the business out in South Africa’
IAN COLE sifts through the sayings of world champion divers, a Tiger Woods wannabe, a football club with Olympian ambitions and Wayne Rooney’s n…
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SA media complain at FIFA’s World Cup gag
Journalists in South Africa are campaigning against restrictions contained within football world body FIFA’s World Cup accreditation small print…
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Last bell rings for Terry Lawless
The Terry Lawless funeral yesterday pulled a full house to St Mary’s Church in Woodham Ferrers in deepest Essex. Flat-nosed boxers, sharp-eyed b…
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Squash goes online for TV coverage
From the Professional Squash Association The Professional Squash Association’s on-demand squash internet TV streaming service SquashTV is now li…
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Tottenham deliver a kick in the wrecking balls
Tottenham have banned a special edition of NORMAN GILLER’s book Lane of Dreams because he used the word “Yid”. But even he thinks th…
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