By Steven Downes I first met Andy Ripley more than 25 years ago, when he turned up at Tooting Bec track and raced the 400 metres hurdles for Polytechn…
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Month: June 2010
Look at yourself in the Mirror, Sly Bailey
After four years of brutal staff cuts across many newspaper groups, national and regional, last week Trinity Mirror announced that it would be axing 2…
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Sports broadcasters honoured for enjoying themselves
By Philip Barker Whatever fate befalls England in the World Cup, one member of the media party following the team is already sure of a trip to Bucking…
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Sport is still selling local newspapers
Shrewd editors of local newspapers still know how to use sport to sell their product, as Devon’s Express & Echo showed over the recent bank…
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‘There are 50m people at home disappointed in me’
IAN COLE did not have to look very hard to find this week’s sporting quotes. Away from World Cup football, there’s also a BBC glossary of …
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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 p…
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Ramsay pub events put fresh Spin on cricket
Spin cricket magazine is holding a series of free events this summer with authors, journalists and cricketers at Gordon Ramsay’s pub, The Warrin…
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Steele to leave UK Sport for RFU top job
The Sports Journalists’ Association reacted with disappointment at the news that John Steele, chief executive officer of our sponsors, UK Sport,…
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Butcher tells Rooney to keep flag, not temper, flying
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 forme…
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Act immediately to secure Delhi Games accreditation
On behalf of Commonwealth Games England Media accreditation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi is about to close.…
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