Sir Michael Parkinson, the President of the Sports Journalists’ Association, will announce to a 400-seat sell-out gathering under the chandeliers at…
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Month: November 2011
“No way football is more important than grieving”
A sad week for Wales, a bad week for journalism, a dire week for English rugby. STEVEN DOWNES and NORMAN GILLER with quotes on Gary Speed, the Leveson…
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Laureus World Sports Awards to come to London
The awards ceremony, which will be attended by some of the greatest names in sport, past and present, and broadcast to a worldwide TV audience, will b…
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Collins, the ultimate fan, offers fine writing lesson
Fans' football books are one thing, but Patrick Collins's time spent among the fans is much more rewarding, says STEVEN DOWNES…
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This book on Liverpool is too much of a Gamble
A book on Liverpool in the 1980s by a former lottery ticket seller at Anfield is too much about mundane office politics, too little about some giants …
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Times rugby exclusive leaves Moody feeling blue
The media, in particular Mark Souster of The Times, has played its role this week in the civil war going on within Twickenham. Is it another case wher…
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Tennis chiefs fear income tax will deter world stars
Worrying for the LTA is the threat that top earning overseas players will have their global endorsements taxed by HMRC should they even visit Britain …
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Poles apart: night Keegan and I dropped a clanger
Even after 38 years, NORMAN GILLER still gets a cold sweat when he thinks about England playing Poland in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley…
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Britain’s Olympic debut handled with great care
PHILIP BARKER is spending the week at Olympic Park at the latest 2012 test event, trying to get a handle on handball…
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Accreditation and media access: Help for Heroes
To attend any of the media events being staged ahead of the Help for Heroes rugby challenge, members of the media need to be registered with the RFU m…
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