Accreditations for the written press at the 2014 World Cup are down by around 20 per cent on four years ago, according to FIFA figures…
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Month: June 2014
Is time up for McGrath as Hotspur at Telegraph?
This news comes barely a year since McGrath had the disappointment of the BBC abandoning its coverage of his sport - he had been the Corporation's lea…
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Six senior sports writers axed by The Telegraph
Those axed include chief sports correspondent Ian Chadband, cricket analyst Simon Hughes, athletics correspondent Simon Hart, sailing writer Kate Lave…
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Letting Simon Barnes go is a ‘stunning mistake’
TOM CLARKE, the former sports editor at the Daily Mail and The Times and editor of the Sporting Life, responds to the latest cost-cutting news from th…
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‘Shocked’ Barnes says Times cannot afford his wages
Barnes has been at the paper for 32 years, initially as its sports diarist, but for two decades as its noted and award-winning chief sports writer, co…
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Yorkshire welcomes the world at Le Tour
The Leeds branch of the NUJ is to welcome the 2,000-plus media workers coming to Yorkshire for Le Grand Départ of this year's Tour de France next wee…
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Game of Shame memories puts focus on Klinsmann
ANTON RIPPON delves into the archives to find good reason for healthy scepticism about the potential outcomes of a significant World Cup group match t…
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You’re nicked! World Cup camera thief caught in act
Eddie Keogh, the award-winning Thomson Reuters sports photographer, survived a scare at the World Cup over the weekend, when someone attempted to stea…
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Brazilian blend offers best World Cup since 1970
HILDA OGDEN stands in this week for Norman Giller, for whom watching every kick of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil so far is beginning to take its toll. …
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Too many own goals in film of Brazil World Cup
When he saw the DVD in his local store, ANTON RIPPON was curious about a Hollywood movie about England's notorious defeat in 1950. Too late, he realis…
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