Sports journalist Jim Green has been appointed as chief executive of Chester FC, the football club – or rather its successor – that he has support…
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Month: June 2016
Surviving fast cars, mixed zones and missed goals
VIEW FROM THE PRESSBOX: One football hack has been blogging from Euro 2016 since the tournament started, and he long ago lost his sense of humour, eve…
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Curry innovator Peter Grove will be much missed
Grove was unique among members of the SJA in being the author of a sci-fi novel and the founder of National Curry Week, a reflection of his work in th…
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Media advisory: Rio Olympic medal targets, Jul 14
This will be the final update from UK Sport ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics…
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Media advisory: Discover Your Gold, Jul 12
UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) will be launching a new, multi-sport talent identification campaign searching for future champions i…
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Funeral for Peter Corrigan, Penarth, June 29
The funeral for Peter Corrigan will take place on Wednesday, June 29, at All Saints Church, Victoria Square, Penarth…
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Euros’ press centres as deflating as match balls
If you thought the tournament footballs deflating, the French pitches too leaden and the crowd-control non-existent, then you ought to take a look at …
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Peter Corrigan, admired editor and columnist, has died
He rose from fetching tea at the South Wales Echo to be lauded as one of Wales's most revered sports journalists…
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Hopps: ‘Regional press has given up on county cricket’
“The world for a cricket writer in England, beyond the international circuit, is an unforgiving one, and the resilience and talent of those who find…
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Hillsborough disaster retold in fans’ own words
ERIC BROWN was reporting for a national agency on that dreadful, fateful day at Hillsborough in April 1989. Here, he reviews a book which has put toge…
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