Bob Millward, Associated Press’s London-based sports writer, died today in Johannesburg. He was 58.…
Read More
Category: FIFA World Cup
Ingle shows us all how to pick World Cup winners
Even Facebook could not help NORMAN GILLER correctly predict the World Cup finallists. He would have been better off with Paul the Octopus. But, for d…
Read More
Read More
World Cup security alert: cheese roll banned
Officiousness is the bane of many a sports hack’s life, but surely few of us have encountered anything quite as petty* as the World Cup security…
Read More
Read More
BBC inquiry into lacklustre Capello interview
An internal inquiry has begun at the BBC over its lacklustre interview with England manager Fabio Capello ahead of today’s crunch World Cup grou…
Read More
Read More
Broadcasters’ Capello coverage is quick to criticise
PHILIP BARKER reviews the weekend TV, radio and newspaper coverage of England’s World Cup performances Radio5Live’s Mark Pougatch put it aptly…
Read More
Read More
What are your worst England performances?
After Friday night’s dire performance in the World Cup group game against Algeria, PHILIP BARKER suggests 10 of the worst performances by an Eng…
Read More
Read More
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…
Read More
Read More
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…
Read More
Read More
Terry Butcher is SJA World Cup lunch guest – Jun 8
The SJA is delighted to announce that Terry Butcher, the former England football captain, will be our guest for a special World Cup lunch in Fleet Str…
Read More
Read More
Triumph for Twitter over naming of England squad
Without doubt, today’s England World Cup squad announcement was a triumph not for Fabio Capello, but for Twitter, which was carrying pretty accurate…
Read More
Read More