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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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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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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England rugby staff on hand as commentator collapsed
Sky and ITV rugby commentator Martin Gillingham is recovering in Auckland after suffering a heart attack just hours before last Saturday's All Blacks …
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200 not out for ground with a history of firsts
As Lord's celebrates it 200th anniversary this summer, the SJA's PHILIP BARKER has published a book on Lord's Firsts. Here, he details some of the bro…
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More Rippon yarns of our wartime sports exploits
"A player whose stroke is affected by simultaneous explosion of bomb or shell, or by machine-gun fire, may play the ball from the same place. Penalty:…
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Standing at football won’t be taken sitting down
NORMAN GILLER remembers old colleague Leslie Thomas, praises the TV work of Hazel Irvine, and hears about a disappointing visit to Upton Park…
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David Bond standing down as BBC sports editor
At a time of great upheaval across the BBC, inevitably Bond's departure will raise speculation about the future of the Corporation-wide role of Sports…
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Julian Wilson’s death marks the end of an era
NORMAN GILLER on the ending of a 100-year dynasty of sports journalists…
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Departure of David Moyes is sign of things to come
The sacking of David Moyes was announced this morning by Manchester United on Twitter, while the story was broken yesterday on newspaper websites. By …
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