Sport
A Chance At Wimbledon
By David Whelan SPORT has not been kind to Britain. No matter how much we sing “It’s coming home,” football prefers it abroad and despite having home advantage every year a male British player has not won Wimbledon in 75 years. Memories turn to Tim Henman’s four semi-final appearances and Rusedski’s one fleeting attempt. British failure [...]
Shh Don’t Tell
Nimmi Maghera-Rakhra HEADLINES of late have been dominated by news of the rich and famous being granted gagging orders – in most cases to protect their identities from being revealed in so-called “kiss and tells”. The use and ease of obtaining super-injunctions has triggered a flurry of criticism that has led to MPs using parliamentary privileges [...]
Cleaning Up Football
By Sam Mendelson IT HAS been a terrible month for the reputation of football. There have been revelations of World Cup bribery, allegations of Spanish doping and claims of extra-marital sleaze by a premiership footballer who hid behind a super injunction. Football is under scrutiny from all sides. Parents do not wish their children to learn the cheating, [...]
Football Money
By Sam Mendelson THE January 2010/2011 transfer window seemed to be the most extraordinary transfer window in living memory. This period saw Andy Carroll, a striker with a dubious off-field reputation, just one England cap and barely a dozen top-flight goals, sold by Newcastle to Liverpool for £35 million. This was more than World Cup winner [...]
The Beckhams As Parents
By Kate Mead DAVID AND VICTORIA Beckham are to add to their brood this summer with the arrival of their fourth child. The couple said that their three sons, Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, five, were “very excited” at the prospect of having a new brother or sister. But despite the pregnancy it’s ‘business as [...]
The Beautiful Game
THE WORLD CUP 2010 hosted by South Africa ended with Spain triumhant. However the ‘beautiful game’ over the last month has recieved countless criticism for its lack of flair, goals and passion. Inherently football excites fanatical loyalty and passion from it’s millions of followers, many of whom make lavish claims for its aesthetic appeal, its underlying [...]