All posts tagged "Soccer"
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/ 2 months agoHow Paul Mullin – via a text from Rob McElhenney – ended his rare goal drought
Rob McElhenney takes the duty of care he has as Wrexham’s co-owner seriously. When Phil Parkinson was still coming to terms...
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/ 2 months agoAre Sheffield United the worst Premier League team ever? This is what the numbers say
Ninety-four teams have been relegated from the English top flight from the 1992-93 season onwards, but only a special handful make...
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/ 3 months agoJude Bellingham’s non-goal shows us football’s full-time law needs to change
It is the final seconds of the NBA Finals. The clock hits 0.0 in a one-point game, but play continues for...
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/ 3 months agoPlaying out from the back: Why teams do it and is it worth the risk?
Picture the scene: a team has been awarded a goal kick. The goalkeeper throws the ball to one of two central...
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/ 3 months agoCristiano Ronaldo’s fragile ego is rather sad for someone who has achieved so much
A clip did the rounds on social media after the Carabao Cup final last weekend. We won’t share it here because...
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/ 3 months agoUSWNT’s loss to Mexico was a jarring reminder that the team’s mystique is gone
For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to Mexico...
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/ 3 months agoThe tiny Brazilian club that fooled North Korea – ‘They would have been angry if we had won’
Everyone seems to have a slightly different estimate of how many people were outside the stadium on that strange November afternoon,...
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/ 3 months agoNeville’s ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’ line will immortalise Chelsea’s pain
Not all losses are created equal — and no defeat in football is worse than a banter one. “In extra time,...
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/ 3 months agoDani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prison
Dani Alves, who was this morning sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Spain after being found guilty...
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/ 3 months agoSir Jim Ratcliffe on Manchester United, Old Trafford, Sheikh Jassim and Mason Greenwood: Full transcript
On Tuesday evening, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS completed their purchase of a minority stake in Manchester United, as the British...