Mancini Pays Price For City’s Stagnation
AFTER ENDING Manchester City’s long wait for silverware and tipping English football’s balance of power to the blue half of the city, Roberto Mancini established the perfect platform to dominate the Premier League – and perhaps Europe – for years to come. The Italian had wealth beyond his rivals to draw on and a collection [...]
Football Has New ‘Home’ On US Telly Screens
NBC TAKES OVER FROM FOX SOCCER NBC has moved into English football in a big way and has revealed ambitious plans to bring the Premier League into more US homes than ever before. NBC executives recently unveiled their plans for EPL coverage, which include: • 20 Premier League matches to be televised live on NBC’s [...]
Man U’s Alex Ferguson Retiring at End of Season
MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson is retiring at the end of the season, bringing an end to more than 26 trophy-filled years at the club. “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly,” Ferguson, 71, said in a statement on Wednesday. [...]
Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup June 2012
England Welcomes The West Indies THE WEST INDIES arrived in England rather disheveled with injuries, visa problems and a missing Marion Samuels who was due to arrive after playing in the Indian Super League. The tour, May 4-June 24, opened at Hove against Sussex, where the visitors were unsure if they would actually have eleven [...]
Qatar 2022 World Cup Official Confirms Summer Event
A SENIOR OFFICIAL for the 2022 Qatar World Cup again downplayed suggestions that the tournament should be moved from the fierce heat of summer for player and fan safety. Hassan al-Thawadi, general secretary of the Qatar 2022 supreme committee, told the Associated Press last month “we always knew about it … we know there is [...]
Cyclist Hoy Retires After Winning Six Olympic Golds
SIX-TIME gold medalist Chris Hoy retired from cycling last month, saying he had expended “every last ounce of effort and energy” in becoming Britain’s most decorated Olympian and spearheading the country’s rise to the top of the sport. Hoy decided to quit now rather than compete in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in his native Scotland, [...]
Heady Days For The Welsh As Cardiff Reaches EPL
By Steve Douglas AS VINCENT TAN threw his arms into the air and soaked up the applause of a delirious crowd, the Malaysian billionaire owner of Cardiff could be forgiven for having a smug grin on his face. It was only last year that Tan was a target of abuse by Cardiff fans after making [...]
Driving Bans Piling Up For Man City Players
THE DRIVING bans are piling up for the millionaires at Manchester City. England international Micah Richards has become the third City player in the past two weeks to be hit with a six-month driving ban after failing to respond to two speeding notices sent by police. Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri received similar punishments last [...]
Lancaster Looks Long-Term After Blowing Six Nations Grand Slam
By Steve Douglas AS THE FIREWORKS exploded in the Cardiff sky and the gleaming Six Nations trophy was passed from one euphoric Wales player to the next, their dejected England counterparts stood arms-crossed and motionless on the pitch. Having traveled to Cardiff in anticipation of the title and a first Grand Slam in 10 years, [...]
FIFA Approves 4th Goal-Line Technology System
By Graham Dunbar A FOURTH goal-line technology system is competing for selection at the 2014 World Cup after FIFA licensed the GoalControl-4D project last month. GoalControl uses seven high-speed cameras trained on each goalmouth, and passed FIFA-approved tests last month in German stadiums in Duesseldorf and Gelsenkirchen. It joins another camera-based system, Hawk-Eye from Britain, [...]
