Tag Archives: football
All is good in Toronto?
Toronto FC coach says there’s no rift with his striker. Should we believe him? It might be an easier question to answer, if it weren’t for Finnish Sauna Syndrome. At the World Sauna Championships, a competitor died from sitting in … Continue reading
Sanity reigns
The story goes like this – The Togolese national football team arrives for the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. Their bus gets shot up by brigands; three men are killed, nine injured. The team goes back to Togo; the … Continue reading
Character
Fabio Capello is a man who knows what he’s talking about. Current manager of England’s national football team, he’s won titles with Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma and Milan – and the Champions League to boot. When England wanted the man … Continue reading
A tale of two Football Coaches
George Burley (Scotland) – “I had to set an example” Fabio Cappello (England) – Hailed by his goaltender One bans two players from the squad for life, the other forces his squad to stay at the dinner table until everyone … Continue reading
People problems II
From Tim Vickery @ the BBC, on the pressures of modern football, “Losing his father, as Adriano told me last year in an interview for Sports Illustrated, had a delayed but devastating effect on his career. Pleasing his father had … Continue reading
I love sports interviews
From the BBC website… I’m surprised it’s not because they “scored more goals than their opponents in every match”. Tongue out of cheek, “the best football” is a meaningful piece of jargon which refers to the aesthetic quality of the … Continue reading