In a coup d'état so swift it could represent the final guillotine strike in a pepole's revolution, Bob Bradley has been replaced as manager of the United States Mens' Soccer team by Jürgen Klinsmann. It shares many of the same characteristics as a popular uprising - a ruthless governer ousted for a friendlier man of the people. However, it is not: it's a reactionary move by elements within U.S.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
My Favourite Cricketer: Wasim Akram by Blaise Murphet
Posted on 8:15 AM by Unknown
In our series "My Favourite Cricketer", Balanced Sports and World Cricket Watch invite the best cricket writers and bloggers to contribute articles explaining what makes, for the, one player rise above the rest. Today features Wasim Akram by World Cricket Watch's contributing editor, Blaise Murphet.
I think when you’re asked to consider your ‘favourite cricketer’ you don’t really think about
I think when you’re asked to consider your ‘favourite cricketer’ you don’t really think about
Posted in bowling, match-fixing, My Favourite Cricketer, Pakistan, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
An Arsenal, Barcelona and Fabregas love triangle
Posted on 4:05 PM by Unknown
Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas and Barcelona could be the most public love triangle since Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday Mister President". It started with a sixteen year-old Fabregas moving to Arsenal from Barcelona and has dragged on interminably much of the past four years as player and boyhood club dream for his return to Catalonia. His story has dominated every transfer window - particularly
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Mario Balotelli back-heel: Where's the fun?
Posted on 4:50 PM by Unknown
I'm sure your mum said, like mine, that a joke's only funny when everyone's laughing. In forgetting Mum's golden rule, Mario Balotelli has drawn heat from his manager Roberto Mancini and teammate Nigel de Jong. His attempted back-heel goal from close range against MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy earned him an 31st minute substitution and worldwide internet headlines which arrive less than a week
Posted in Back Heel, Man City, Manchester City, Mario Balotelli, penalty, Roberto Mancini, Theyab Awana
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Friday, July 22, 2011
The Claytons Premier League Team
Posted on 12:02 PM by Unknown
In Australia, the term "Claytons" has evolved into the popular lingo for a poor substitute: something does the job, but feels somewhat empty or wanting. It derives from the non-alcoholic beverage "Claytons", usually served mixed with soda, coke or ginger ale and marketed heavily in the 1980s as "the drink you have when you're not having a drink". The slogan has stuck: now, the term Claytons
Thursday, July 21, 2011
My Favourite Cricketer: Rahul Dravid by Sujith Krishnan
Posted on 9:26 AM by Unknown
In today's installment of "My Favourite Cricketer", Sujith Krishnan takes a look at that most overshadowed of Indian batsmen.
Coming from India, I'm sure it surprises many that my favourite cricketer is not the little master, Sachin Tendulkar. However his understudy is often overlooked, a champion who has serenely gone about his business in the most religious manner, happy to remain in the
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The ICC's Best Test XI?
Posted on 11:32 AM by Unknown
So on the occasion of the two-thousandth Test match, the ICC has taken it upon themselves to right royally arse it up once again.
To celebrate the two-thousandth match in the most honoured form of the sport, the celebrated accountants who today control cricket decided to celebrate by announcing an XI comprised of the best players ever to play Test cricket. A great idea, good publicity and
To celebrate the two-thousandth match in the most honoured form of the sport, the celebrated accountants who today control cricket decided to celebrate by announcing an XI comprised of the best players ever to play Test cricket. A great idea, good publicity and
Posted in all-time XI, Cricinfo, cricket, Curtley Ambrose, ESPN, ICC, Kapil Dev, Keith Miller, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Garfield Sobers, Test
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Kill, Marry or Shag: The Liverpool Midfield
Posted on 8:00 AM by Unknown
Have you every played the game "Kill, marry or shag"? In it, one player gives his or her opponent three names - it works best with celebrities. Made famous in the TV show "30 Rock", the "player" then has to - hypothetically - kill one, shag one and marry one. It sounds worse than it is and is played most often after several bottles of intoxicant.
It seems that manager Kenny Dalglish is going
It seems that manager Kenny Dalglish is going
Posted in Alberto Aquilani, Charlie Adam, Joe Cole, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool, Steven Gerrard, Stewart Downing
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Malthouse, Buckley and Collingwood: The New Leno vs. Conan
Posted on 1:07 PM by Unknown
Mick Malthouse was one of the AFL's first ever career coaches. With nemesis - and Richmond back-pocket predecessor - Kevin Sheedy, he began leading teams to victory in the early days of AFL professionalism and continues doing so to this day. So then, are his recent strong implications that he's not done coaching any surprise?
After retiring from Richmond in 1983, he quickly took the reins of
After retiring from Richmond in 1983, he quickly took the reins of
Posted in AFL, coaching, Collingwood, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Tonight Show, transition
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Friday, July 15, 2011
A-League? No, it's all about Harry.
Posted on 8:10 AM by Unknown
Harry Kewell.
A show-pony. A drama queen. The best football player to come out of Australia.
Just the mention of his name prompts the football fan to opine. It's impossible not to, given his remarkably high-profile successes and failures. The recent debate over a possible move to the Australian A-League has once more forced even the non-football fans to choose a side of the fence - for or
A show-pony. A drama queen. The best football player to come out of Australia.
Just the mention of his name prompts the football fan to opine. It's impossible not to, given his remarkably high-profile successes and failures. The recent debate over a possible move to the Australian A-League has once more forced even the non-football fans to choose a side of the fence - for or
Posted in A-League, Carlos Tevez, Dwight Yorke, Harry Kewell, Marquee, Twitter, World Cup
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
My Favourite Cricketer: Shane Warne by Murray Middleton
Posted on 10:14 AM by Unknown
My Favourite Cricketer is a series of special features run simultaneously on World Cricket Watch and Balanced Sports where we invite the world's best cricket writers and bloggers to tell us why one player has become their favourite. Today, it's another inevitability: an Australian writes on Shane Warne. This week's contribution is from Murray Middleton of World Cricket Watch.
My favourite
My favourite
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Arsene Wenger: trying times under the wage-cap
Posted on 5:25 PM by Unknown
As his fief struggles under the weight of a popular uprising, Arsene Wenger's reign from a high castle somewhere in the vicinity of Highbury appears destined to begin a decline. He has reigned justly and in the beauty of esoteric splendour for fifteen years in North London but appears unable to still this latest unrest.
Very few managers in the game have his alchemical ability to consistently
Very few managers in the game have his alchemical ability to consistently
Posted in Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, Manchester City, Real Madrid, SAF, Samir Nasri, Sir Alex Ferguson, transfer
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
An Apologetic for Carlos Tevez
Posted on 2:44 PM by Unknown
An apologetic ... for Carlos Tevez? Just days after a scathing open letter? The same guy writing both? I guess stranger things have happened - remember Julian Faubert once played for Real Madrid.
Less than a week ago, I suggested Carlos Tevez finally "end his Manchester hell" and return once and for all to South America, the Copa Libertadores and probably a smaller pay packet. Many of the
Less than a week ago, I suggested Carlos Tevez finally "end his Manchester hell" and return once and for all to South America, the Copa Libertadores and probably a smaller pay packet. Many of the
Posted in Argentina, Carlos Tevez, Corinthians, Kia Joorabchian, Manchester City, transfer request
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Monday, July 11, 2011
A contest within a contest
Posted on 8:56 AM by Unknown
By Ben Roberts
Recently, during the Melbourne winter, I have taken to following the Major League Baseball from the USA. The sport has three big plus sides for my following it. The first two are that the sheer volume of games played mean that you are guaranteed to be able to follow the scores in a game every day, and the severe time difference between the USA and Melbourne make it perfect for
Recently, during the Melbourne winter, I have taken to following the Major League Baseball from the USA. The sport has three big plus sides for my following it. The first two are that the sheer volume of games played mean that you are guaranteed to be able to follow the scores in a game every day, and the severe time difference between the USA and Melbourne make it perfect for
Friday, July 8, 2011
My Favourite Cricketer: Sir Ian Botham by Jonathon Kilroy
Posted on 11:50 AM by Unknown
My Favourite Cricketer is a series run on Balanced Sports and World Cricket Watch that brings together some of the best Cricket writers and bloggers in the world to reminisce about the players who make us love this game. This week's piece is by debutant Jonathon Kilroy.
It's strange to think that he's been retired for so long because his shadow hovers over English cricket. It's nearly twenty
It's strange to think that he's been retired for so long because his shadow hovers over English cricket. It's nearly twenty
Posted in all-rounder, Australia, Botham's Ashes, cricket, England, Ian Botham, Jonathon Kilroy, My Favourite Cricketer, The Ashes
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Scoring Stats - Messi and Ronaldo lead all (again!)
Posted on 1:25 PM by Unknown
Any statistical analysis of a sporting event can go down one of two main routes. Firstly, they could be raw data, usually expressed as totals or percentages. In football, examples include the number of total corners a team concedes (or forces), the number of minutes a player is on the park for over the course of a season or even how many points a team accumulates. The second format usually
Posted in Bundesliga, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, EPL, La Liga, Lionel Messi, moneyball, Scoring Stats, Serie A
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Charlie Adam: from Bottom to Top
Posted on 6:06 PM by Unknown
Charlie Adam appears to have finally sealed a move to Liverpool, six months after it was first mooted during the January transfer window. Now, the questions that remain aren't so much when and how much (a mooted ₤7 million-plus-loanees), but how he and his magical left boot will fit into Liverpool's now increasingly crowded central midfield. While he indubitably has the skill, fire and vision,
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
An Open Letter to Carlos Tevez
Posted on 8:54 PM by Unknown
Dear Carlos Tevez,
For five years now you've been a shedload of trouble for the entire English Premier League. With this letter, I'd like to invite you to please stop moaning about the loneliness of Northern England and return to Argentina as you have for so long suggested you'd like.
The biannual farce which into which the "Carlos Tevez submits Transfer Request" headline has degenerated - which
For five years now you've been a shedload of trouble for the entire English Premier League. With this letter, I'd like to invite you to please stop moaning about the loneliness of Northern England and return to Argentina as you have for so long suggested you'd like.
The biannual farce which into which the "Carlos Tevez submits Transfer Request" headline has degenerated - which
Posted in "Bomber", Carlos Tevez, Manchester City, Manchester United, Monty Python, transfer, transfer request
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Friday, July 1, 2011
My Favourite Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar, by Subash Jayaraman
Posted on 9:29 AM by Unknown
In a series called "My Favourite Cricketer", it was only a matter of time before Sachin Tendulkar was nominated. Fittingly, this tribute is by Subash Jayaraman of The Cricket Couch, who has contributed to both Balanced Sports and World Cricket Watch.“Gentlemen, Tendulkar never fails”, said the elderly selector. This wasn’t uttered after Sachin Tendulkar had captured the imagination of a
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