The world of youth football tournaments is grand - from the enormous USA Cup in Minnesota to the Norway and Dana Cups of Northern Europe. Around 1000 teams participate in each of these tournaments and they offer a stunning spectacle.
June 22, 2007
By Callum Yitz Premiership footballers have recently been the centre of public hatred. Apparently, they’re ignorant, cocky, and selfish and care mainly about their bank balance. But is this perception accurate? People moan about the amount of money they earn. £100,000 a week is an awful lot of money, and when you compare their wage… [Read more…]
June 20, 2007
By Matthew Day British channel Five will put Italy’s Serie A back on terrestrial television for the first time in five years after snapping up the rights, though Setanta Sports are expected to retain the majority of live matches. It could mean a return for the ever-popular James Richardson, the former presenter of Channel 4‘s… [Read more…]
June 19, 2007
By Matthew Day Villarreal only reached the Primera División for the first time in 1998 (and were relegated the following year) but the club clearly doesn’t live up to the stereotypes that come with stadium that holds just 23,000 spectators in a town of merely 50,000 inhabitants. Reaching the Primera in Spain was celebrated, but… [Read more…]
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