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Turkish Delight and Spanish paella in Euro underdog tie

Written on 18 Feb, 2008 at 15:51 in Champions League, Global | viewed 252 views times | Comments

The beauty of the Champions League is not in watching two of the favourites, but a pair of underdogs instead. The return of the Champions League this week is the most eagerly awaited fortnight of football action since the second round... (Continue reading)

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Let Karim be Karim

Written on 13 Feb, 2008 at 19:04 in Arsenal, Global, Ligue 1, Manchester United | viewed 1,842 views times | Comments
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‘Let Bartlett be Bartlett. Instead of comparing Joshua Bartlett to previous Presidents, why not let Bartlett be judged on his own Presidency’. These are the words of Sam, the character played by Rob Lowe in the hit US show, the West... (Continue reading)

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Forget Super Tuesday, what about Super Thursday?

Written on 7 Feb, 2008 at 12:05 in African Cup of Nations, Global | viewed 380 views times | Comments

The world watched Super Tuesday with interest, but it should pay attention to Super Thursday too, writes Ravin Sampat It was very interesting watching Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton headline Super Tuesday with some amazing political rhetoric. All the world’s eyes... (Continue reading)

Inter’s title? Not just yet

Written on 30 Jan, 2008 at 0:28 in Global, Serie A | viewed 148 views times | Comments

Ravin Sampat believes Inter will be rivalled by Roma in the Scudetto race The Serie A race will almost certainly end in a frenzy of excitement judging by the weekend’s results. With Juve getting their first win of 2008 courtesy of... (Continue reading)

Mama Africa is calling

Written on 25 Jan, 2008 at 22:50 in African Cup of Nations, Global | viewed 1,017 views times | Comments

Ravin Sampat analyses why Ghana 2008 should get positive headlines, not negative ones When one says Africa, there are so many negative connotations associated with this word that one would forget that a major footballing tournament is currently taking place in... (Continue reading)

Introito Inter fantastico il derby

Written on 24 Dec, 2007 at 16:08 in Global, Serie A | viewed 293 views times | Comments

Season’s greetings arrive early for Moratti as Inter take a 25-point lead over rivals Milan As the weekend drew to a close and Christmas lights lit all over Italy, Serie A entered the winter break in a position many would have... (Continue reading)

Derby della Madonnina arrives, but does anyone even care?

Written on 19 Dec, 2007 at 23:52 in Global, Serie A | viewed 409 views times | Comments

With Inter seven points ahead, Ravin Sampat looks forward to this weekend’s Milan derby – but does it even matter? This has been a very interesting week extremely active week in the world of Calcio. Firstly, who would have guessed that by... (Continue reading)

Expecting more when they should expect less?

Written on 10 Dec, 2007 at 0:45 in England, Euro 2008, Global | viewed 785 views times | Comments

With the England position increasingly likely to be given to either Fabio Capello or Jose Mourinho, it is time we asked a crucial question: Are England fans expecting too much? In 2006, when Luis Phillipe Scolari was scouted as the next... (Continue reading)

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