Vuvuzela is adding buzz to world cup
The BBC is considering offering a ‘red button service’ in a bid to appease complaints surrounding the sound of the vuvuzela.
The noise of the plastic horn has become a hotly-debated issue since the start of the World Cup in South Africa last Friday.
On Tuesday morning the BBC confirmed it has received 545 [...]
World Cup ball gets excuses rolling
Every time the World Cup comes around, we expect a load of balls to be talked. Particularly if the pundits are talking up England’s chances. But this year (just like last time(, we are being asked to believe that the ball will be a problem. The engineers who have designed the official [...]
February 22, 2010Are self-obsessed sportsmen really news?
I thyink you might agree with me on this one. There are surely rather too many vacuous sportsmen apologising for their inadequacies at the moment? Now admittedly, I don’t think we’ll ever see Ashley Cole apologising for anything, no matter how crass his behavious. But recently, even his noxious behaviour has been [...]
September 10, 2009England are Actually Looking Good
I suggest that I was not the only one pinching myself in amazement last night as England walked into the World Cup finals. And this was actually the second time we have thrashed out old nemesis Croatia.
As the players are largely the ones who looked so clueless under Sven Urine Eriksson and [...]
Where’s my football club gone?
Here we are in high summer with the Ashes starting and my thoughts have turned to football. And all because my local paper, the East Anglian Daily Times has seen fit once again to print some spurious nonsense from the chief executive of the club I used to support - Ipswich Town.
You might think [...]