16 November 2010 The missed shot on goal yesterday by Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan is already being called the worst miss of all time, and it’s certainly a contender. (Watch here). But it’s not a certainty for the title, as this effort (below) by Ronny Rosenthal for Liverpool against Aston Villa in 1992 shows. […]

16 November 2010 The missed shot on goal yesterday by Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan is already being called the worst miss of all time, and it’s certainly a contender. (Watch here). But it’s not a certainty for the title, as this effort (below) by former Luton forward Rocky Baptiste shows. Rocky was playing for […]

16 November 2010 It’s already being called the worst miss in football history. It’s certainly a blooper. Qatar’s teenage striker Fahad Khalfan really should have scored this one (see video below) against Uzbekistan to put the Asian Games holders into the quarter-finals yesterday, but hit the post rather than tap into an open goal. Uzbekistan […]

By Brian Sears 15 November 2010 If there is a perception in some quarters that Manchester United are faltering this season, it should be balanced against the fact that they are enjoying their longest ever unbeaten run at the start of a Premier League season. They are unbeaten after 13 league games following the weekend’s […]

By Nick Harris 14 November 2010 John Higgins completed the perfect return to competitive snooker this evening by winning the first event he’s played since April. The former world No1 won the final of Euro Players Tour Championship in Hamm, Germany by beating Shaun Murphy 4-2. The final was Higgins’ seventh match since Friday; he also […]

12 November 2010 Can you identify the sporting arena? We take an aerial view of a topical ball park, football stadium, marathon course, golf course, Games venue, race track, iconic arena, athletic theatre (some literally theatres), pitch, park, stretch of water or wherever else sport takes place. And we ask you to identify it with the […]

By Brian Sears 12 November 2010 Aston Villa’s lunchtime match on Saturday pits them against Manchester United, the team against whom they have found it hardest to win points during the Premier League era. In their previous 36 meetings since summer 1992, Villa have won a mere 18 points, from three wins, nine draws and […]

By Nick Harris 12 November 2010 The former world No1, John Higgins, has returned to action today after a six-month ban with a win in his first match, 4-2 over Joe Jogia, in the first round of the Euro Players Tour Championship in Hamm, Germany. The event is minor but the victory a massive step […]

By Brian Sears 11 November 2010 There’s no nice way of saying this: Fulham are rubbish on the road. They haven’t won an away game in the Premier League since the opening day of last season. That’s as poor as West Ham, which is poor, believe me. That’s 24 games ago. It’s bad, really bad, […]

By Nick Harris 11 November 2010 Vlatko Markovic, the president of the Croatian Football Federation who caused outrage with a recent interview saying no gay players would represent his country during his reign, has marred a subsequently apology by swearing in public at reporters asking him about his apparent discrimination. In an interview published last […]