By Tim Rich in Kiev 27 April 2016 “I remember my last day in Donetsk,” says Darijo Srna, the captain of Shakhtar, a football club in exile. “It was 16 May 2014. We were told we had to leave quickly. I didn’t take anything from my home. We just took the two cars. My shirts […]
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In quest to find divine, Ranieri makes exceedingly good point
Screen Break By Martin Kelner To sponsor this column, see foot of page 18 April 2016 Does God support a Premier League football team? I’m not a religious man, I only ask because there has been an uncommon amount of talk this week about divine intervention. I was otherwise engaged […]
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‘Willett’s wonder a reminder we’ll miss Alliss, like Evel Knievel’
Screen Break By Martin Kelner To sponsor this column, see foot of page 11 April 2016 This time there was no escape for Murdoch. Regular readers will know the apparently still potent press potentate had a last-minute reprieve at the cricket last week when my tenner and Ben Stokes fell at the […]
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‘With the Windies winning, I made a larger contribution to Murdoch’s connubial bliss than intended’
Screen Break By Martin Kelner To sponsor this column, see foot of page 4 April 2016 You’ll be familiar with William Shakespeare’s famous gag about suffering the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.” Well, if the Bard of Avon were still with us, and wanting to see real suffering, he needed […]
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‘Manage with an iron bar, and you’d break hearts. Literally’
Screen Break By Martin Kelner 28 March 2016 My sister telephoned me just as the Germany – England match was kicking off. It’s a couple of months since we last spoke, so she wanted a comprehensive catch-up. Good timing. No seriously, good timing. She knows I have trouble getting fully engaged in an England friendly, […]
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From Matt Le Tiss to Mao’s last mistress: an Independent life
By Nick Harris 26 March 2016 Goodbye to The Independent as a newspaper, published on paper for the final time on Saturday. It’s been inevitable for some time. It won’t be the last paper […]
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‘No-one wants Hancock reduced to this. Who next, Damon Albarn?’
Screen Break By Martin Kelner 21 March 2016 One of the toughest jobs in sports broadcasting is the immediate post-match interview, the one where the coach or captain is dragged in front of the sponsors’ boards, and some poor sap with a hand-held mic seeks instant reaction. What do you ask? After England’s grand slam success […]
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‘Jonny’s motivational talks are great. But take a crossword’
Screen Break By Martin Kelner 14 March 2016 It’s a simple game, rugby. As ITV pundit Jonny Wilkinson said before Saturday’s Six Nations match between England and Wales: “It’s about growth, it’s about learning, and in order to do that, you’ve got to be prepared to ask questions of yourself constantly, and put yourself in that position. […]
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Football Manager: Fantasy more real than you might imagine
By Alex Stewart 29 February 2016 TRANSFER deadline day this year was its usual mixture of hype, desperation and the occasional genuinely interesting deal. And of course, for me, abuse. For the last three deadline days I have been part of the BBC’s live blogging effort, offering a Football Manager perspective on the day’s comings […]
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Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential race
Welcome to the home page of Sportingintelligence‘s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election. JAMES CORBETT explains the rationale for it below. The vote is scheduled for 26 February and as it approaches this regularly updated guide will be brought to you by seasoned FIFA-watchers, expert observers, reform advocates and multiple contributors including Corbett, Roger Pielke Jnr, […]
