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17 March 2010 John Lloyd has resigned as Britain’s Davis Cup captain less than a fortnight after the British team lost to Lithuania – minus their best player, Andy Murray, who opted not to appear for his country in a match GB almost certainly would have won if he’d played . That was GB’s fifth straight […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 Britain’s William Sichel, the ultra-marathon runner who hopes to become the first man in a decade to finish a 1,000-mile run, reach the 200-mile mark today in Athens in a time of 53 hours 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Sichel is taking part in the 1,000-mile World Cup event […]

15 March 2010 David Beckham will miss the World Cup this summer after tearing his Achilles tendon playing for Milan against Chievo last night. The BBC report here provides details, plus Ian Dennis’s assessment that Beckham’s England career is also now over. Beckham is on loan at Milan only because of his fierce desire to […]

By Nick Harris 13 March 2010 Arsene Wenger is no ordinary football man; we’ve known that since he arrived in England in 1996. And in today’s Independent, in a fascinating interview with Charles Nevin, published in the paper’s magazine, there’s yet more evidence. “The moral values I’ve learnt in my life I’ve learnt through football,” […]

12 March 2010 One of the more preposterous facts that’s come to our attention this week is that Fifa says the World Cup trophy can be touched only by “heads of state and former winners”. So much for the people’s game, eh? This titbit came to our intention in this CNN video, which features an […]

11 March 2010 The so-called “Red Knights” group that hopes to raise £1bn-plus to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family released the following statement via their City PR firm today: “The Red Knights are pleased to confirm that Nomura, the global investment bank, has agreed to advise on a possible acquisition of Manchester United.  […]

8 March 2010 Sir Stirling Moss, 80, is recovering in hospital this evening after falling down a lift shaft at his home and breaking six bones, although his spirits are high enough for him to be joking about it. He, or rather an aide, has even posted a photograph of the lift in question on […]

6 March 2010 Michelle Obama, wife of the American president Barack, has again talked publicly about what a great game football (soccer) is. Unlike multiple politicians before her, she’s not claiming an affinity with a particular team to score electoral points. She’s just emphasising that footie is a good sport to pursue for fitness. If […]

5 March 2010 The NFL’s salary cap does not exist from today, and nor is there any longer a lower limit to what teams can spend on wages. For those who don’t follow the NFL closely, there’s some background to the current extraordinary situation on the NFL website, while Reuters gives a short and simple […]

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