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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: May 28, 2012
Germany and Bayern Munich’s latest No. 1, Manuel Neuer, succeeded in proving his worth to the latter’s fans this past season. Success of a more tangible variety proved more elusive for the goalkeeper, however, as Bayern found themselves second best in the campaign’s various deciders. Neuer will be keen to play his part in ensuring the German national side go one better at Euro 2012. Neuer...
Published: May 21, 2012
The Republic of Ireland’s last appearance at a major international tournament was in the 2002 World Cup, when they progressed to the last 16. Spain needed penalties to knock them out. Then, as now, Robbie Keane was pivotal to their hopes of progression. Keane has had a memorable 10 years since in individual terms, becoming his country’s all-time leading scorer (as well as enjoying several...
Published: May 16, 2012
That whether or not Rio Ferdinand would be part of England’s Euro 2012 squad had become an issue in recent months is testament to the ever-changing nature of sport. In addition to the John Terry-part of this story, Ferdinand’s form and fitness with Manchester United this season saw the centre-half force his way back into contention. Lest we forget, Ferdinand’s last England appearance...
Published: May 9, 2012
Monday saw Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad of 23 for the upcoming European Championships announced. Eight stand-by players have been announced in case of injury to one of the initial group. It was also noted that Wigan Athletic midfielder James McCarthy would not be included as he had asked to be withdrawn following his father’s cancer diagnosis. The squad, in positional...
Published: April 29, 2012
So there we were, all but certain that the next England manager would be Harry Redknapp. Calls had been growing for the Football Association to make an announcement in regards to their intention for who should lead the national team into this summer’s European Championships, but nobody quite expected this. Early on Sunday evening the FA released a statement on their website announcing that “West...
Published: May 16, 2011
It is probably no coincidence that England’s one major tournament win, the 1966 World Cup, came from a team consisting of some of their best ever players. Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks and Alan Ball, to name but a few. The rest of the side wasn’t bad either, and under the management of Alf Ramsey, it was the one time in the England national team’s history that everything...