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Sir Alex Ferguson Retires as Manager of Manchester United

This morning, Manchester United announced that their manager of 26 years, Sir Alex Ferguson, 71, will retire at the end of the 2012/13 season. Manchester Utd will collect their thirteenth…

May 8, 2013No CommentRead More

Football: Chelsea Fire Roberto Di Matteo Following 3-0 UEFA Champions League 2012/13 Loss to Juventus

At Chelsea Football Club, past performance is not, it would seem, used as an indicator of future success: recent results matter. At least, it would seem, where the manager’s job…

November 21, 20121 CommentRead More

Did Lance Armstrong and Jimmy Savile Try to Use Charity as “Moral Sunscreen”?

Did American Lance Armstrong and Britain’s Sir Jimmy Savile attempt to use charitable giving as a kind of moral sunscreen? asks Robin Scott. Two things have happened on either side…

October 17, 2012No CommentRead More

UEFA Champions League 2012/13 Groups Stage Results – Match Week Two, 2/3 October 2012

The second batch of matches of the UEFA Champions League 2012/13 Group Stage took place this week, with matches across Europe on the evenings of Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd…

October 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Andy Murray’s 2012 US Open Grand Slam Victory: Blessed Relief of True Talent Realised

For a genius, achieving greatness is soothing. For the artist, completing magnum opus is perhaps more relief than pleasure; something which had to be finished. With a tennis racquet in…

September 11, 2012No CommentRead More

PGA Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy Shoots 67 in First Round

Northern Irishman, Rory McIlroy, shot an impressive round of 67 – five under-par – to end the opening day of the US PGA Championship 2012 in joint-second place. McIlroy trails…

August 10, 2012No CommentRead More

Champions League Final 2012: Drama Like No Other

At 10pm on Saturday 19th May 2012, a crowd of well-heeled, well-dressed, well-behaved Bavarians filed out of the theatre onto Maximilianstraße, Munich, Germany. Many of the audience made their way…

May 21, 20122 CommentsRead More

UEFA Champions League Final 2012 – Bayern Munich v Chelsea FC – Match Preview

On the evening of Saturday 19th May 2012, at 20:45 Central European Time, the first ever UEFA Champions League Final featuring a team playing at their home stadium will kick…

May 18, 2012No CommentRead More

Chelsea to Face Bayern Munich in 2012 UEFA Champions League Final

Following a night of high drama in Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu, Bayern Munich booked themselves a dream final at their “home” ground, where they will face Chelsea FC of the…

April 26, 2012No CommentRead More

Review: The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin

Review: <i>The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World</i> by Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin won a Pulitzer Prize for his previous work on energy, The Prize, written 20 years ago. His follow up effort The Quest brings all of that smack bang…

October 23, 2011No CommentRead More