http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/ http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:48 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28194 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 across the street to a restaurant which was showing the UEFA Champions League Final taking place across town at the lit-up Allianz Arena. The good [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/champions-league-final-2012-drama-like-no-other/28194/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:14:06 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28163 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 off, at the Fussball Arena, Munich, Germany, as Bayern Munich take on Chelsea to be crowned UEFA Champions League Winners for the 2011/12 season. Statistics [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-final-2012-bayern-munich-v-chelsea-fc-match-preview/28163/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/ http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:15:14 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=28144 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 Barclays Premier League on 19th May. Fans of Chelsea and Bayern Munich will descend on the Allianz Arena in Munich with the Bundesliga’s Bayern firm [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/chelsea-to-face-bayern-munich-in-2012-uefa-champions-league-final/28144/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/ http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:47:36 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25613 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 into the now ten years old 21st Century with a rather large thud: an 800+ page doorstep of a thud, to be precise. Upon opening [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/review-the-quest-energy-security-and-the-remaking-of-the-modern-world-by-daniel-yergin/25613/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-tuesday-27-september-2011/25216/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-tuesday-27-september-2011/25216/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:06:19 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25216 The second Game Week of UEFA Champions League 2011/12 Group Stage took place on the evening of Tuesday 27th September 2011. Fans around Europe witnessed some high drama as the best club sides battled it out for group stage points. In an entertaining evening, fans saw 23 goals scored in four home wins; two score [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-tuesday-27-september-2011/25216/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-manchester-united-3-1-chelsea-fc/24766/ http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-manchester-united-3-1-chelsea-fc/24766/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:17:27 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24766 Manchester United remained the only club to have gone through the first five matches of the 2011/12 Barclays Premier League season with a 100% record, after they won their most difficult fixture of the season so far, in beating Chelsea 3-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday 18th September 2011. United started once more with a [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-manchester-united-3-1-chelsea-fc/24766/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-tottenham-hotspur-4-0-liverpool/24738/ http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-tottenham-hotspur-4-0-liverpool/24738/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:57:04 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24738 Tottenham Hotspur climbed several places in the 2011/12 Barclays Premier League table on game week four by beating Liverpool FC 4-0 at White Hart Lane in the early kick-off match played on Sunday 18th September 2011. Spurs picked up the comfortable victory following three second half goals against a Liverpool side who were reduced to [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-tottenham-hotspur-4-0-liverpool/24738/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-sunday-18-september-2011/24726/ http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-sunday-18-september-2011/24726/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:03:13 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24726 Four huge Barclays Premier League matches take place on the afternoon of Sunday 18th September 2011, particularly when one considers the matches in the context of how the early 2011/12 table is shaping up: each of the four matches features at least one team from the top five in the table. Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-sunday-18-september-2011/24726/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-saturday-16-september-2011/24721/ http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-saturday-16-september-2011/24721/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:45:12 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24721 The fifth game week of Barclays Premier League 2011/12 begins on Saturday 16 September 2011, when six interesting fixtures are scheduled to take place. Blackburn v Arsenal – Kick-Off (BST) 12:45 Saturday’s early kick-off match sees two sides who have started poorly this season both looking to get their league campaign back on track. Blackburn [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/barclays-premier-league-201112-fixtures-saturday-16-september-2011/24721/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-wednesday-14-september-2011/24683/ http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-wednesday-14-september-2011/24683/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:50:42 +0000 Robin Scott http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24683 The second evening of Group Stage fixtures in UEFA Champions League 2011/12 took place on Wednesday 14th September 2011, with a couple of upsets on a night of high quality football as the teams in groups A, B, C and D got their first European Group Stage match under their belts for the season. Group [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/uefa-champions-league-201112-results-wednesday-14-september-2011/24683/feed/ 0