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Lampard Seals Chelsea FA Cup Final Victory Over Everton

Chelsea beat Everton in FA Cup Final 2009, despite the Liverpool club opening the scoring on 25 seconds with fastest ever goal.…

May 30, 20091 CommentRead More

Chelsea & Everton Prepare for FA Cup Final 2009 at Sweltering Wembley

As the mercury climbs towards 30 degrees centigrade and the British public are basking in late May sunshine, 22 men will be considerably less enamoured with the blistering temperatures, come…

May 30, 20092 CommentsRead More

O’Connell to Captain British & Irish Lions in Opening Game

The manager of the British & Irish Lions Tour to South Africa, Gerald Davies, has this morning announced the Lions team for the first Tour match of 2009.…

May 28, 2009No CommentRead More

Barcelona Lift 2009 UEFA Champions League, Beating Manchester United 2-0

Barcelona have won the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final by two goals to nil after beating the favourites, Manchester United, in tonight’s final at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. United, who…

May 27, 20091 CommentRead More

UEFA Champions League Final 2009 – Barcelona v Manchester United in Rome

All eyes will point towards Rome this evening as, at 19:45BST the UEFA Champions League Final 2009 between FC Barcelona and Manchester United kicks off in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. A…

May 27, 20092 CommentsRead More

Western World Worries Over North Korean Missile Testing

The day after performing nuclear testing, North Korea has tested two missiles, to a background cacophony of Western hypocrisy. It would appear that having nuclear weapons alone is not worthy…

May 26, 20091 CommentRead More

Minister Opens World Justice Festival

This afternoon, the Minister for International Development, Douglas Alexander MP, opened the Edinburgh World Justice Festival, with a speech at City Chambers. The EWJF aims to tackle the issues surrounding…

May 22, 2009No CommentRead More

Whitelee: Largest UK Onshore Windfarm Comes Online Amid Turbulent Times

The Whitelee development on Eaglesham Moor, East Renfrewshire, just South of Glasgow, in Scotland, is the UK’s largest onshore windfarm which from Tuesday this week is now actively contributing enough…

May 21, 2009No CommentRead More

Jerry Flannery Ruled out of British & Irish Lions Tour 2009

British and Irish Lions management have confirmed tonight that Jerry Flannery, the Ireland and Muster hooker, is officially ruled out of the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South…

May 20, 2009No CommentRead More

Book Review: Kate Atkinson – When Will There Be Good News?

The first chapters of this book bear an eerie resemblance to the case of Josie Russell, who survived an attack in which her sister and mother died. The details are…

May 17, 2009No CommentRead More