The assumption that Simonsen had just returned from a freebie to his old club Barca for

The assumption that Simonsen had just returned from a freebie to his old club Barca, for the Champions League final, was instantly shot down. “I was in the Faroes coaching my squad,” he said, “but it takes a long time to get round the various islands.”Only three of Simonsen’s team – striker Todi Jonsson at [...]

We’re here to talk about our game on Sunday and we’re playing Gillingham

“We’re here to talk about our game on Sunday and we’re playing Gillingham. I know it’s a great line for you but comparisons are inappropriate.”Indeed, they are But they also happen to be inevitable. At the end of the week in which Manchester United completed their historic treble, Manchester City tackle the first leg of [...]

The players in red plus Schmeichel in green formed a guard of honour

The players in red, plus Schmeichel in green, formed a guard of honour, but with their arms around each other, at the end of which they placed the European Cup. Keane, who looked only marginally less bashful than Scholes, walked through, accepting the solidarity of fellow titans turned into ordinary mortals for the night.The chief [...]

Of course we would want to enter the top division when the stadium is ready and all the infrastructure is

Of course, we would want to enter the top division when the stadium is ready and all the infrastructure is in place, but in life opportunities come around and only a fool says ‘No, I’m not going to take that because maybe I’m not ready for it’.”I think you’ve got to grasp your chance and [...]

You only have to look at NASCAR [America's top motorsports category for heavily modified road cars]

“You only have to look at NASCAR [America's top motorsports category for heavily modified road cars] to see the potential that it has.”The problem facing anybody who has to provide an entertain-ment like F1 is that most viewers now have the choice of as many as 50 channels. If those viewers are not purists they [...]

Need we say more? On in the 67th minute scores equaliser and tees up

Need we say more? On in the 67th minute, scores equaliser and tees up the winner with a deft header. Oh, and medal No 3.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (15 goals)9 September Premiership (v Charlton) Partners Yorke On target twice.21 October Champions’ League (v Brondby). Comes on for Cole in 60th minute and scores with first touch.29 [...]

Nearly a year later the case came to court and an Afrikaaner judge Tjibbe Spoelstra ruled that the death had been a

Nearly a year later, the case came to court and an Afrikaaner judge, Tjibbe Spoelstra, ruled that the death had been a “tragic freak accident”. Zwane still has an ANC poster to show for it.The police did not arrest Steyn for three days, and they did not search his house until the fourth. President Mandela, [...]

Yet the existence of these bodies reminds the nation just how savage the violence in Northern Ireland has been

Yet the existence of these bodies reminds the nation just how savage the violence in Northern Ireland has been. Sinn Fein is as anxious as anyone to have their remains quickly disinterred and returned.The evasions and equivocations of negotiating politicians are music in comparison to the sound of bullets and blast bombs. Rather than having [...]

Welcome to the world’s greatest democracy

Welcome to the world’s greatest democracy.The least satisfactory part of the book concerns the New Yorker. It is clear that the internal politics of New York magazine publishing makes the Borgia family appear to be models of openness and good government. The New Yorker, under its celebrated – or loathed, according to your views – [...]

Horror Gothic Mystery Romance Science Fiction you name it

Horror, Gothic, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, you name it. But why stick to one genre? As befits a man like me, a man of protean sensibilities and handmade crocodile shoes (bet you’ve never even seen a handmade crocodile), my novels will be cross-genre Something for everybody. Would you like to read the opening paragraphs? Well [...]

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