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Excitement continues at top of English Championship table

 March 9, 2015   John Welsh

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It is a commonly shared belief that the vast sums of money available for competing in the English Premier League compares very unfavourably with the amounts earned by those teams participating in the lower tiers of the league hierarchy. The opportunity to earn such revenues is the prize awaiting those football clubs occupying the second […]

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Key fixtures ahead for both Australia and England in Pool A

 March 5, 2015   John Welsh

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With four games now played in Pool A of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, it is becoming increasingly likely that New Zealand will finish as pool leaders especially with a forthcoming match against Afghanistan scheduled. For the remaining three qualifying positions, the outcomes of two key fixtures appear most significant in determining not only […]

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Ligue 1

A New Year heralds a change in Ligue 1 fortunes for Caen

 March 4, 2015   John Welsh

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With the destiny of the 2014-15 French Ligue title set to involve a three way tussle between Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon and Marseille, another team in that league is currently displaying much better form than any of the leading protagonists and were considered near certainties for relegation prior to the Winter break. Caen have won six […]

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England face prospect of early World Cup elimination after defeat by Sri Lanka

 March 2, 2015   John Welsh

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As England scored 309-6 during their allotted 50 overs in their World Cup cricket match against Sri Lanka in Pool A of the tournament, a close contest was envisaged with bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad targeting the opposition opening batsman. Joe Root had scored 121 for England and had been ably supported by Ian […]

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Premier League

A poor week for the Premier League in European competition

 February 27, 2015   John Welsh

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The English Premier League is arguably regarded as the best football in Europe, if not the World, and a recently signed TV package worth over £5 billion for the live screening of matches may justify that assertion. However, such revenues do not guarantee success on the pitch as the performances of English teams in European […]

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Afghanistan Cricket

Afghanistan now face Australians after securing famous World Cup victory

 February 26, 2015   John Welsh

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Neither Afghanistan nor Scotland will win the 2015 Cricket World Cup and are very unlikely to qualify for the quarter-finals, but when they clashed in Dunedin for their third games of the tournament in Pool A, one nation was hopeful of celebrating an inaugural victory in a World Cup competition. Prior to this meeting between […]

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England gain a World Cup foothold as Scotland toil

 February 24, 2015   John Welsh

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After the opening two games of the their World Cup Cricket campaign, there was widespread belief among supporters and journalists alike that the England had suffered two humiliating defeats against both Australia and New Zealand and that their hopes of securing a top four position in Pool A depended on a rapid improvement in both […]

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Bas Dost now proving his ability in Bundesliga after two modest seasons

 February 23, 2015   John Welsh

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Since the resumption of the Bundesliga season following the winter break, Bayern Munich have emphasised their current domination of German football by recovering from a 4-1 opening defeat by Wolfsburg and a 1-1 home draw with Schalke to register three successive league victories without conceding a goal. 8-0 and 6-0 wins against Hamburg and Paderborn […]

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Bradford

Progressive Bradford aiming for Wembley after another epic cup performance

 February 17, 2015   John Welsh

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When Bradford City beat Chelsea 4-2 at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup Fourth Round, it was described as one of the greatest shocks in the history of the tournament and after being drawn against Sunderland for the next stage, few people were expecting another upset. However, the Bradford management team and players did not […]

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Ireland Cricket

Ireland aiming to prove that beating West Indies was not a shock result

 February 16, 2015   John Welsh

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It is now becoming apparent that the staging of an ICC Cricket World Cup would not be complete without the Ireland team creating an early shock result and their four wicket defeat of the West Indies team in a Pool B match should earn even more respect from the other six nations represented in that […]

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