World Cup 2010: Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands
The entertainment and excitement is due to be elsewhere this evening. The Netherlands against Cameroon sounds, at a distance, as if it should be a match of colour and flair,...
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World Cup 2010: Cameroon 1-2 Denmark
A match so good even Peter Drury couldn’t spoil it. “Two nations living just a little on their history,” he notes, as the teams come out. And, as an English...
World Cup 2010: Japan 1-0 Cameroon
Sloppy, unprofessional, boring, unimaginative. And that was just Guy Mowbray and Mark Lawrenson in the BBC commentary box. Whilst not personally agreeing with the decision, I could see reasons for...
World Cup Tales: Reflections Upon England In Italy, 1990
The concept of England having a high level of expectation at the time of a World Cup finals is a comparatively recent one. As recently as 1990, most adults could...
World Cup Preview: Group E
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup now just four weeks away, you should by now be able to visualise those wretched pull-out "Come On England" St. George's flags which come...
The World Cup Of National Anthems (Part Three)
For many people, major sports tournaments are the only occasion that national anthems are heard. These peculiar tunes have become a genre of their own, transcending the mere hymns that...
The African Cup Of Nations – The Story So Far
Mark Murphy has been slumped on his couch watching the African Cup of Nations for the last couple of weeks. He peeled himself away to bring us up to date...
Angola 2010: The African Cup of Nations
Mark Murphy is our man for the African Cup of Nations, which begins this month in Angola. Mark takes us through the runners and riders for the second most important...