http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 26 May 2013 04:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/24/new-day-slowly-rising-as-brasileirao-gets-underway-brazilian-football-stumbles-rather-than-leaps-into-the-future/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/24/new-day-slowly-rising-as-brasileirao-gets-underway-brazilian-football-stumbles-rather-than-leaps-into-the-future/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 15:31:51 +0000 James Young http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=35188 The average Serie A crowd last year was 13,000 - comparable to Australia’s A-League.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/24/new-day-slowly-rising-as-brasileirao-gets-underway-brazilian-football-stumbles-rather-than-leaps-into-the-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/21/a-changing-of-the-guards-in-english-football/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/21/a-changing-of-the-guards-in-english-football/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:01:37 +0000 John Blavo http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=35083 The guard has changed at Old Trafford for the first time in 26 years. Meanwhile, down the road, the man who brought Manchester City their first title in a generation is on his way. As Wigan go down, their much-coveted manager is set to field offers from many bigger clubs. And, of course, the self-styled Special One may be on his way back to Stamford Bridge.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/21/a-changing-of-the-guards-in-english-football/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/20/nike-kit-deal-puts-england-at-no-2-in-the-world-but-which-country-is-top/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/20/nike-kit-deal-puts-england-at-no-2-in-the-world-but-which-country-is-top/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:12 +0000 Alex Miller http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=35042 As England’s new football strip – made by Nike – is revealed today, new research shows the English FA are now second in the world in terms of income from their kit manufacturer.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/20/nike-kit-deal-puts-england-at-no-2-in-the-world-but-which-country-is-top/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/psg-and-the-french-league-must-be-more-proactive-in-dealing-with-hooliganism/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/psg-and-the-french-league-must-be-more-proactive-in-dealing-with-hooliganism/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:14 +0000 Matthew Riding http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34936 Since PSG’s exit to Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League quarter-final in April, PSG have been surrounded by nothing but controversy.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/psg-and-the-french-league-must-be-more-proactive-in-dealing-with-hooliganism/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/the-ghost-at-the-feast-luiz-felipe-scolari-hopes-that-dropping-ronaldinho-for-the-confederations-cup-wont-come-back-to-haunt-brazil/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/the-ghost-at-the-feast-luiz-felipe-scolari-hopes-that-dropping-ronaldinho-for-the-confederations-cup-wont-come-back-to-haunt-brazil/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 12:54:24 +0000 James Young http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34931 There was no place for Kaká, Alexandre Pato of Corinthians, Chelsea’s Ramires, and, most perplexingly of all, Ronaldinho Gáucho]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/15/the-ghost-at-the-feast-luiz-felipe-scolari-hopes-that-dropping-ronaldinho-for-the-confederations-cup-wont-come-back-to-haunt-brazil/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/13/anthony-knockaert-and-other-examples-of-sporting-justice/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/13/anthony-knockaert-and-other-examples-of-sporting-justice/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:32:46 +0000 Paul Howarth http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34869 Anthony Knockaert's dive in the box, followed by his penalty miss and Watford's late winner, smacked of a beautiful natural justice.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/05/13/anthony-knockaert-and-other-examples-of-sporting-justice/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/the-feel-good-factor-in-belo-horizonte-may-not-extend-to-the-brazil-national-team/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/the-feel-good-factor-in-belo-horizonte-may-not-extend-to-the-brazil-national-team/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:58:31 +0000 James Young http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34490 Rio de Janeiro? As stale as yesterday’s päo de queijo. São Paulo? As cutting edge as a mid-nineties Now That’s What I Call Music CD. These days, the footballing place to be in Brazil is Belo Horizonte.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/26/the-feel-good-factor-in-belo-horizonte-may-not-extend-to-the-brazil-national-team/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/surprise-package-st-etienne-clinch-first-major-trophy-for-32-years/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/surprise-package-st-etienne-clinch-first-major-trophy-for-32-years/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:11:19 +0000 Matthew Riding http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34445 St Etienne have won their first major trophy for 32 years after beating Rennes in the final of the French League Cup.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/surprise-package-st-etienne-clinch-first-major-trophy-for-32-years/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/chorus-of-approval/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/chorus-of-approval/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:03 +0000 Paul Howarth http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34428 An inspired celebratory soundtrack at Old Trafford and other musical doozies from the world of sport.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/chorus-of-approval/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/italian-football-divided-on-medical-progression-since-the-death-of-piermario-morosini/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/italian-football-divided-on-medical-progression-since-the-death-of-piermario-morosini/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:12:54 +0000 Dylan Fahy http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34407 Mascia unveiled a placard dedicating the away end of the stadium to the Livorno midfielder, who suffered cardiac arrest during a Serie B encounter with Pescara exactly a year ago.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/23/italian-football-divided-on-medical-progression-since-the-death-of-piermario-morosini/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/16/olympiakos-starlet-kostas-rougkalas-confident-of-greece-recovery/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/16/olympiakos-starlet-kostas-rougkalas-confident-of-greece-recovery/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:50:46 +0000 Chris Wheatley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34195 Kostas Rougkalas is a Greek Under-19 international defender who recently skippered Olympiakos against Europe’s elite academy sides in the NextGen series.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/16/olympiakos-starlet-kostas-rougkalas-confident-of-greece-recovery/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/11/zero-dark-thirteen-brazilian-football-wallows-in-the-mire-of-corruption/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/11/zero-dark-thirteen-brazilian-football-wallows-in-the-mire-of-corruption/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:59:44 +0000 James Young http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34091 If the 2014 World Cup is to signal the arrival of Brazilian football’s brave new world, a desperately needed fresh start for the game in a country where on-field majesty is usually matched by administrative skulduggery, it can’t come soon enough.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/11/zero-dark-thirteen-brazilian-football-wallows-in-the-mire-of-corruption/feed/ 3