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Video games are good for you!
Bigger than the cinema box office, bigger than music and bigger than books, the video games industry is big business. Global software revenues exceed £30 billion a year, and are predicted to rise to nearly £60 billion a year by 2015. Yet its growth and success are little known. Games are played by hundreds of millions of people around the world.
By Ian Livingstone | Bytesize, Digital Digest, Notebook | Thursday, 7 March 2013 at 1:04 pm
Daily Express, Dutch, BMX, Royal Mail, FIFA, Little London Girl
What’s trending and why?
By Ellen E Jones | Notebook | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 at 10:46 am
Nicklas Bendtner’s fine: UEFA’s approach to racism isn’t hypocritical – it’s all part of the package
Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner has been fined 100,000 euros and banned for one match for showing his pants. A much-retweeted sardonic comment laid it out thus: “UEFA fines: £45,000 Spain 2004 (racism); £16,500 Serbia 2007 (racism); £10,000 Croatia 2008 (racism). €100,000 Bendtner (exposing pants).”
By Alex Hochuli | Notebook, Opinion, Sport | Tuesday, 19 June 2012 at 11:19 am
Sepp Blatter: Penalty shoot-outs must remain, they’re football’s great leveller
As England supporters, we should scorn at any such deciding factor within football. On so many occasions have we watched our team fall foul at a single kick of a football.
By Josh Barrie | Football, Sport | Friday, 25 May 2012 at 3:29 pm
Victor Buhler tells us why African football is “beautiful”
Award winning film-maker Victor Buhler talks to Christian Adofo about his new film, “The Beautiful Game”, football in Africa and his hopes for the continent’s future.
By Christian Adofo | Film, Football, Notebook | Thursday, 3 May 2012 at 12:07 pm
Hurricane Blatter meets English tumbleweed
Two of the Premier League’s biggest stars are alleged to have made racist comments. With these cases pending, it’s easy to see why the Premier League released such a colourless statement.
By Musa Okwonga | Opinion, Sport | Friday, 18 November 2011 at 12:31 pm
Blatter, race, and status quo
You see, on one level, what Blatter said can be laughed off as the fumblings of an out-of-touch fool. “Rise above it”, etc. Except you can’t rise above it, and that’s the whole point. Blatter is the top dog.
By Musa Okwonga | Sport | Thursday, 17 November 2011 at 11:34 am
Mikel Arteta top scores as Jack Wilshere returns to action (sort of)
We get the footballer reaction on Twitter to Fifa 12.
By Simon Rice | Sport | Thursday, 29 September 2011 at 1:44 pm
FA to hire anti-corruption experts to cope with match-fix threat
The Football Association’s concerns over gambling-related corruption has prompted the governing body to hire external expert advisers to deal with the threat.
By Alex Miller | Sport | Wednesday, 6 July 2011 at 12:55 pm
An autobiography of FIFA
I am FIFA – the single most powerful sports organisation in the world. I am the one that organizes what is undoubtedly the greatest competition one will see every four years.
I have the power to bring joy and despair to millions of people in each country. When I visit you, you know you are about [...]
By Varun Mathure | Sport | Wednesday, 1 June 2011 at 5:26 pm
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