The right to broadcast football in pubs

‘It is not illegal for a publican to subscribe to a foreign broadcaster. The issue in the Portsmouth case is whether it’s legal to screen it in public’

By The Sports Lawyer | Sport | Thursday, 10 February 2011 at 1:23 pm

Must watch: The referee may in fact be blind

Still angry that Frank Lampard’s goal against Germany didn’t count? If the answer is yes, then move on.  Seriously. Especially when you put it in to context. The following incident had fans asking, with genuine seriousness, if the referee was indeed blind…

The team robbed of a goal was Costa Rican outfit Alajuelense, who eventually lost [...]

By Simon Rice | Sport | Wednesday, 9 February 2011 at 1:49 pm

It just keeps getting better for Liverpool

The Independent recently launched a new feature using Facebook that allows football fans to follow the latest news on their team.
All you have to do is click the ‘like’ button and then every story concerning your team goes straight to your Facebook newsfeed. It’s a simple and effective way of keeping up on all the [...]

By Simon Rice | Sport | Monday, 7 February 2011 at 3:23 pm

Carlos Tevez and Co caught in the snood

It’s the great debate that’s been dogging Fifa for the past few years, the issue at the forefront of football and one that can’t be ignored any longer.
The World Cup was ruined by it and had the technology been around at the 1966 World Cup, history would have looked very different. Yes. It’s the snood.
Fifa [...]

By Simon Rice | Sport | Friday, 4 February 2011 at 1:44 pm

W…W…W… West Ham, Wigan and Wolves want a point per game

What do West Ham, Wigan and Wolverhampton all have in common aside from all beginning with the 23rd letter of the alphabet and all being current occupants of the Premier League’s relegation zone?
They are also the only three Premier League sides so far unable to muster a point per game on average [...]

By Brian Sears | Sport | Friday, 4 February 2011 at 1:06 pm

Chelsea relishing Liverpool visit for Torres’ debut – and more

For a variety of reasons – Ole, ole – Chelsea fans will welcome Liverpool to Stamford Bridge this weekend.
Not least of them will be that in the Premier League, they’ve seen their team win a dozen times at home against Liverpool in 18 attempts. Chelsea’s record is the same against Tottenham but no other [...]

By Brian Sears | Sport | Friday, 4 February 2011 at 12:53 pm

Bankers’ pay is crazy. Footballers’ pay is not

There is plenty that is wrong with Premier League football but the fact that it makes quality footballers as rich as Croesus is not one of them.

By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 3 February 2011 at 8:59 pm

Why Luis Suarez will be a hit at Anfield

Luis Suarez will make his Liverpool debut tonight against Stoke and could make an instant impact. The Reds new no.7, who celebrated his 24th birthday last month, has moved at a good stage in his career.

By Majid Mohamed | Sport | Wednesday, 2 February 2011 at 3:58 pm

Transfer crazy even by the mad world of the Premier League

I have always believed that if you gave a football club £5 they would spend it… likewise £500, £5000, £5m or even £5bn.
Often the players are of the same ilk. The difference from when Trevor Francis became the first million pound footballer over 30 years ago is that the agents are very influential today and [...]

By Gary Newbon | Sport | Tuesday, 1 February 2011 at 5:02 pm

Has the world of football lost all respect for the value of money?

There are few days in a year like transfer deadline day. It is a time when the rich men of the world who run football clubs decide to show off just how ridiculously well off they are, and last night was no exception.
After having returned from a pleasant dinner at 2300, incidentally the time when [...]

By Varun Mathure | Sport | Tuesday, 1 February 2011 at 4:51 pm