Vicente del Bosque
Laurent Koscielny at last appreciated, but will leave the headlines for others against Spain
Vicente Del Bosque is a man who doesn’t mix his words. He sits proudly, almost aggressively as the coach, the leader, the boss of Spain – the European and World Champions.
They face France later, for a place in the last four of Euro 2012. It’s a crunch clash, but despite the heat and exhaustion of [...]
By Jamie Sanderson | Football | Saturday, 23 June 2012 at 11:41 am
Dr. Mourinho declares Capello unfit for national service
As doctors go, he was unusually brutal in his diagnosis, and some would say that he was unprofessional in going so public with it. Last week, Dr. Mourinho took one look at the ailing Fabio Capello and proclaimed him unfit for national service. “It is clear. Capello will not work for England”, he announced. [...]
By Musa Okwonga | Sport | Monday, 30 August 2010 at 11:13 am
Why Roy Keane should listen to Björk
In “It’s Oh So Quiet”, an old Horst Winter song which she covered in 1995, Björk sang of the stillness that we feel the moment before we fall, suddenly and explosively, in love. Roy Keane, a brooding soul when it comes to his football, is prone to periods of long silence before his tongue falls, suddenly and explosively, in love with the truth; which is why these lyrics seem to capture him as well as anything you’ll find in music.
By Musa Okwonga | Sport | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 11:45 am
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