Society views athletes like modern-day gladiators. It's hard to believe that they are human beings with feelings, just like anyone else. Ryan Giggs is a Manchester United legend who has won it all from league titles to Champions League titles.
The prosecutor alleged that Giggs "deliberately elbowed" Emma Greville in the jaw and then "entirely lost his self-control" and "deliberately headbutted" Kate Greville. Chris Daw QC, defending Giggs, said his client accepted there was "minor and accidental contact...
Prosecutor Peter Wright told the jury at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester that while Giggs’ soccer skills were a thing of beauty, his off-field life was very different. “In the privacy of his own personal life at home or behind closed doors, there was, we say the facts revea...
“I remember our own personal duel,” the now Inter vice-president said six years ago, when Ryan reminded him of that last-eight tie. “You are one of the toughest opponents I have ever played against!” If you were perhaps surprised that Giggs skirted over greats like Cafu, Alves, Lah...