Unless the event has demonstrably been a shambles, the most predictable element in any international sports tournament is the organisers declaring it “the best ever”. Those responsible for the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup, which finishes on Saturday with the holders England playing South Africa at...
Therefore, in a culture obsessed with marginal gains, maintaining an open and constructive relationship with journalists can sometimes be the difference between a team being celebrated for their brave efforts in defeat or condemned for their losses. Former England manager Gareth Southg...
So when the customer meets me at the counter of my day job and learns that I’m from England they typically ask me what my favourite team is. When I say Widnes Vikings – my local hometown rugby team – they look confused, expecting me to say one of the three teams they prefer from...
When you play with emotion, that's when players become dangerous. And that's when we, South Africa, I feel, become dangerous. Once we play with emotion and we aren't so neutral [we become dangerous] - neutral in the sense that we are going to play this game and we want ...
He downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron (中队) as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in England,可得知。小题3:细节判断题。由第四段 McKay’s war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London — an explanation for why he was all ...
Today’s generation of athletes see culture, sports, and music as one, and go all-in and all-out for something bigger than themselves: their team. Six months after Protect This House officially re-entered the global sports vernacular, Under Armour has teamed up with Minnesota superstar wide ...
Byline: Adam HathawayREFORMED referee-baiter Dylan Hartley has vowed to be teacher's pet during the Six Nations when England kick off against France in Paris on Saturday.Hartley's career has seen a succession of rows with officials and reached a new low when he was sent off by Wayne ...
The damage that such an act would have done to the conservatives – both Liberal and National – during an election campaign would be immeasurable. So what did they decide to do? Well, on the surface, at least it looks as though they decided to double up on her pain. ...
A general view of the bar in Paul Doyle's garden prior to the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between London and Galway at McGovern Park in Ruislip, London, England. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile Post-Saturday training (or 'cancelled' training), back on the...
The German complaint, in a nutshell, is that English football is driven too much by the pressures of the marketplace, and not enough by what the English fan’s themselves love to call “England’s game.” In order to promote the sport over the marketplace, the German Bundesliga invented ...