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Murder in Serbia
By: Dan |
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Grim news from Belgrade this morning, where a Toulouse fan who was assaulted prior to the French club’s group stage match with Partizan Belgrade died in the hospital. Unfortunately, in the world of Serbian football, this murder is another bullet point on a long list of violence that actually includes previous deaths.
I’m wondering if [...]
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Crime committed, celebrities not involved.
By: Dan | 1 Comment
In case you hadn’t already heard, UEFA is investigating a rather significant number of European qualifying round matches from recent seasons for evidence of match fixing. There really isn’t a whole lot to say about match fixing that doesn’t invite a response of ‘duh, really?’. That altering the results of sporting contests for [...]
Hey everybody, let’s deconstruct the taboo around diving.
By: Dan | 6 Comments
Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Francesco Totti, Hernan Crespo, Arjen Robben: all talented, renowned international footballers, yet the sight of their names is no doubt making some readers percolate with rage. These men are some of the more prominent players that have been branded with the label of ‘diver.’ Their talents will be forced [...]
Group Stage: Match Day 1
By: Dan | 1 Comment
After two days of eminently predictable action in ‘the world’s premier club competition,’ the Europa League group stages kicked off. I have to say, given that it’s only the first match day out of six, and way too early to overreact to results, it was not bad for a day’s work.
I definitely [...]
The Pesants Revolt
By: Dan | 1 Comment
Sometimes, the rule breaking by the rich and powerful is so blatant that even the proper authorities cannot ignore it, and are compelled to actually enforce the laws on the books. I suspect this is how we arrived at Chelsea’s transfer ban, and the investigations into the dealings of Manchester City and Manchester United. [...]
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