The Academy
By Aiden McLaughlin ‘We don’t have the legends, we create them.’ Edwin van der Sar, Ajax CEO. There are football academies and then there is the Ajax academy. The roll call[…]
Category: Football
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 21 April
How far would you go to watch a football match? Zeinab disguised herself as a man to overcome a ban on women attending games in Iran. The spirit of youth. […]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 12 April
So here is a Frenchman dressing up as a caveman, singing a Scottish anthem in China. Back in the grass roots, Rugby 7s is kind of quite big in Fiji.[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 April
Break the stigma. It’s OK to speak. Challenging times at the Grand National at Aintree. Down the road here is Jimmy Anderson beaming away at the Lancashire open day. David[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 29 March
Ah; the IPL and their mega selifies. And Michael Clarke with no self-awareness with his choice of cap. But. Mo Salah, that is exactly what you are doing. Anglo-Irish schoolkid[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 23 March
Tayla Harris is a female AFL player (and a pro boxer). Apparently this photo of her wound up the trolls. Respect Kosta Barbarouses Meet the new Six Nations champions. Nika[…]
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Andrew Durante – Captain, Leader, Legend, but also a hell of a nice guy!
By Andrew McGoff This Saturday night Phoenix fans, ex-Phoenix players, sponsors and media will come together to celebrate Andrew Durante’s stellar football career. Stories will be told about how Dura[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 March
Aww; Jonty Taylor keeping an eye on his father. Oh Zinedine Zidane; what are you wearing? It’s up there with Imran Tahir’s Mohawk. Polish football corner: This is how fans[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 March
In another tough week there’s something cool about a photo of Afghani girls practicing taekwondo. What a night for Sergio Ramos. Missed the 2nd leg because he got deliberately yellow[…]
The Reviews Review
By Harbour Heather Yesterday, Minister for Sport Grant Robertson commented on the state of the culture and general high performancce environment in this country. He mentioned how a ‘win at[…]
