England have won this competition twice, and a host of World Cup winners have achieved prominence on the back of performances in the European U-21s...
We’re often told that there are no such things as easy games in international football. This has never been more true than for England’s poor score draw with an underwhelming Switzerland side. But what did we learn from the game?
The awful decision to start with Milner sees England draw 2-2 against a Switzerland side who wouldn't win the Championship...
Football's number one villain Sepp Blatter stands unopposed for reelection as FIFA president today despite being mired in corruption. Here's why the people's game should be returned to the people and how we can do it.
James DeGale and George Groves have shaken hands and said that the winner will get the whole purse, here's a look at why I think he'll be our next superstar...
The now dead al-Qaeda leader laid intricate plans to target the England team during France 98 - specifically the Arsenal and Manchester United st...
As far as i'm concerned, the moaners can jog on. Even if West Ham do go down, Scott Parker deserves his Football Writers Award. He's a good playe...
From Gazza to Wazza, footballing talismen have become the stuff of legend in this country, thanks in no small part to Roy Race and his animated h...
What was touted as a battle of the historical rivals turned into a training exercise as England beat Wales 2-0. You did see John Terry spit on th...
England’s knackered voyagers have entertained us royally in an epic winter. But after a ten-wicket shoeing from Sri Lanka and their colourful fans, they can make like Ulysses and head home at last.
John Terry giving it the big 'I Am', Andy Carroll' doing helicopter impressions and Fabio Capello eating jam sandwi...
It's not the spoilt-professionals who are responsible for England's lack of national footballing success, it's the ...
The tries, the tears, the Slams, that semi-final - when England and Scotland take to the rugby field, it's not spor...
Cricketers these days have to be fit as fiddles, but as the Cricket World cup rumbles on with England facing Bangla...
Excited for the next enthralling encounter in the RBS Six Nations? No, neither am I. It reminds me of the horror that was school sports...
After six weeks of plenty of wine, no women and enough baccy, biscuits and beer to keep a small band of sailors happy from here to the Cape of Go...
3 more wickets to win the Ashes and send Australian cricket into the age of introspection. Just hurry up about it...
My bunker has been invaded, Cook has broken more records and Johnson continues to sling rubbish...
The painkillers are sending me doolally, Hasselhoff makes an appearance and Athers seems to have something to say about Bumble...
Australia may be a busted flush and England dominant, and I did think about jacking it all in and forgetting about ...
I've lived every ball, shouted at every bad call and have generally welded myself to this Ashes series like a wanna...
This was the year that Gazza had his chicken, Italy played well for 10minutes, Rohan Ricketts emerged as the most e...
Win this test and retain The Ashes, it's that simple, and it would also mean I could get a decent sleep pattern in ...
This was Test cricket in all its absorbing glory. England soaked up the pressure, Australia bowled with heart and discipline and Ricky Ponting bl...
The fourth test starts at midnight tonight, I'll be up with a bottle of port and a turkey leg for company, here's a reminder of how the third tes...
We're nearly there, but a chance meeting with some ice has left me one hand down. At least I still have my mind and spirit, unlike Ricky Ponting....
Not only are they back, but Australia have England bent over and are thundering to completion. Its like the 90s all over again.
MItch returns from the wilderness, Ponting is now officially finished as a batsman and the sledging has gone into o...
Boycott gives everyone both barrels, Ponting fails again, a giant is on the march and my sleep pattern and marriage...
As England and Australia prepare to lock horns in what could prove a vital third test, I drove myself insane delvin...
Dame Edna, Ned Kelly, Mark Webber, Men at Work, Kylie Minogue, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman and Rupert Murdoch, you...
Although the image alone could cause a mass outbreak of coronaries, it's not the grinning mug of Piers Morgan that led to the headline. Nope, it's his big, fat, mouth...
Another night of controlled dominance by KP and co led to a deluge of analysis from sofas and commentary boxes the world over. It's bad news for Ponting...
Well wasn't that a treat? Cook looks imperious, the Aussies can't bowl and KP has entered stage right. Barmy Army indeed...
The amphetamine fuelled Northern Soul all-nighters at Wigan Casino have rightly gone down in legend, and this treme...
After three days of relatively normal sleep, the dog and I returned to the sofa. Ponting's angry, Jimmy's swinging ...
Oh well, that's torn it. Looks like I'll have to dig out my furry hat and vodka boots and goggles.
England and Australia might be mid-table in global cricket, but nothing gets me going like The Ashes. Here's to 25 ...
You know what really winds me up? Rich children who believe that they are creati...
Music and art have always gone hand in hand, joined in recent years, to huge eff...
Booze, bets, bruisers and crap horses, just another day at the races.
Smashing nostalgia with a miniature car flying off the table. Drive like grandma...
As we enter the sexiest month of the year, here's the top 5 tunes to get you in ...
Ghost Outfit are a band with nothing to lose, but they’re trying anyway.
Boya Dee telling it like it is....
Britain's acid house explosion of the late '80s changed nightlife forever. But w...
The countryside is like one big retirement community, full of bridge clubs and p...
A typically eccentric live performance shows why Low are still cult favourites t...
Forget musical robots, these blokes were daft punks by nature.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
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Years ago, I sold a car. The profit I made I spent on learning to fly. Then I di...
Farage not looking quite so media savvy now...
The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg manages to COMPLETELY misjudge flirting ...
Wayne and Coleen Rooney have already taken stick for naming their second son Kla...