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Why are Madrid playing in Bournemouth?
Saturday 20 July 2013
No matter how hot it is, the most highly prized spot in Bournemouth tomorrow will not be a square foot of the sandy beach but a plastic seat at the Goldsands stadium.
History of the Doncaster Rovers Belles
Sunday 09 June 2013
The Doncaster Rovers Belles women’s football team have found that that they are to be relegated to the FA Women’s Super League Two no matter where they finish in the league this season. The team are one of the most-celebrated in the history of the women’s game, with an illustrious history.
History of the Doncaster Rovers Belles
Sunday 09 June 2013
The Doncaster Rovers Belles women’s football team have found that that they are to be relegated to the FA Women’s Super League Two no matter where they finish in the league this season. The team are one of the most-celebrated in the history of the women’s game, with an illustrious history.
Boxing: Ricky Burns wins close encounter with Jose Gonzales
Sunday 12 May 2013
Previously unbeaten Puerto Rican quits at the start of the 10th round as WBO world lightweight champion makes his third successful title defence
Swindon Town 1 Brentford 1 match report: Better late than never for Kevin O'Connor
Sunday 05 May 2013
Seven days too late as far as Brentford fans are concerned, but the London side's captain, Kevin O'Connor, last night converted an injury-time penalty in a key promotion encounter.
Northern Ireland's qualifier against Russia put on ice once again
Sunday 24 March 2013
Northern Ireland's World Cup Group F qualifier against Russia was postponed for the second time in 24 hours as the Windsor Park pitch in Belfast was again judged unplayable yesterday. The match was the highest-profile victim as bad weather hit football across the country with four games in League One and six in League Two also called off.
The Calvin Report on Portsmouth 2 Coventry City 0: Pompey win debtors' derby while both teams await higher judgment
Sunday 24 March 2013
The courts will soon decide the future of Portsmouth and Coventry, rivals joined in uncertainty
Match Report: Leeds United fans vent anger as Gulf in class is exposed by Manchester City
Monday 18 February 2013
Manchester City 4 Leeds United 0
Arnaud Mendy fears race taunts as Millwall fans return to scene of infamous riot
Thursday 14 February 2013
Luton midfielder tells of shock at Diouf ordeal as clubs seek to avoid any repeat of 1985 tie
Millwall: man charged in El-Hadji Diouf racism abuse investigation
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Sky Sports News broadcast footage that appeared to show some of the London club's fans hurling insults at the Senegalese striker
Match Report: Neil Warnock looks forward to Tottenham test after Leeds United see off Birmingham
Tuesday 15 January 2013
Birmingham City 1 Leeds United 2
Wolves confirm Dean Saunders as new manager
Monday 07 January 2013
Compensation has been agreed with Doncaster
Dean Saunders handed the task of reviving Wolves
Sunday 06 January 2013
Dean Saunders has been named Wolves manager, taking over from Stale Solbakken, who was sacked on Saturday night after a poor run of form ending with the 1-0 FA Cup third-round defeat to non-league Luton Town.
Keith Ripley: Footballer who played alongside John Charles
Wednesday 02 January 2013
Tottenham Hotspur were indisputably the outstanding team of the 1960-61 campaign in English football, winning the first Football League and FA Cup double of the 20th century in style. In almost any other season, Peterborough United, with Keith Ripley a towering presence at wing-half, would have had a strong claim to the title.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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