And the slogan goes ‘you’ll never walk alone’ boldly engraved on the Bill Shankly gate into the well………, I won’t want to say iconic now so I can say historic because it’s got history, talking of the historic stadium of Liverpool FC, Anfield. ‘You’ll never walk alone’ is enshrined in the blood of true […]
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The year 2013 in men’s tennis was a remarkable one. As usual it was dominated by the big 4 or rather do we say big 3. Big 3 because a member of the original big 4 has dropped in performance and only managed only one title all year and that person: Roger Federer. Federer
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Nelson Mandela’s life and the impacts he made are of course common knowledge. A little less renowned, however, is the true extent of his involvement in sporting events and public relations over the years. While his appearances at the conclusion of South Africa‘s World Cups in 1995 (rugby union) and 2010 (football) are as
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TEAM-BY-TEAM SUMMARIES FIFA ranking points are given with their position in brackets e.g. England 1041 (13) means that England have 1041 ranking points and are ranked 13th in the World. Algeria FIFA ranking: 800 (26) from 907 (19) one year ago 1 of 7 teams to score in every qualifying match Scored the largest proportion
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TOP AND BOTTOM THREES Here are some rankings of the best and worst teams across a range of goalscoring and conceding measures. Goal scoring rates Highest goals scored per match: Germany 3.60 Netherlands 3.40 Ghana 3.13 Lowest goals scored per match: Croatia 1.17 Ecuador 1.25 Cameroon 1.29 Highest goals conceded per match: Chile 1.56 Uruguay
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Now that the World Cup draw has been made we can really start to look forward to next summer’s festival of football. These stats have been available by The Press Association who have analysed all the goals scored and conceded by the 32 World Cup finalists across the 352 qualifying matches they collectively played (including
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There’s always national pride at stake and it’s displayed in various ways: the economy, politics, governance, etc. there’s bigger pride displayed when it comes to football and what better place to display the pride than the FIFA World Cup which commences in June next year in the electrifying, colouful and vibrant nation of Brazil. Brazil
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