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Prior to the World Cup, international media made travelling spectators believe that the tournament would be hosted in a disorganised jungle with frequent life-threatening…
Since arriving in São Paulo a few days ago, I have been quite struck by the absence of atmosphere surrounding the World Cup. While…
A World Cup held in Brazil, football's spiritual home, could prove to be the greatest footballing event the world has ever seen. The raucous,…
Regardless of league position or a potential gulf in quality between the adversaries, football fans know that derbies have an intense rivalry like nothing…
Football fans were salivating after the match-ups were announced for the UEFA Champions League knockout phase. There were two absolute marquee ties which stood…
The topsy-turvy season has been pure entertainment for football tragics, with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City all throwning around the top spot like a…
Sporting Tragics may recall the farcical scenes at the 2010 World Cup. Players sprawling on the ground. Balls kicked out of play unnecessarily. Players…
Three Brazilian midfielders stamped their influence on the English Premier League title race in the crucial set of midweek fixtures. Manchester City's Fernandinho scored…
As we kick off a new year, 'best of' lists for the year past are inevitable. Here are my favourite three sporting moments of…
Brazil vs Spain would be a cracker!
Another high profile round of 16 prospect between past champions is… Argentina vs France
A World Cup preview: Who might win and who to look out for
Interesting how Ozil and Negredo fell away as the season dragged on… first season blues? Dzeko really helped pull City over the line with Aguero out injured.
Loved watching Sterling. Hopefullly he has a strong World Cup.
English Premier League 2013-14: Season review
The Tour of Flanders is certainly one of the most exciting races on the cycling calendar!
Great training info in this article… I’ll share it with some cycling colleagues.
Preparing for battle in the Spring Classics
Some ripping questions there!
Question 8 got me thinking: Who won the 2008 Euro and could’ve played for Brazil?
Answer: The great Marcos Senna – nearly helped Riquelme reach a Champions League final for Villarreal as well
The Football Hipster's World Cup quiz
How about Mourinho latest barb: Wenger is a “specialist in failure”!?
This season must be getting serious…
Remarkable run for EPL contenders
The person / shirt grabbing that goes on, often seen at corners, is bizarre! Totally counter-intuitive to those wanting the game to be free flowing and enjoyable for viewers.
Dump the scourge of diving
Mourinho shouldn’t be expected to do anything. It should be up to the governing bodies to punish Oscar. Best case, Mourinho should also instill an anti-diving culture at his club.
Dump the scourge of diving
Well played Titus! Oscar’s Oscar winning dive won him a supposed talking to from Mourinho. But nothing in the way of actual consequence.
Dump the scourge of diving
It should be a ‘conviction’. Players would be deterred from diving because once caught they become a convicted diver/cheater. I’m sure fans worldwide would not want to support a team of convicted cheaters.
Dump the scourge of diving
Very true!
(Although, sadly, you may need to include France, Spain, Portugal/Ronaldo, etc.)
Dump the scourge of diving
Agree. The message needs to be clear from mentors, such as the coaching staff.
Dump the scourge of diving
The introduction of the A-League has taken away from the quality at the top level of Australian football. Players are less tempted to head overseas. Kewell era all learnt from the best from an early age.
As you all point out, it truly is the world game. Australians need to get amongst it as early as they can.
The best of Brazil light up the EPL title race
Golf ranks even higher on the scale of toughest sports to master mentally.
Not to take anything away from tennis though – see Murray’s attempt to close out Wimbledon 2013.
The three most incredible sporting highlights of 2013
Nadal’s win over Djokovic in the semi final of the French Open was immense! Fingers crossed they meet again at the Australian Open later this month. They now have one of the greatest rivalries in tennis history.
The three most incredible sporting highlights of 2013
What a miss by Robben during the 2010 World Cup final… heart in mouth stuff.
A superb performance by the German clubs in the Champions League!
Bayern and Borussia Dortmund were certainly dominant over Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Let alone the manner in which Brazil swept past Spain in the Confederations Cup. Spain have some work to do if they want to match it with Brazil and Germany at the 2014 World Cup.
The three most incredible sporting highlights of 2013
Sporting Tragics Australia wide collectively breathed a huge sigh of relief when Josh Kennedy headed in his winner against Iraq to put the Socceroos into the World Cup. Phew!
The three most incredible sporting highlights of 2013
Thanks for all the comments thus far!
Great to see some passionate recollections of 2013’s most incredible sporting highlights!
The three most incredible sporting highlights of 2013
Matt, what a fantastic suggestion!
If they played Grand Slams in this fashion, the top women’s tennis players would really been earning their keep. The three sets/five sets argument, as you describe it, is bizarre.
Tennis Tragics can await a more exciting 2015 WTA season under these changes.
Shake up in format needed for women's tennis
Agree on this point.
Additionally, the early afternoon heat seems to detract from the quality of the 1pm matches.
Brazil’s exceptional World Cup