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Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 21/10/2023
» England cricket fans have put up with a lot of humiliations over the years but never would they have imagined their team would suffer defeat by Afghanistan in the World Cup.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/12/2022
» When Argentina lost their opening Qatar World Cup game to Saudi Arabia, there were talks that superstar Lionel Messi and Co might not even make it through the group stage.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/12/2022
» The World Cup has set up some mouthwatering match-ups in the quarter-finals, two of which were played last night.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/12/2022
» No one could have predicted the extraordinary events Japan experienced in the opening fortnight in Qatar.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/11/2022
» Relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia have not been particularly harmonious in the past decade, but this week the World Cup hosts have their neighbours to thank for turning the spotlight back onto football rather than more unsavoury issues.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/11/2022
» It is probably fair to say that there has never been a World Cup quite like the one that kicks off in Qatar tomorrow if only for its timing, being played in November and December rather than the regular June and July.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/04/2021
» A little piece of history will take place in the English Football League on Monday in the unlikely setting of Wetherby Road stadium in Harrogate when a female referee will be in charge of a match in the EFL for the first time.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/09/2020
» Something that seems to have crept up on us without warning are early rounds in the Uefa Nations League which have been taking place this week and continue until Tuesday.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/09/2019
» There was a significant moment for Thai sport last week in the most unlikely of settings -- Forthill Cricket Club in Dundee, on the north bank of the Firth of Tay in Scotland.
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/07/2019
» The USA will be defending their Women's World Cup title against European champions the Netherlands in Lyon tomorrow and few would bet against a side that has looked superior to the other teams in all departments, even though England gave them a run for their money in the semis.