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Soft penalties put English Premier League referees on the spot
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/04/2024
» Last weekend there were some very contentious penalty decisions given in the English Premier League. That's nothing new of course, but it's becoming a regular occurrence and makes one wonder if the authorities should take a long hard look at the rules. There are also feelings that VAR could be better utilised.
A year that said farewell to legendary Sir Bobby
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/12/2023
» The year began with us mourning the loss of the great Brazilian footballer Pele who passed away in the final days of 2022.
England have 50-50 chance in enticing clash against Les Bleus
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.
4 minutes which changed football world
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/11/2020
» Just about everything has been said of Diego Maradona in thousands of tributes to the Argentine player who died on Wednesday.
Football films can be a mixed bag
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/05/2020
» Last week I watched on TV a couple of half-decent films on American sports -- Moneyball (2011) starring Brad Pitt as a baseball manager and Any Given Sunday (1999) with Al Pacino as coach of an underperforming American gridiron team.
After the hype, let's enjoy the football
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 16/06/2018
» After weeks of hype, promises and previews it was something of a relief when the 2018 World Cup finally kicked off in Moscow on Thursday. No more second guessing about who must do what -- now the respective teams have to deliver. The Sun newspaper got into the spirit of things in its own inimitable way with the headline "And We're Offski!"
From Batman to the Galloping Major
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 17/03/2018
» When Chelsea loanee Michy Batshuayi, who calls himself 'Batsman', joined Borussia Dortmund recently, he was stepping into the shoes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who moved to Arsenal.