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A sporting year of cheers, jeers and tears that will be remembered
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 27/12/2025
» It's that time of the year to acknowledge the men and women who have graced the sports pages over the past 12 months. It has been a year of mixed emotions. Here are a few of those who have contributed to the memorable moments of 2025.
There's plenty for Thai star Jeeno to smile about
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/11/2024
» It has been both a triumphant and lucrative week for Thailand's top female golfer Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul after winning the prestigious US$4 million CME Group Tour Championship in Florida. It is the biggest financial prize in women's golf history.
The day I saw Greaves score a hat-trick
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/09/2021
» It is only natural that every football fan will have grown up idolising a particular player who catches their heart.
Now comes hard part for champ Raducanu
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/09/2021
» Some may regard the British reaction to the stunning, success of Emma Raducanu as being a bit over the top … and they would be partly right.
When goalies transform into goal scorers
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/05/2021
» What has already been a bizarre season in the Premier League was topped off last Sunday with the extraordinary last-gasp headed goal by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker against West Bromwich which may have clinched a Champions League place for the Reds.
The Saint who became a Liverpool icon and television pundit
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/03/2021
» There was a lovely piece of graffiti that appeared on a church poster in Liverpool in the 1960s which posed the question: "What would you do if Jesus returned amongst us?" Underneath someone had scrawled: "Move St John to inside left."
Farewell to Moss and 'The Cat'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 18/04/2020
» It has been a bad week. Two sporting heroes of my schooldays passed away -- motor racing icon Sir Stirling Moss, 90, and former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, 78.
When a goalie's dream comes true
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/12/2019
» When you see a goalkeeper in tears at the end of a football match, the odds are that he has had a horror and let in a hatful of goals. But this was not the case at Stamford Bridge last weekend where West Ham's third choice keeper David Martin kept a clean sheet and played an important role in his team's shock victory over Chelsea.
Spurs move into a brave new world
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 30/03/2019
» As a student in London in the mid 1960s, whenever possible I would take in a game at one of big football clubs. Having been brought up watching Reading in the old Third Division at their modest Elm Park home, just being in a large stadium with crowds of more than 30,000 was itself a thrill.
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.