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Doomed Vale dare to dream against Blues at Stamford Bridge
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/03/2026
» The best thing about the FA Cup is that it briefly puts the spotlight on clubs that would normally hardly receive a mention and this season it has been refreshing seeing teams like Mansfield and Macclesfield enjoying their moment in the sun. Last week's fifth round didn't let us down either with struggling League One side Port Vale upsetting Sunderland from the Premier League.
World Cup a triumph for La Roja, women
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/08/2023
» The success of the ninth edition of Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which ended last Sunday, has displayed just how rapidly women's football has advanced in recent years and the huge crowds that attended the tournament have to be a good omen for the future.
An important landmark for 'Sonny'
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 15/04/2023
» By his own high standards, Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean star Son Heung-Min has not been having a good season.
Samurai Blue upset the apple cart as favourites go home early
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/12/2022
» No one could have predicted the extraordinary events Japan experienced in the opening fortnight in Qatar.
Pressure on Lampard to perform as he starts life with the Toffees
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 05/02/2022
» Now the dust has settled on the January transfer mayhem, arguably the most intriguing move was not the signing of any individual player but Frank Lampard taking over the hot seat at Goodison Park.
'Beany' triumphs in Solheim Cup tussle as Europe stun hosts
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/09/2021
» An unlikely blend of Irish magic, Scottish wisdom and Finnish/Scandinavian golfing skills saw underdogs Europe retain the Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio, on Monday, leaving their stunned American opponents wondering where it had all gone wrong.
Performing in empty arenas will be a true test of the Olympic spirit
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/07/2021
» There is little doubt that the Olympics which has finally got under way in Tokyo will be the strangest ever.
Inspired Patty earns plunge into Poppie's Pond
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/04/2021
» There cannot be a better way to open your LPGA Tour account than by winning a major, as Thailand's Patty (Paphangkorn) Tavatanakit achieved last weekend.
2020: Sport battles through a year like no other
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/12/2020
» Sport has experienced some difficult times over the years, but nothing has created so much havoc in the world's sporting calendar as the Covid-19 virus. No sport escaped the wrath of the pandemic. Little did we know back in March that the disruption would go on for so long and take such a toll.
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.