Alex Thomson
Celtic are fast becoming Scotland’s modern Millwall: an underclass of extreme politics and mindless violence. And Huddleboard, the online fan forum, is showcasing some of the worst of this toxic brew.
Alex Thomson
What strikes me as odd is that it took the intervention of Channel 4 News to shut down David Limond and the vile sectarian and racial hatred he spewed out night after night on the internet broadcast “Rangers Chat”.
Costs, travel logistics, unfinished stadia, and the prospect of civil unrest have cast a pall over the 2014 Brazil World Cup. But such concerns may be put aside when the draw begins later today for the biggest footballing event on earth.
England manager Roy Hodgson is not a racist, but the words he used on Tuesday, while intending to perform an honourable function and motivate his team, have a hinterland.
England coach Hodgson isn’t racist, but he should know better than to call England’s bright new star Andros Townsend a “monkey”…
It may have the World Cup, but Qatar also faces nine more years of gossip and grumbling – as Sports Correspondent Keme Nzerem finds at a meeting of international football’s great and good.
The leader of the World Cup 2022 team is on a mission to enhance Qatar’s image. But that requires action to improve the lot of low-paid migrant workers in the country.
Much like political party delegates in Brighton, Bournemouth or Birmingham, everyone in football knows this week’s FIFA meeting in Zurich is politics through and through.
Suggestions are coming to light that Qatar’s petrodollars and global deals helped secure its World Cup bid. But could the country be robbed of the event?
Following England’s underachieving footballers has always been a bitter-sweet experience. And it will take more than an FA commission to fix their lumbering style.
The World Cup is the holy grail of sporting ambition. The deadline – 2022, when the World Cup travels to oil rich Qatar. But before we get there, English football has a big problem.
Jose Mourinho is back at Stamford Bridge, but is this the Jose who infatuated and infuriated or Mourinho Mark II?
Alex Thomson
Channel 4 News has seen a copy of the Letter Before Action now sent from lawyers acting for Craig Whyte, to Rangers FC and key shareholders involved with the club.
It has been a long time coming. The last few years have been a low point in British football’s efforts to punish people who use racist language.
The most successful gaffer in the history of British football has not always been friend of the referee – or the journalist, writes Sports Correspondent Keme Nzerem.