Keme Nzerem
Spain doping trial: could Spanish football be implicated?
As alleged doping doctor Eufemiano Fuentes is put on trial, Sports Correspondent Keme Nzerem asks just how far into Spanish sport the allegations could extend?
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Keme Nzerem
Wheelz and the biggest ramps he can find
Can a wheelchair really jump a 50ft ramp just like a BMX? It’s a question few would have bothered pondering a few months ago. Well, yes it can.
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Alex Thomson
The great Rangers tax avoidance scheme
A tax avoidance scheme allowing some Rangers players and staff to receive millions of pounds without paying income tax is ruled within the law – but the authorities are considering an appeal.
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Keme Nzerem
Scary and thrilling – the world of disabled mountain-biking
Keme Nzerem goes to meet a group of disabled mountain-bikers, and the new bike that’s allowed them to do the sport they love.
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Keme Nzerem
Bradley Wiggins: there but for the grace of God go all cyclists
Let me say now, what you are about to read is an unabashed defence of the humble bike. In fact, not just the bike, but cyclists too.
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Rugby stars tackle mental health ‘stigma’
Think a rugby league pitch is the last place where men would talk about feelings? Think again – a mental health campaign has taken root in the sport and could be a template for raising awareness.
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Alex Thomson
The man who ‘saved my life’ at Hillsborough
Alex Thomson talks to a Liverpool football fan caught up in the events at Hillsborough in 1989: he survived the crush that led to the deaths of 96 people, thanks to a man who helped him scale a wall.
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FactCheck: how good a sport is the PM?
David Cameron says £1bn is being spent on sports in schools. FactCheck’s looked, but we can’t find it.
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Should state schools adopt posh sports?
In 2012 we shouldn’t have “posh” sports anymore. If comprehensive schools can’t afford rowing clubs and shooting ranges we need more community facilities that are easy to join.
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Spare Olympic tickets to go back on sale
Locog is now monitoring the number of tickets used after an abundance of empty seats at the weekend, and will put returned tickets on sale the night before events.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers: Division three?
“But do not rule out attempts – against all odds and against an overwhelming D3 mandate – by the SPL to try just this.”
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Alex Thomson
Revealed: the rejected bid to buy Rangers
Amidst all the secrecy, the refusal to break cover, the smoke and general mirrors surrounding the Rangers fiasco – suddenly, along comes a surprise. Tristan Loughren, a Scotsman who has spent more than 20 years out of the country closing various deals as an investment banker among other trades, is nothing if not frank and open.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers have a buyer, we have his CV
After Craig Whyte and the fiasco of his Ibrox ownership, what Rangers fans deserve is openness and transparency from Charles Green about his past and his present.
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Alex Thomson
Rangers takeover bid: speed versus substance?
Across Glasgow there will now be all the hysterical talk of a “saviour” and it being all over. It is, just possibly true but the history of disastrous Rangers takeovers and recent near-pantomimical performances from Duff and Phelps mean caution’s the only response.
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Alex Thomson
Fans look beyond scapegoats for the truth
Alex Thomson wants to know the true extent of mismanagement at Rangers FC before its current owner – and current scapegoat – Craig Whyte.
