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"If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt."
Dean Martin
The Andy Gray fiasco - Unique access to Martin Tyler's private grief...
They’ve cheated us of our moment. When it suited them, they chose ambivalence over their fabled sporting passion. I am a fervent Aussie-phile – but a little bit of that long-nurtured warmth departed me yesterday
Has anyone else noticed the eerie symmetry between David Cameron’s coalition cabinet and the soon to be announced England World Cup football squad?
The stark reality of a romantic liaison with Serena Williams would no doubt hit home the moment you suffered a pulverised rib-cage after dressing as a US Open line judge in a misguided attempt at role-play.
The romantic fiction / locker-room crossover gathers pace with the latest offering from Mills and Boon.
“MC Jazzy Jeff” – Sky Sports’ Stelling moves into the Weddings Game
For just £5000 plus expenses and Paul Merson’s bar bill, you can now hire the erudite and witty Jeff Stelling to emcee your nuptials.
Hammer Horror - Crunch Time for the Gang of Four
Tevez transfer saga comes to a head in Sheffield boozer.
Still bitter, still twisted – Michael Atherton is a commentator in crisis.
Nervous Lineker Not Yet Master of Ceremonies
It quickly became evident he was in some discomfort despite the customary open-necked shirt, pressed camel chinos and boyish grin - Gary struggles on his golfing debut.
Team England: Privates on Parade
Military precision: The England cricket team warm up for India with a spot of paintballing in the West Midlands.
So, to paraphrase the tabloids, the slippery, money-grubbing sex-pest is off. But the World Cup's still ruined for me because if we lose (which we will) there will be the usual hand-wringing and blame-levelling that I find so depressing, and if we win I'll be subjected that Swedish imbecile grinning vacantly down at me from atop a London bus. I'm not sure what's worse. Still, I wonder who's next?
"Obsessed" Wenger the Hero in Petulant Spat
Wenger, the lonely dick always a step behind his quarry certainly sits more comfortably than the idea of the French master tactician as a “voyeur”. Mourinho’s most damning accusation conjures up ghastly images of our hero in a dirty mac thumbing furtively through illegally procured photographs of Frank Lampard
Diary of a Former England Captain
As Channel 4 signs off after seven successful years of cricket coverage with an England Ashes win, we take an exclusive peek at Michael Atherton's private journal.
Gambling, corruption and alice bands. An unique insight into how England's footballers have raised the stakes.
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