| Critics should hold fire on Luiz Felipe Scolari (Daily Telegraph) |
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English people have cursed Luiz Felipe Scolari but his CV demands he is given time at Chelsea.
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| Economic downturn, budget woes top news in 2008 (The Inquirer and Mirror) |
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Editor’s Note: As each year winds to a close, The Inquirer and Mirror chooses the top news stories and newsmakers that impacted the lives of those who call Nantucket home, be it year-round or only for a brief time.
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| What Ronaldo's return says about current Brazilian football (BBC News) |
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What player's return says about Brazilian football
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| Blog: Foreign rule (Football Italia) |
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Over the last 12 months Inter’s Douglas Maicon has been one of Serie A’s stand-out players and Italy’s top foreigner. Even with first class imports like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho, Mauro Zarate and Marek Hamsik in the mix, he has been supreme.
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| JULY 2008 REVIEW (Sporting Life) |
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1st Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was given a four-month suspended sentence at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for assaulting former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo...Mike Tindall and Ben Kay were dropped from the senior England squad by new team manager Martin Johnson.
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| Costa aiming to follow the footsteps of success (IAAF) |
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20 December 2008 - When Brazilian Maurren Maggi won the Olympic Long Jump title in Beijing it was an historic moment for athletics in the South American region. The 32-year-old from São Carlos became her country’s first ever female Olympic champion, and also the first in South America.
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| Our Two Penneth (4thegame.com) |
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Welcome to Our Two Penneth, the blog that brings you all the best and all the worst from the footballing world, every day... CAFU MOVES TO... GARFORTH - It's not quite Milan or Rome, but double World Cup winner Cafu, 38, is set to play for Garforth Town in the Northern Premier League Division One. Brazil's most capped player, with 142 appearances, has been tempted in to playing for the club by ...
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| www.olympic.org - Site Officiel du Mouvement Olympique (Olympic Committee News) |
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On 16 December at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, IOC President Jacques Rogge took part in the 2008 Olympic Golden Rings award ceremony for the best TV coverage of the Beijing Games.
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| Nishino hoping for home backing (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) |
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Boss Akira Nishino has admitted Gamba Osaka will not even be able to count on home-town support when they face Manchester United on Thursday.As the J.League representatives in the Club World Cup, Gamba could expect the majority of fans to be wearing their traditional blue at the vast Nissan Stadium in their semi-final clash.
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| Wednesday's gossip column (BBC News) |
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Brazilian football chiefs want Scolari, plus other rumours
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