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CONFIRMED: Chelsea midfielder makes long-awaited exit
CHELSEA midfielder Ulises Davila has joined Vitoria Setubal on loan for the remainder of the season.
23 Jan » Daily ExpressSunderland: Black Cats set for Portugal tour
Sunderland will face Portuguese sides Benfica and Vitoria Setubal as part of their pre-season campaign.
20 Jun » EatSleepSportSunderland to face Benfica
Sunderland will face Portuguese sides Benfica and Vitoria Setubal as part of their pre-season campaign.
20 Jun » SkySports.comRussia sanctions: little bark, less bite | Editorial
The EU and US have been talking tough and producing lists of high-profile Russians they have identified for asset freezes The international community does not like it, but Ukraine has lost Crimea to Russia. The question now is how to persuade President Vladimir Putin against taking another pound of Ukrainian flesh or, more likely, attempting to render the country ungovernable. To this end, the EU and US have been talking tough and producing lists of high-profile Russians they have identified for asset freezes and travel bans. The EU yesterday announced it was adding 12 people to the list of…
21 Mar » GuardianOther News
In praise of … Betley Reserves
The Staffordshire County League football team have just guaranteed themselves a place in the record books They may not boast a Messi, a Ronaldo or even a Rooney, but Betley Reserves of the Staffordshire County League have just guaranteed themselves a place in the record books. In a Staffordshire County League division two game at the weekend, they became the first side in six and a half seasons to lose to Tunstall Town, who have themselves been saluted in these columns before as a team that always strove but never conquered. In a possible harbinger of imminent triumph, Tunstall had in January…
26 Feb » GuardianIn praise of … saner football | Editorial
The mega-mouth, mega-money, mega-ego world of big British football is a far cry from what it was in Tom Finney's day Chelsea's manager José Mourinho dubs Arsène Wenger of Arsenal "a specialist in failure" , though claiming that's only retaliation for what Mr Wenger says about him. He has a parallel feud with Manuel Pellegrini of Manchester City. That, along with endless managerial complaints that referees are chronically biased against them, is standard managerial practice nowadays in the mega-mouth, mega-money, mega-ego world of big British football. Meanwhile, in the midst of this…
16 Feb » GuardianThe death toll in Qatar brings international shame on Fifa | Observer editorial
It is in the best interests of Qatar and Fifa to improve the appalling working and living conditions of labourers That at least 400 labourers have died on Qatar's World Cup building sites is a source of global concern and a tragic reminder of the human cost associated with its urgent desire to become a footballing giant. Alarmingly, the number, to be announced by a human rights organisation this week, is only a fraction of the true number of lives lost. It relates to Nepalese workers whose deaths have been documented by labour welfare groups. The number of deaths of workers from other…
16 Feb » Guardian
