There is a growing call from several sectors, including Republican senators in Washington and several Ivy League scholars (so mostly America, admittedly), to have Russia booted out of the upcoming football World Cup this summer in Brazil and to have the 2018 World Cup, due to be hosted by Russia, to be taken away from […]
GRAEME SMITH WAS THE CAPTAIN ENGLAND FANS PINED FOR
So England managed to win the ODI series in the Antigua, 2-1. As an England fan, this pleases me. While the real measure of how far England have come following the crushing Down Under will be the test series this summer against Sri Lanka and then India, it was good for them to get a […]
ENDING KEVIN PIETERSEN’S ENGLAND CAREER IS A BIG MISTAKE
My defining memory of Kevin Pietersen as an England player comes from a match in 2010. It was Day Three of the England v Pakistan test at the Oval. I was there on the day with ten friends; it was my stag do. Possibly the magnitude of the event for me personally is what has […]