Thursday, Mar 18th 2010
Glen Newey | Rectification - London Review of Books Blog
Glen Newey looks at the calls for rectifcation of Thierry Henry’s handball in France’s World Cup qualifier against Ireland last Wednesday. He says that calls for a rematch shouldn’t stop with Ireland’s claim against France. Why not go all the way back to England World Cup [...]
Thierry Henry, 32
FIFA Footballer of the Year 2010
What is Va-Va-Voom? Va-Va-Voom is doing things with style, with flair, panache, a certain je ne sais quoi. Who can say? Not me. I am not the ref.
Gillette Mach 4 Turbo: Now that’s what I call a close shave.
I do a lot of work for charity, you know. [...]
The Musculing Mr. Nadal: Check Out His Sexpack!
Everyone in the Estímulo household this week am being debating the news that lithe, musculing Majorcan Raphael Nadal is to be back leading the Spanish team in the final of the David Cup tennis tournament final against somewhere call the Czech Republic next month in December.
On the one [...]
Is Not About the Yank!
In much the same way that the queen of England thinks that her country is smell of fresh paint, so all professional cycle jockeys are thinking that France is smell of Domesto and ¡Cillit Bof! This is because every year, when the Tour de France is passing through, the towns and [...]
Artur Boruc Knows the Score: Is 3-2.
Did any of you see last week the Hard Firm match between Glasgow Celtics and Glasgow Rangers? Wasn’t it rubbish? The football was shite and there was no atmosphere. However, there was an especial significance to the match which only those in the know will have appreciated, which was [...]