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Great British Women Olympians – Denise Lewis
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It is now only 23 weeks until the opening of the London Olympics and the consequent Paralympics. In the run up to the games I have decided to take a look at some of the British women who have achieved … Continue reading →...
Why Turkey's women and children directive is good for football | Ally Fogg
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The days when matches were an all-male domain are thankfully a thing of the pastThere are three things I vividly recall about the first football match I attended without an adult chaperone. It was sometime around 1980 at Muirton Park, watching St Joh...
Support the Grayling Team & spread the word!
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As you know the Grayling team are a diverse bunch of people – not only do we come from 15 different countries, we also have various ranges of physical fitness – some of us are fitness fanatics, others like to pick up the bat and ball occasionally...
A rarely happy football news from Turkey: “Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut
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Trabzonspor in Wikipedia Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut | Sports | National Post Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut The Associated Press Sep 14, 2011 – 5:26 PM ET | Last Updated: Sep 14, 2011 6:10 PM ET Trabzon...
Uefa and Fifa hit the woodwork in free-to-air ruling
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The formally named European Court of First Instance, the European General Court (EGC), and part of the European Court of Justice yesterday ruled that all World Cup and European Championship football can remain on terrestrial television after governin...
Futbol bu akşam bir başka oynanacak: Arsenal-Barcelona (Can Erol)
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Arsenal – Barcelona mücadelesi bu akşam 21.45′te. Çok şükür bu sefer bir “Papatyam” faciası yaşanmıyor ve Star TV maçı naklen veriyor. Günlerdir twitter üzerinden iki takım da birbirine methiyeler diziyor. Denils...
Of six nations rugby and omens…
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There have been many false dawns before, I know, but could it just be that England are at the start of a roll? We’ve seen two matches so far and both were significant. I think I am right in saying that the last time England won in Cardiff they...
Cem Pelister: 20.Hafta Yazısı; UTANDIM!
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İçimden bu haftayı değerlendirmek hiç gelmiyor ama düşüncelerimi de söylemeden, boş geçmek istemiyorum. Bu hafta ben birçok Beşiktaş taraftarından utandım, başka bir deyişle yıldız seyircilerinden artık bıktım, bu tribünde olm...
Çetin’den yeni iddaa kuponu
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101 Energie Cottbus – Alemania Aachen MS1 112 Dortmund – Schalke MS1 113 Reading – QPR Üst 752 Galatasaray Medical Park (K) (h) – Fenerbahçe (K) MS: 2/2 751 Beykoz (h) – Gaziantep BŞB MS 2/2 Toplam oran: 23,25 Relat...
Outrageous FIFA
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It seems like a marriage made in heaven: Russia and FIFA for the World Cup 2018. The “mafia state”, as described in the Wikileaks dispatches, and the Swiss-registered, er, non-profit association that had revenues of $1.06 billion and a &#...
Making Sports Fairer
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Last week there was a hearing in the Culture and Education Committee meeting on the EU’s new comptence on sport. Europarl TV took the opportunity to interview me and come of my CULT committee colleagues about the issue, as well talk to some a...
[Turkish] Can Erol’dan “Galatasaray’ın kısa bir değerlendirmesi”
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Muhabir:”Hocam seneye Şampiyonlar Ligi için hedefiniz nedir?” Fatih Terim: “Onu da artık başkası düşünsün” Bu tarihi diyalog Galatasaray 17 Mayıs 2000 tarihinde Arsenal’i Parken Stadı’nda devirdikten hem...
Sum of the week (3): Beşiktaş and Turkish football in general in free fall; Rijkaard gone, defeats at European Cups…
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Despite much better football compared to previous years, Beşiktaş wounded hard due to lack of injured stars Q7 and Guti. and defensive line in shambles. Ferrari injured, our goalkeepers are either injured or making unbelievable mistakes… Eagl...
A video: Football Manager 2011 official trailer
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Related posts:A video: The Social Network (Facebook Movie) Official trailer Beauty Through Order – New Slayer video (now official) A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K’s comedy film trailer A video: WAKA WAKA – South Africa 2010 Worl...
#12devadam Becomes a worldwide Twitter trend…
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12 Dev Adam (12 Giant Men) is nickname for the Turkey’s National Basketball team… Trending: Worldwide Jacory Harris Tio Caps Lock Powerpuff Girls God Bless America Twin Towers #songsiwillnevergettiredof #neverforget #12devadam Pryor Relat...
A Night of Victory: Turkey passes Serbia to play the final against US in FIBA 2010
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and in the mean time Beşiktaş wins the league game: 4-0 During the last week Turkish national football team did also win against Belgium… Host Turkey edges Serbia to reach FIBA final vs. USA USA Today All FIBA cheerleader photos taken from he...
Boxing: this disgusting “sport”
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James Lawton, boxing correspondent of the Independent, didn’t pull his punches yesterday, on the sickening shenanigans surrounding the upcoming Haye -v- Harrison fight and the present state of professional heavyweight boxing in general: R...
Can Erol: FIBA 2010- Everything is going fantastic now!
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Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.… Read more » Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Cha...
by the way, Beşiktaş was crushed bad last night…
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Eagles crash at home: 0-2 from Since1903.org Besiktas JK Fan Site Besiktas Black Eagles were beaten 2-0 at home to Istanbul BBS in the second week of Super League. Iskender Alin put the visitors in front in the 12 minutes after the break and Ibrahim...
Culture Secretary rumoured to cut funding for the Paralympic Games
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Are there no depths to which the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport will not sink? Hard on the heels of his decision to abolish the UK Film Council, rumours abound that Jeremy Hunt will cut funding to the Paralympic Games. Surely this...
Pedalling Empowerment
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The other night I watched a programme about the bicycle in Edwardian times. It featured a nice bloke who restores old Edwardian bicycles and riding these were some women who were trying out Edwardian cycling dress. Designing suitable clothes for cycl...
Beşiktaş is doin’ all right
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Our team seems to be the most ready compared to GS and FB. In UEFA draw, we have a relatively weak rival. We have a good team after successful transfers. We would still like to have a striker and a more reliable defensive line but I will have with wh...
National Soccer Teams and Integration: Minorities are Cheered, as Long as They Are Winners
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The 2010 German World Cup team was a force to be reckoned with – a physically strong, methodical, and dangerous team whose leading goal scorer, Polish-born Miroslav Klose, fell just one goal short of tying the all-time record of individual Worl...
Hungary’s Soccer Tsar to Strike Current System
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Looks like Hungary’s soccer now has no choice but take a kick-start and develop at the speed of light lead by its new boss, who is not by accident the Chairman and CEO of Hungary’s largest bank OTP Bank Nyrt.
The Culture of the World Cup
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As a leading authority on nationalism, the Vienna-born historian Eric Hobsbawm recognised the rallying potential of the game. Speaking of his childhood in the 1920s he said that “the only thing that brought the Austrians together in those days was...
Will Soccer Bring an End to American Exceptionalism?
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We discussed American exceptionalism during the 2006 world cup: Soccer in German-American Relations and Soccer is for Losers? Soccer is getting increasingly popular in the US, which some conservative Americans don't like. Is America becoming less e...
Can Erol: [in Quarter finals] Is there any surprise? Certainly not!
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Uruguay’s Sebastian Eguren carries Luis Suarez (top) as they celebrate after the team won a penalty shootout against Ghana in a 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 2, 2010. REUTERS/Henry Romero...
English Football Needs Root and Branch Reform… And so Does the Labour Party
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I can’t seem to separate two momentous recent events in my mind: the England team crashing out of the South African World Cup and the battle for the Labour leadership. The dynamics of the two keep colliding in my brain. Will an analysis of both hel...
Germany!
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In the wake of Germany-Argentina, I think it’s fair to say that perhaps a lot of the national soul searching about the England team is wasted. Even this initially attractive analysis. The explanation is very simple: Germany are fantastic, will...
We are headed for Quarter Finals!
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Netherland’s Arjen Robben (L) celebrates his goal as Slovakia’s Vladimir Weiss reacts with dejection during their 2010 World Cup second round soccer match at Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban June 28, 2010. REUTERS/Paul Hanna The second rou...
EPT Tallinn sets the stage for Season 7 of this popular poker marathon.
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The 1st event of the 7th EPT Season will run August 11-16th at the ultra luxurious Swissotel in Tallinn, Estonia. This event is guaranteed to be the richest poker tournament in the history of the Baltic States. Satellites to qualify to this tournamen...
Visa monopoly over Olympics is not a game
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I read with dismay this week at the Olympic Committee’s decision that only fans who use a Visa debit, credit or pre paid card will be permitted to make ticket purchases. Visa will also have exclusivity inside the village so that any purchases made...
Can Erol: First Round is Over: The desperate of all: France, Italy and Switzerland
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Italy’s Riccardo Montolivo (rear) reacts, after Italy’s missed goal chance, during their 2010 World Cup Group F soccer match against Slovakia at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon It was quite certain...
Bike Friday
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It was Bike Friday again this morning. This time the event took place in our Trèves building and a very interesting workshop was offered on how to improve your posture on your bike. I knew vaguely about saddle and handlebar height but what I hadn...
Round of Sixteen
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Wasn’t there some sort of sporting event going on? So both the finalists from last time have been sent home in various combinations of sorrow and shame. As one observer noted, “The really weird thing is how attractive I find most of the...
Time for grown up football relations between England and Germany – let’s have Klinsmann in the BBC studio on Sunday
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This weekend the World Cup starts to get exciting with the knock out round, and England are drawn against their old foes Germany at 1500 BST / 1600 CET on Sunday. When these countries have faced each other before the coverage in the UK press has been...
That football business
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I have been quiet until now about the World Cup. In the case of the old European footballing nations there was much to be quiet about. But I can’t resist a post this evening. England had to win against Slovenia, and they did, though only by one...
The politics and utopias of football
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Today I don’t want to discuss budgetary deficits or the WEEE Directive as I feel, like many others, caught up by the collective frenzy of the World Cup. Although I don’t really like football, I have read, over the last couple of weeks, a lot of a...
World Cup: Argentinian team support for Mothers of the Plazo de Mayo
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Ian W writes: We are bombarded daily by the World Cup. The organisers of the event claim that it is non-political, yet it is dominated by large multinatonal corporations. Here you can see a photograph of the Argentine football team holding a ba...
Beautiful goals
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You may have noticed: there is an ongoing World Cup… Jean-Pierre Evrard is a talented photographer, former football player. He travels the world and shoots the goal he finds in remote places. His slide show is just inspiring and beautiful, even...
French football player seen scratching his behind
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A French unnamed football player was seen scratching his behind as well as some nobler parts of his anatomy when walking in the corridors of his hotel in South Africa. The FFF (French Football Federation) is now considering what action they should...
World Cup: Day 6&7&8: Surprises begin at last!
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I have been in coaching education program for the last 2 days so I could not write anything about the World Cup but I still managed to follow the games. The first shocking result occured in Spain-Switzerland game. Switzerland made a remarkable team d...
World Cup fiesta leaves EU nations feeling blue
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The EU loves a good crisis. In the past we’ve had a Treaty crisis, a referendum crisis, an economic crisis, and a Euro crisis – and now, we have a World Cup crisis. So far this has not been a good World Cup for EU Member States. Favourites Sp...
European Parliament debates regulating Football Players’ Agents
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As we all watch the World Cup, we should reflect that Europe is lucky that some of the most talented sports men and women come from all over the world to compete here. Unsurprisingly, the increased internationalisation of sport of over the last few y...
European Parliament cancels Strasbourg Plenary
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A row is brewing over plans to scrap the next plenary session in Strasbourg after officials realised that they were unlikely to have a quorum of MEPs for the session, and it is rumoured, almost until the traditional August break. “I can’t...
French, Danish and Italian trainers complain to FIFA
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Many football fans have been complaining about the incessant sound of the Vuvuzelas during this World Cup, but some trainers seem to consider the hindrance goes much further: rumour has it that the french, Danish and Italian delegations have introduc...
World Cup balls
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As if anyone needed more evidence that I spend time thinking about odd things and then blogging about them, here’s yet more evidence: this is a post about the science of the ‘Jabulani’ balls used at the World Cup in South Africa. Mo...
World Cup Fever!
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I thought that I was a bourgeois anti-football elitist, but there’s always someone worse than you. The increasingly silly and irrelevant Terry Eagleton writes at CiF that football is ‘the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack...
Can: Day 5: Boredom continues in South Africa
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It has been 5 days but there is still nothing “original” to talk about the World Cup. Yesterday, I was quite sure that the game between Ivory Coast and Portugal will satisfy the expectations for classy football but all hopes had been melt...
FIFA, South Africa 2010 and white elephants
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If you have some time, please go and read Player and Referee, Conflicting Interests and the 2010 FIFA World Cup (TM), a monograph from the pan-African Institute for Security Studies, on the conflicts of interest surrounding the organization of the 20...
FIFA, South Africa 2010 and white elephants
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If you have some time, please go and read Player and Referee, Conflicting Interests and the 2010 FIFA World Cup (TM), a monograph from the pan-African Institute for Security Studies, on the conflicts of interest surrounding the organization of the 20...
The beautiful game in Strasbourg
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World Cup champions Italy took on Paraguay and MEPs and assistants were glued to big screens. Though divided politically it seems left and right are both against the vuvuzela. Watch the EuroparlTV video here.
The hysteria has begun
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Here we go again…World Cup in Football. The next 4 – 5 weeks millions and millions of people will spend endless hours singing, drinking and shouting while watching grown up men chasing small leather balls in South Africa. It’s the 1...
Routledge’s nice gesture in support of 2010 FIFA South Africa World Cup: 90 free articles
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In support of the 2010 FIFA South Africa World Cup, Routledge Journals made 90 related research articles free to access. The articles are compiled to six themes: Culture, society and media; History; Economics; Politics and policy; Science and nutr...
England's football thrills to an Estonian singer
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Hannah Ild, an Estonian pop star, sings England's World Cup song...
World Cup: the exaltation and the exploitation
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Even a dedicated anti-sportsperson like me cannot help but be moved by the obvious joy and pride that the World Cup has brought to many South Africans, including (if the media coverage can be trusted) many poor blacks . And, of course, football (soc...
Can Erol on World Cup- Day 1: Group A: Lack of Quality (#worldcup)
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The World Cup started with the first day games in Group A. Nelson Mandela could not show up for the opening game because of the tragic death of his grand daughter yesterday. Mexico and South Africa started the game with high level of anxiety. Gal...
South Africa 2010: Let the football craze begin!
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Being too lazy and uninspired to write a decent World Cup post myself, I shall point our readers to a truly funny column by Dave Barry, in the Miami Herald, on football-related activities. One quote: I truly believe that, even though many Americans s...
2010 World Cup begins. Can Erol to post for Erkan’s Field Diary
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Can Erol, a former student of mine, and a graduate student at Bilgi Cultural Studies program accepted my offer to be a guest author. He will be writing about World Cup 2010. His opening follows, which is followed by my roundup: Opening Day for Wor...
Soccer? Football? However you say it, the Yanks are coming
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WASHINGTON — The 2010 World Cup, which kicks off Friday in Johannesburg, will present a number of intriguing match-ups that will play out on green grass, not on international waters, in conference rooms, or through diplomatic backchannels. But...
FH Athletes storm the Brussels 20km
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On 30 May, six of FH Brussels’ finest athletes (?) took the streets of Brussels alongside 30,000 other participants to face the annual Brussels 20km run. A great race was had by all, with some of the more seasoned runners breaking personal bests an...
Dernier compte à rebours avant la Coupe du Monde! / Final countdown to the World Cup! (English version below)
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Au cas où certains d’entre vous ait manqué la nouvelle : dans deux jours, l’Afrique du Sud va tirer le coup d’envoi de la coupe du Monde 2010! En tant que grand fan de sport, je suis impatient de regarder le tournoi… Et en tant...
The Beautiful Game
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Although I’m by no means football crazy, many of my colleagues on the Culture and Education Committee are. Football is, in fact, one of the areas where our generally collegial bonhomie can become rather strained. Since sport has officiall...
The Brussels 20 K
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Yes, I did it again. I didn’t train as much as last year but, on the other hand, I had already done it once and so knew what was in store for me. Last year I started from the back and took things easy. My time was a more-or-less respectable two...
Old squash dogs
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This evening I attended a surprise 50th birthday party for a friend and former squash team mate. A lot of our fellow dogs of war were present and a pleasant time was had by all. Our hosts were the epitome of English hospitality and even the bad weath...
Platini for France. Turkey loses the Euro 2016 bid
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So Turkey, who has already been host to several international events, is not good enough, you suckers? Foul play by the French side is being claimed in Turkish dailies. More anger here. Too big to lose from FT.com – World, Europe Michel Pla...
London 2012 Olympics mascotte considered offensive by Downing Street
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Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, have created quite a stir at their unveiling today. Officially, journalists and baffled participants were told that they were aimed at kids, hence the metallic finish, single la...
Bursaspor becomes the Turkish Super League champion, the fifth team ever winning the title…
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an open thread… Bursaspor in Wikipedia (Turkish) Official Website (Turkish) Official Online Television Channel (Turkish) A Fansite Web Page (English) Bursaspor News in English (Turkish) Bursaspor Stats Database (Turkish) The famous fan g...
Tonight is the night: 2010 Turkish League title determined
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As Beşiktaş frakked up weeks ago, I lost my interest in the League but well today is the last day two games’ results will determine the champion. If at home game Fenerbahçe beats Trabzonspor (TS), there are no complications. It wins the titl...
