Top Ten: Premier League Italians

By Tristan Paton
Posted on: 17 February 2010 - 09:56
Filed under: Football

The return of the Champions League this month has a distinctly Anglo-Italian flavour. As the two Milanese giants line up against the cream of the Premier League, a certain Mourinho and Beckham will no-doubt hog the headlines, but a tense battle between opposing footballing ideologies will play out beneath the circus.... read more

Top Ten: On-field cricketing controversies

By Vithushan Ehantharajah
Posted on: 15 February 2010 - 11:48
Filed under: Cricket

So often defined as a game played by gentlemen, Sport.co.uk delves into cricket's darker side to prove that even this most elegant of pursuits can end up mired in controversy. 1) The Underarm Bowling incident; Australia v New Zealand @ the Melbourne Cricket Ground [February 1981] Picture the scene – it’s the last over... read more

Best and Worst: Arsenal Premier League kits

By Jonny Abrams
Posted on: 15 February 2010 - 11:23
Filed under: Football

From the “1-0 to the Arsenal” years of George Graham through to the free-flowing football under Arsene Wenger, the Gunners have had some hideous kits – a crime not unique to them, admittedly, given the collective loss of plot apparently suffered by kit designers across the country in roundabouts the mid-80s.... read more

Top Ten: Polish footballers

By Robert Szmigielski
Posted on: 12 February 2010 - 15:39
Filed under: Football

Aside from being the co-hosts of the 2012 European Championship, always popping up in England's qualifying groups, and producing the goalkeeper that performed miracles nearly 30 years ago in Wembley, little is known about the footballing history of Poland. However, in the mid-70's to early-80's Poland spawned a batch of footballers... read more

Top Ten: Premier League dribblers

By Thomas Cooper
Posted on: 12 February 2010 - 10:25
Filed under: Football

With the Premier League seemingly on the edge of a financial meltdown, the image of modern football as not much more than a slick, commercial enterprise that has drained the soul out of the beautiful game seems increasingly hard to ignore.However you would be amiss to forget that some of the... read more

Bolt sets sights on 400m

By Miguel Assuncao
Posted on: 12 February 2010 - 09:38
Filed under: Athletics

AS Usain Bolt prepares for the new athletics season by running a 400m in Jamaica on Saturday, it once again raises the question: can Bolt challenge Michael Johnson's ten year record? The 23 year-old star has dominated the sprint events since rising to prominence in 2002 and has gone on to break... read more

Top Ten: Flash in the pan signings

By Jonny Abrams
Posted on: 11 February 2010 - 14:58
Filed under: Football

In the wake of last night’s impressive 2-1 win over Chelsea, Everton manager David Moyes has said that it is unlikely that American winger Landon Donovan will stay beyond his current three-month loan arrangement – a shame, as the MLS poster boy has fitted in brilliantly at Goodison Park. Sport.co.uk looks... read more

Top Ten: Worst losers in football

By Craig Woods
Posted on: 11 February 2010 - 14:33
Filed under: Football

We've all been there. Hands on head, watching the other team peel away in celebration because you decided it'd be far more productive to kick a giant tuft of soil from the ground rather than actually clear the ball. Most of us take the humiliation in a similar vein. We point... read more