Whole New Ball Game

Not an interesting story in the slightest.
Glasgow Celtic of the Scottish Premier League want to sign Rod Fanni from Nice.
That’s it. No more, no less.
But when we see the opportunity for a cracking headline it has to be done.
Well done WNBG. You are truly ahead of the game.

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Arsenal captain and talisman Thierry Henry is set to be presented by Barcelona FC as its latest signing.
The Frenchman will put pen to paper on a four-year deal which will see Arsenal paid £16m as Henry pockets around £120,000 a week.
Henry wrote in a letter to The Sun newspaper: “Arsene[Wenger] has been part of my […]

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[European U21 Championships; Semi-final: Holland 1 - 1 England (aet) Holland win 13-12 on pens]
What. A. Game.
We only went out for a pint and became involved in one of the classic matches of the past ten years.
Don’t get us wrong, we’re as gutted as you are. But looking at it from a fans’ point of […]

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Worcester have pulled off a major coup by signing New Zealand wing Rico Gear on a three-year deal, report The Telegraph.
Gear has played in the Super 14 for the Highlanders, Auckland and Canterbury, and has scored 10 tries in 18 New Zealand appearances. At 29, he is of an age whereby Worcester could still benefit […]

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David Beckham capped his Real Madrid career with a league title.
Beckham, 32, has been at Real for four seasons but the 3-1 win over Mallorca sealed a first major Spanish honour for the United States-bound star.
A brace from Jose Antonio Reyes, on loan from Arsenal, and an Angelos Basinas own goal clinched Real’s crown.
It is […]

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Apologies for the lack of work on show.
If we’re honest with you the office went to see The Go! Team and we’re suffering like Sebestian Diesler in a dark room.
Ouch.
John Terry’s wedding tomorrow. We’ll be watching him walk flat-footed up the aisle.
See you at the weekend. Honest.

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Toulouse forward Trevor Brennan’s life ban from playing rugby has been reduced to a five-year suspension.
In March, the European Rugby Cup (ERC) found Brennan guilty of assaulting an Ulster fan at a Heineken Cup game and he was handed the life ban.
However an independent appeals panel has ruled that the initial maximum penalty was “disproportionate”.
Brennan’s […]

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Full-time footballer and part-time boxer Joey Barton will be beating up team-mates in the north-east.
The most over-rated midfielder of his generation will be taking his I’m-one-of-the-best-players-in-England delusion grand tour to Newcastle who don’t seem to mind that he isn’t very good.
Then again the Magpies did sign Bellamy, Bramble, Moore, Carr…….

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What more do you want? That’s pretty much it.
Oh, the squad…here it is then.
Lazy sods. The things we do for you [like copy and paste the squad from the second Test].
Michael Vaughan (capt), Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Matt Prior (wkt), Liam Plunkett, Steve Harmison, Ryan Sidebottom, Monty Panesar.

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[engage Super League; Twickenham Stoop Stadium:
Harlequins (8) 18 - (4) 8 Wigan]
Quins further upset the odds in Super League by taking the prized scalp of Wigan Warriors.
In fact, this was Quins fourth victory in five games of egg-chasing.
They are now level with Wigan in joint fourth place with 16 points. St Helens are […]

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