Month: August 2017
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Hot August openers take me back to my first full season following Fulham
So the football season is nigh and hope springs eternal. As a lifelong fan I seldom tire of the prospect of a new campaign and Fulham are often decent with the sun on their backs. August still fills me with a somewhat blind hope but after last season’s dashing displays we have every reason to […]
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UFC Fight Night 114 could be a chance to notch up a sighting
We’d all like to think we can spot a future great in the making, and this weekend at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, UFC Fight Night 114 could be a chance to notch up a sighting. Two of the most exciting young fighters in MMA clash, as shooting star flyweights Brandon Moreno […]
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Nothing Hooky about Villa’s New Order
It always strikes me as a contradiction that while the Championship Play-Off final is considered a fixture that shimmers with excitement and one that has the richest prize in world football, the Championship season itself is talked down. It is as though people consider it a slog almost not worth bothering with unless you have […]
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Sheikhzayedroad might provide the biggest threat at Goodwood
The Sussex Downs provides one of the finest settings in British horse racing as Glorious Goodwood begins its five-day extravaganza. Day one focuses on the Goodwood Cup, as Big Orange bids to win this race for a third successive time, and in his present mood, it’s going to take a very good horse to try […]