Gus Poyet may have enjoyed a successful playing career in both Spain and England, but the likeable Uruguayan still has one major regret. He never got to experience the unbridled joy and passion of a World Cup.
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The eyes of the football world will settle on South Africa this summer when the grandest tournament of them all takes place in Africa for the first time. As fans and journalists prepare to descend on the towns of Cape Town and Johannesburg, one former England International visited for a very different reason.
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This will be an important year for South Africa, not only in sporting terms, but in its development as a modern country. Memories of persecution, savage violence and strife still linger, but they are suppressed as the nation strives forward within the international community.
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Q: *What’s your favourite fashion item?* A: I’ll never part from my khaki combats: I’ve had the same pair, from “Great Wall of China,” since I was 17 years old and I wear them all the time.
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It has taken less than two years for Nemanja Vidic to be transformed from a little known Serb to a cult figure at Manchester United, a Premiership and Champions league winner and a man who is not only one of the first names down on the team sheet, but also a favourite son of...
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Last year’s horrific injury to the Arsenal footballer, Eduardo da Silva, was high profile because it occurred during a televised Premiership match, but the kind of clumsy, ill-timed tackle by Birmingham's Martin Taylor that broke the Brazilian-born, Croatian international striker's ankle and shin takes place week in, week out on the thousands of park pitches around...
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