Euro 2012 Schedule and Friday Night Lights – Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Euro 2012 qualifying gets underway in a few days, and – if you haven’t noticed already – the scheduling may come as something of a surprise. In a break from tradition, games will no longer follow the familiar Saturday afternoon/Wednesday evening pattern, but will instead be played on Friday and Tuesday evenings. The Tuesday games...
World Cup Video Tuesday (updated)
Heat up your Salisbury steaks with mash 'n peas, because it's time for tube...Let's begin with day-after reactions from the USMNT over their England draw.Speaking of that match, here are the highlights - Lego-style.UPDATE: I had this creeping feeling I...
Loco Bielsa and the Chileans Strike Twice Tonight!
Credit for this story goes to our much more informed readers, Andrea4m and hkfczrqi. While doing the previews for today’s international games, I noticed that ESPN had Chile playing in two friendlies tonight against both Northern Ireland and Israel. Silly ESPN, I thought, clearly this must be an error. Well, actually, there was an initial 30...
World Cup Friendlies Recap: Everybody’s Awesome.
Quite the turn of events these last 24 hours, we must admit. From World Cup teams going 0-4-2 across five games yesterday to a 4-0-1 record today – with that lone loss, Mexico, coming against the Dutch, who are a World Cup team (dontchaknow).
Of course it helps that those in action are supposed to...
Guardian Daily podcast: Dirty hospitals told to improve or face closure; plus displaying the guillotine
One in four health trusts have failed to meet standards over hospital infections, with five getting warnings under the Care Quality Commission's tough new regulatory regime. Randeep Ramesh, the Guardian's social affairs editor, has the details.
There have been violent clashes in East Jerusalem between Palestinians and the Israeli police. George Mitchell, the US Middle...
Dubai assassins stole identities of six UK citizens
Hit squad that killed one of the founders of Hamas military wing also faked at least five other European passports
A hit squad that murdered a senior Hamas official in Dubai used the stolen identities of six British citizens and faked at least five other European passports, it emerged...
