Updated 10:09am 22 May 2013

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John Helm: Martin O’Neill a success story wherever he goes

ONE good thing about Martin O’Neill’s appointment as Sunderland manager is that it will stop his name appearing in prospective lists every time a job comes up in the Premier League.Read

John Helm: Will prize give Messi drive?

NEXT week I’ll be reporting to you from Toyota. No, not the car factory in Derby, the actual place of that name in Japan.Read

John Helm: The magic of the cup is alive and well

THERE are those who would have us believe that the FA Cup has lost its magic.Read

John Helm: The name remains the same

ST JAMES’ PARK will always be St James’ Park no matter what the Newcastle directors want to call it.Read

John Helm: Recent events show we must never become complacent over racism in sport

MATCH fixing, racial abuse, spitting and horse whipping. All in a week, and all in the name of sport.Read

John Helm: Response to Billy Sharp shows the good side of football

IF EVER goals were written in the stars, they were Billy Sharp’s strikes against Middlesbrough and Ipswich.Read

John Helm: It’s grim up north for the BBC

FOR THE life of me I cannot understand why the BBC is moving it’s sports department, lock, stock and barrel from London to Manchester.Read

John Helm: Draw illustrates the magic of the cup

SUNDAY’S draw for the FA Cup first round had more meaning than ever for me and a host of friends.Read

John Helm: Referees need to show a little sense

REFEREES have to stick to the letter of the law, otherwise they get marked down by the dreaded assessors, but I do wish they were allowed a little latitude at times.Read

John Helm: Weekend of woe for top flight bosses

WHAT A week for football managers!Read

John Helm: The Wizard of the Wand

CAN YOU imagine what it must be like to know you’re the best in the world at what you do?Read

John Helm: Feelgood factor at Bootham Crescent

IF YOU want to experience a feelgood factor in the game go to Bootham Crescent.Read

John Helm: Motor racing’s message was chilling

IT WAS chilling to hear people like Sir Jackie Stewart and Nigel Mansell say that the 220 mph crash that killed British driver Dan Wheldon was inevitable.Read

John Helm: It’s baffling that hooliganism is back

THERE are a lot of things I don’t understand.Read

John Helm: Quake USA because Tom Lewis is coming

WHILE one Lewis was finishing a disappointed second in Korea on Sunday, another was coming up in the fast lane in Portugal to take a chequered flag for the first time in his career.Read

John Helm: Not worth the paper they are written on

I HAVE always thought contracts in football are a waste of time and that view has been confirmed by recent events.Read

John Helm: Big men shouln’t cry

WE ARE told grown men – nay giants of the species – wept uncontrollably in the Eden Park dressing room in Auckland after England’s ignominious departure from the Rugby World Cup.Read

John Helm: Joey Barton was on his best behaviour

INITIALLY I was horrified at the sight of Joey Barton adopting the role of studio guest on BBC’s Football Focus.Read

John Helm: Let’s hope England finally show some panache in the 2011 World Cup

THERE seems to have been a recurring theme about England’s Rugby World Cup campaign down in New Zealand.Read

John Helm: The managerial fickle finger of fate points again

I’VE always believed that luck plays a massive part in sport.Read