SO HOW was it for you? 2011 was a dream of a year for sports writers what with bungs, match-fixing, striking footballers and dwarf tossing but here’s my take on 12 breathtaking months.Read
THIS IS the first time I’ve enjoyed the build-up to Christmas in Japan, and I must admit it’s odd eating sushi and noodles to the accompaniment of Louis Armstrong’s “Winter Wonderland.”Read
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
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
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
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
SOMETIMES I’m astounded at the reasoning, or lack of it, spilling from the mouths of Premier League managers – but Sir Alex Ferguson takes the biscuit this week.Read
