Updated 5:57am 25 May 2013

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Pete Barrow: Huddersfield Giants must make it magic at the Etihad

ONCE upon a time Saturday night entertainment would always come replete with Debbie McGee’s life partner and work colleague Paul Daniels pronouncing ‘And that’s magic!’Read

Pete Barrow: Phil Tufnell almost fails to make a date

THERE is no keeping an old character down and Phil Tufnell was back at his charmingly daft best at Lord’s last week.Read

Pete Barrow: Sympathy for Roy Hodgson and the Americans

YOU have to feel a lot of sympathy for England manager Roy Hodgson as he is yet again hampered as he attempts to take the next couple of steps to preparing his team to ensure qualification for the World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014.Read

Pete Barrow: Joe Cool could be Root cause of England’s future success

THE rise of Joe Root has become a quite amazing phenomenon.Read

Pete Barrow:Alex Ferguson set the standards too high for others to reach

THE world and his wife have offered their thoughts on the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, so here are my few fleeting observations.Read

Pete Barrow: Give them a chance and the RFL will make a Jackson Pollock of it

SADLY the Rugby Football League are no strangers to undermining their own public image with unfortunate happenings, but few can match the great mystery of the Challenge Cup quarter-final draw this week.Read

All the best to the Latics for Wembley

WIGAN Athletic will make their first appearance in the FA Cup final on Saturday evening and the very best of luck to them.Read

Germans refuse to believe all the Bundesliga hype

THE Bundesliga is being proclaimed the best league in Europe, if not the premier football competition in the world – but strangely the Germans are not convinced.Read

Max Biaggi could be back to haunt Tom Sykes

JUST as Huddersfield star Tom Sykes started hitting top gear in this season’s World Superbike Championship there was a ghost seemingly back to haunt him.Read

Pete Barrow: Wilko and out for Jonny

THOSE who longed to see Jonny Wilkinson in a British Lions shirt had those hopes dashed as Warren Gatland selected a squad for this summer’s tour of Hong Kong and Australia that has a strong Welsh accent.Read

Pete Barrow: All that ham can get stuck in your throat

YOU have to accept that in many ways modern day footballers have become more than sportsmen and have to fulfil the role of entertainers.Read

Pete Barrow: Michu is the forgotten man

CONGRATULATIONS to Cardiff City on winning promotion to the Premier League and rendering it 10 per cent Welsh for at least one season.Read

Pete Barrow: Brendan Rodgers needs to get some nuts

YOU would have thought that Brendan Rodgers might have seen that advert for a particular peanut laden chocolate bar.Read

Pete Barrow: Mo suffers due to drinking problem

WHO would have guessed that the reason Mo Farah only ran half the London Marathon was due to a drinking problem.Read

Pete Barrow: Two trips to Wembley can’t be realistic for most fans

THIS weekend four teams are playing for the right to meet at Wembley – at Wembley!Read

Pete Barrow: Joey Barton just can’t help himself

IT IS sad that even when given a chance to reinvent himself, Joey Barton still can’t grasp the opportunity.Read

Peter Barrow: Williams sisters keep it in the family

IT WAS almost as if it had been planned as the Williams sisters proved themselves to be a sponsors’ dream.Read

Pete Barrow: Di Canio appointment may be a Sunderland money saver

THE appointment of Paolo Di Canio as manager of Sunderland has been greeted as being ‘a little left-field’ by many football reporters and pundits.Read

Pete Barrow: Weather lays waste to County Championship’s late start

IN A mere seven days time Yorkshire will start their assault on the County Championship crown.Read

Pete Barrow: It’s time to pick your cliches in the relegation dogfight

THERE are certain cliches that as a football fan you don’t want to hear bandied about – particularly if your side is in the relegation zone with a handful of games left to play.Read