This match was the group decider. France needed a win to secure their passage to the finals without the detour via the play-off. They could stumble at the last hurdle, provided Bosnia-Herzegovina won this match. And this is where this team from the former Yugoslavia is so remarkable. In a group with Romania, Albania and Belorussia, they have come out in the second spot and still challenged France, right up to the last game. Those who made the draw for this group should be congratulated for scripting a thrilling contest until the final whistle tonight.
The Olympic Stadium deal collapsed
That West Ham will not take over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games for free any more. The plan is that the stadium remains in public hands while the football club could use it for their games but have to pay an annual rent. That would enable London to bid for the 2017 Athletics World Championships to be hold there. The move is applaud-able because the stadium is being built using public money and costing around
on being a fan
Nick Hornby once wrote that it is not us who chose a football team to follow but that the team choses you.
Jonathan Wilson shared his very own take on this view.
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Like father, like son: Thoughts on being a fan
Last year, after my dad had died, I stayed holding his hand for about
quarter of an hour and then left the nurses to it. In the hospital
waiting room I made three calls. The first was to Sunderland Civic
Centre to register the death. The second was to the undertakers. And
the third was to the Independent to tell them that I was, after all,
free to cover Sunderland v Burnley the next day.
I know a lot of people found that odd. To be honest, looking back, it
seems odd to me. At the time, though, it seemed perfectly natural.
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The W-M formation: thoughts on sources
Yesterday the well known and esteemed guardian writer and editor of the blizzard Jonathan Wilson had to admit in a piece for the guardian’s sports blog that not Arsenal under Herbert Chapman were the first team to play in a W-M formation in the 1920s but that this was already in use in Southampton already roughly at the same time Chapman took charge at Arsenal.
The Bulls are coming: PSG vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg
The Club formerly known as SV Austria Salzburg was the first to be renamed after Red Bull bought the club in 2005. More franchises soon followed: 2006 New York (since 2010 with a certain Thierry Henry), 2009 there was RB Leipzig. Recent additions were RB Brazil located in