Nich Moore

Norwegian Referee Red Cards Homophobia

Norwegian Referee Red Cards Homophobia

Nich Moore June 10, 2015 07:55:05

With the massive corruption scandal at FIFA dominating the headlines and editorials are we perhaps forgetting that football has a whole host of other problems that need tackling? Football, a sport that now has more manifestly obvious issues than a neurotic kangaroo in a minefield, is undergoing one of the most tempestuous periods in its […]

Nigeria Hold Sweden As FIFA Holds Its Breath

Nigeria Hold Sweden As FIFA Holds Its Breath

Nich Moore June 10, 2015 05:16:24

With the Women’s World Cup underway in Canada has the pinnacle of the female game been overshadowed by the ongoing scandal at FIFA? Football is, we are so often reminded by those with a taste for mindless cliché, a game of two halves and yet just recently it appears a more accurate assessment of affairs […]

The week in pictures: June 2 – June 8, 2015

The week in pictures: June 2 – June 8, 2015

Nich Moore June 9, 2015 06:10:46

With so many exciting news stories hitting the headlines in the last week perhaps we should quickly review the big stories of the last seven days Last week saw the newly re-elected FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, resign after continued revelations about corruption and bribery emerge from international football’s governing body. With ongoing FBI and Swiss […]

Naked Cowboy Might Win Danish Election, But I Wouldn’t Bet On It

Naked Cowboy Might Win Danish Election, But I Wouldn’t Bet On It

Nich Moore June 5, 2015 06:30:58

If you ever thought that the one thing politics was lacking was nudity there’s a candidate in the upcoming Danish election you’re just going to love….. The infrequency with which politics and nudity combine is probably a great relief to us all. There’s nothing wrong with either one per se, of course, but given how […]

The week in pictures: May 26 – June 1, 2015

The week in pictures: May 26 – June 1, 2015

Nich Moore June 3, 2015 10:01:42

With no shortage of big news stories last week we go over some of the most important that hit the headlines in the last seven days The National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs were ruled illegal by a US court last week after it decided the shadowy security body had strayed beyond it’s congressional remit […]

Finnish Forward Move Shows It’s Not Gambling Ruining Sports

Finnish Forward Move Shows It’s Not Gambling Ruining Sports

Nich Moore May 29, 2015 10:05:39

Forward Joonas Kemppainen leaves the Finnish Elite League for the Boston Bruins, another example of why commercial interests, not gambling, is ruining sport There is a far too widely held misconception that gambling ruins sport. It floats around like an unflushable bowel movement, bobbing up and down in the media’s attention and generally cluttering up […]

Norwegian Wins Rallycross Championship Fourth Round

Norwegian Wins Rallycross Championship Fourth Round

Nich Moore May 29, 2015 09:51:32

Rallycross has been a bit of a late developer than has now put on a spurt of growth in both popularity and commercial success and this weekend it was Solberg that took the plaudits on track Betting on motorsport at ComeOn! Sportsbook and the like is an exercise in both ecstasy and agony. There’s no […]

I Am Zlatan……But Don’t Bet On Me Having Actually Said It

I Am Zlatan……But Don’t Bet On Me Having Actually Said It

Nich Moore May 29, 2015 03:06:50

The world is full of fakes, from imitation fur coats to badly replicated electronics, but shouldn’t an autobiography at least attempt to be genuine? Being of hippy stock I had the sort of parents that thought the Boy Scouts was a crypto-fascist organization of the deferential and brainwashed, I thus find myself somewhat surprised that […]

The week in pictures: May 19 – May 25, 2015

The week in pictures: May 19 – May 25, 2015

Nich Moore May 26, 2015 07:19:52

The last seven days were packed with big news stories so lets look back over which of them hit our headlines In a surprise result French director Jacques Audiard won the Cannes film festival’s premier award, the Palme d’Or, for his work concerning a veteran of the Sri Lankan civil war attempting to create a […]