By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer We know half of the teams who will make up the semi-finals of Euro 2012 and tonight we get a look at the defending champions. Spain ran rings around the musical statues of Irish defence, but a couple of less impressive performances against Italy and Croatia have raised […]
Archive | June 23, 2012
Royal Ascot Round-up: Nolen pulls it Black from the brink
It’s not often the Queen has another female rivalling her for attention at Royal Ascot, but today her Majesty had no choice but to share centre stage with Black Caviar. The Australian wonder-mare’s appearance at the Royal Meeting had been the subject of extensive speculation, theorising and excitement and her victory provided drama worthy of […]
Robbie Fowler: Spain need to go with Torres
Throughout this tournament, Spain haven’t got the credit they deserve. I know in theory at one point in the final group game they were only one goal from going out, but I like how they performed. They’re a victim of their own success because every team they come up against defend very deep. For all […]
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