Arguably the greatest football game that ever took place was never televised. We donִ know everyone who played or scored or how good a game it was but we do know the score.
Most accounts say the game finished 3-2 (although some say it was 2-1) to Germany and it was played on the Western Front between the trenches on Christmas Day 1914 between representatives from the Allies (predominately British) and the Germans. It showed that sport brings people together and can be a force for good.
Predicting the future is a dangerous thing to do. Fifty years ago a lot people thought that we֤ all be taking holidays to the moon by 2012 and that we would all have our own personal jet pack.
Footballers are not traditionally noted for their intelligence. The English midfielder Mark Draper is quoted as saying, Ӊ֤ like to play for an Italian club like Barcelona.ӠHe was sent out on loan to Spanish club Rayo Vallecano but it is not clear whether he ended up in Spain.
You may be a pen pusher but that does not mean you canִ do any push-ups. You can still workout at work from behind your desk. Your body needs to move and your only exercise should not be the short walk from your car to your workstation.
In the last twenty years the Premier League has been graced by some amazing foreign talent. Eric Cantona, Gianfranco Zola, Ruud Gullit, Jurgen Klinsmann and Dennis Bergkamp are just a few of the players who have provided scintillating and memorable moments to the domestic game during that time.
Referees can surprise football fans. They can be watching the game and suddenly the ref could make a decision that surprises home and away supporters alike.
The biggest shock someone watching the game can get is when the man in black decides to get his yellow card out and book someone for no apparent reason. It often leads people in the crowd to look around incredulously at each other and then start to hurl abuse at the official in the middle.
As the comedian Emo Phillips once remarked, ӗhen it comes to my health, I like to think of my body as a temple. Or at least a relatively well managed Presbyterian youth centre.ӠSome people, though, are not that well-managed and look distinctly run down.
Almost all vegetable and plant foods contain carbohydrates. These break down into sugars during the digestive process and provide fuel for the body. Some of these sugars reside in the muscles as glycogen.
The combustible Manchester United and Liverpool derby match at the weekend was inflamed by the red card given to Jonjo Shelvy.
The red card was first used at the World Cup of 1970 as a language-neutral way of communicating that a player has to go. It has ever since added drama and spice to the game of football at both domestic and international level.
This year is the 30th anniversary of the exercise video. In 1982 film star Jane Fonda released a video called the Jane Fonda Workout. It was a smash hit and it had all sorts of people up and down the land following Janeֳ instructions and moving their bodies.