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Jason Cowley

Tony Adams

Tony Adams was tops, but I fear he'll only be a No2

Can Adams cut it as a boss? My feeling is he’s a technical coach rather than a leader of men

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England's cricket team has been compromised by our wooing of mercenaries

It’s long been obvious that those who run English cricket care nothing for the spirit of the game

Fergie's a bully who needs to be punished

How much longer should the world of football tolerate the tantrums and discourtesies of Sir Alex Ferguson?

Thierry Henry must pass test under Arsene Wenger if he’s to take charge

It's time for Arsene Wenger to bring Thierry Henry back to Arsenal as a player-coach

Sven-Goran Eriksson's lost his Sol but he's already a ghost

Being England football coach is rather like being leader of one of our main political parties: you seldom leave the post with your reputation enhanced. This, as we know, applies especially to Sven-Goran Eriksson or Svennis as he is known in Sweden.

Fabio Capello's vision must still pass the final test

For now, the Italian in the Marxist glasses is the master but the big test will come next year

Happy days of mocking Spurs look to be over

Daniel Levy has made many mistakes as chairman but bringing in Redknapp is not one of them

West Ham violence - the return of the repressed

My paternal grandfather and father were both Londoners and their relationship was extraordinarily close, loving and respectful. Only one thing divided them - football

Man City spending will Sheikh up Big Four but won't bring title

I have a colleague, a former academic philosopher, who is a model leftist: a stern moralist and scourge of free market fundamentalism and of the excesses of our winner-takes-all consumer society.

Let's be honest, Ramps just isn't up to the Test

So for one more time, for one last time, is it to be Mark Ramprakash for England? The heart says yes while the head demands that the selectors resist the calls of sentimentalists everywhere and say emphatically no.

Why it was mad not bold of Beckham to trek to final frontier

The States is the final frontier in terms of soccer. Those were the words of Simon Fuller, when his client David Beckham signed for LA Galaxy, on a five-year contract worth a reported $250 million, excluding all the usual extras from image rights to sponsorship

City life will suit greedy Emmanuel Adebayor

No Arsenal fan will mourn the departure of Emmanuel Adebayor

Gifted Andrew Flintoff gave everything for the cause - and I salute him

So this, then, is to be Freddie Flintoff's last summer as a Test cricketer

Let's hope that legend Lance Armstrong doesn't tarnish his great legacy

The greater the sportsman, the less willing he can be to accept mortal limits and the harder it is to retire, to say goodbye

Excessive excess is one addiction beautiful game will never kick

Sport: Will this deal be the end? Unlikely, because the international plutocracy is immune to catastrophic recession

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