“Yet there are plenty of independent observers who believe that standards have dropped in the English game over the last two or three years. Even many United fans recognise that last season’s triumph was the least convincing of Sir Alex Ferguson’s 12 league titles and owed more to grizzled competitiveness than all-round brilliance.”
— On the slide: How English football’s continental crash points to a Premier League in decline.
Infographic - Diversity in the Premier League
It’s difficult to “rank” diversity per se, but that’s exactly what was attempted in Visual News’ infographic. Race and ethnicity has been far too prevalent an issue this season in the Premier League for anyone’s liking, but it’s something that cannot be ignored. Honestly, nothing can be justifiably deduced from noticing that one club has players from 11 nationalities and another club has players from 6 nationalities, but regardless it’s interesting to take a look and compare.
(via theworldsgame)
“Watching an athlete exhibit perfect execution within his or her sport is a sight unlike any other.”
“This country drinks more cachaça than any other in the world, and it seems like I myself drink it all,” he once told an interviewer, referring to the popular Brazilian spirit made from fermented sugar cane. “They don’t want me to drink, smoke or think?” “Well,” he said, “I drink, smoke and think.”
“It was like a computer,” Gilbert said between flights on his way home to California. “After that devastating loss at the Open, he hits the refresh button. One thing I noticed this week, he has a twinkle in his eye.”
“I look them in the eyes and I talk about values,” he said. “I talk about being proud of representing this country. It’s what America is all about. “It’s a melting pot, anyway.”
— Scouring the Globe, the U.S. Finds a Reservoir of Soccer Talent in Germany - NYTimes.com
“I did not use the word ‘slave’ in an interview I gave to the Polish newspaper SuperExpress, about my current position at Manchester United.”
— Manchester United’s Tomasz Kuszczak denies ‘slave’ comments
