Monthly Archives: June 2014

CHIELLINI: SUAREZ BAN “EXCESSIVE”

ITALY’S Giorgio Chiellini, the player on the receiving end of Luis Suarez’s latest on-pitch indiscretion, says the Uruguayan’s punishment from FIFA was too harsh. FIFA acted after video footage showed Suarez apparently sinking his teeth into Chiellini’s shoulder, fining him two-and-a-half days’ wages, banning him for nine international games and adding a complete ban from football for four months. That four […]

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CHIELLINI: SUAREZ BAN "EXCESSIVE"

ITALY’S Giorgio Chiellini, the player on the receiving end of Luis Suarez’s latest on-pitch indiscretion, says the Uruguayan’s punishment from FIFA was too harsh. FIFA acted after video footage showed Suarez apparently sinking his teeth into Chiellini’s shoulder, fining him two-and-a-half days’ wages, banning him for nine international games and adding a complete ban from football for four months. That four […]

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Suarez fit for the World Cup? Try and stop him.

WHEN Liverpool fans first heard that Luis Suarez had been injured in training for Uruguay and needed surgery the instant reaction was one of fear: Could this mean he missed a chunk of another season for the Reds? Then word came out that it was the kind of injury that takes anything from two to six weeks to recover from, […]

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A look around Liverpool’s Melwood training ground

AN invitation for a look around Melwood isn’t one that many Reds fans would turn down lightly and I wasn’t about to be one that did. We were here to see what those who take the club up on the offer of a tour of Liverpool FC’s famous training complex get to see. We meet in reception before tour guide […]

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A look around Liverpool's Melwood training ground

AN invitation for a look around Melwood isn’t one that many Reds fans would turn down lightly and I wasn’t about to be one that did. We were here to see what those who take the club up on the offer of a tour of Liverpool FC’s famous training complex get to see. We meet in reception before tour guide […]

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Lambert on signing for Liverpool: “It’s mad – I can’t believe it”

RICKIE LAMBERT was at Melwood on Friday to sign for his boyhood club, the club he left as a teenager, in a deal reportedly costing Liverpool £4m plus add-ons. He was delighted to say the least.

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Lambert on signing for Liverpool: "It's mad – I can't believe it"

RICKIE LAMBERT was at Melwood on Friday to sign for his boyhood club, the club he left as a teenager, in a deal reportedly costing Liverpool £4m plus add-ons. He was delighted to say the least.

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