RESPECT: Is The Handshake On Its Way Out?
Events last weekend and over the following few months could see the pre-match handshake fall by the wayside – will anyone mourn its passing?
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Events last weekend and over the following few months could see the pre-match handshake fall by the wayside – will anyone mourn its passing?
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Wembley was the venue for the inaugural Asian Football Awards recognising the achievements of South Asian’s within the game. A star-studded guest list saw Michael Chopra take home the Player of the Year award.
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Ipswich striker Michael Chopra, BBC present Manish Bhasin, and QPR owner Tony Fernandes are among the nominees for the inaugural Asian Football Awards which will be held at Wembley next week.
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Ipswich manager Paul Jewell made no inference that what he saw as a poor decision was made because the assistant referee was a woman.
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With Luis Suarez expected to return to action on February 11 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, there seems no end to the saga
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The Liverpool players show of support for Luis Suarez at the DW Stadium provoked criticism from some understandably claiming it contradicted the Kick It Out campaign and sent out a confusing message.
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The FA’s support of Rooney has received a mixed reception from many Premier League managers including Kenny Dalglish, Harry Redknapp, David Moyes, Arsene Wenger and Neil Warnock.
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As FIFA look set to approve goal-line technology, RESPECT man Danny Gipson tries to make the most of Blatter and co’s rare enlightened mood by pushing the case for video-technology as well.
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UEFA announced last week that stewards who will be on duty at UEFA Euro 2012 games in Poland are to take special training sessions in Warsaw on how to counter racism and discrimination.
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RESPEST this week focuses on the Pin Point Recruitment (PPR) Junior Football League in the North-East which, over the years, has seen the likes of Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Steve Bruce, and Michael Carrick pass through its ranks
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Sepp Blatter seems to be fast emerging as football’s answer to Prince Philip with his offensive and stereotypical views.
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As the week progressed, the more I read and the more points of view I heard, I began to realise that there was more to this ‘poppy ban’ than I first thought.
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