Nick Ames

Nick Ames
Sports ‘He’ll Be the Best Striker in Europe’ – the Stunning Emergence of Luka Jovic

‘He’ll Be the Best Striker in Europe’ – the Stunning Emergence of Luka Jovic

Eintracht Frankfurt had just beaten Schalke 3-0 and, among the smiling faces inside Commerzbank Arena, Fredi Bobic had particular cause to feel satisfied…

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Sports Emmanuel Frimpong: ‘All Those at the Top Making Decisions Are White Men’

Emmanuel Frimpong: ‘All Those at the Top Making Decisions Are White Men’

“You honestly wouldn’t want to know.” Emmanuel Frimpong laughs when asked how, now that playing football is no longer an option, he spends his days. Life used…

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Sports Norwich’s Onel Hernández: ‘It’s Sad. Cuban Players Want to Play for Free’

Norwich’s Onel Hernández: ‘It’s Sad. Cuban Players Want to Play for Free’

Onel Hernández cannot remember touching a football during the first six years of his life. He and his friends in Morón, a city in central Cuba, would steal…

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Sports Matija Nastasic: ‘I Told Pellegrini It Was Better for Everyone If I Left City’

Matija Nastasic: ‘I Told Pellegrini It Was Better for Everyone If I Left City’

It is with matter-of-fact delivery, rather than obvious emotion or regret, that Matija Nastasic recounts the meeting that in effect brought about his departure…

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Sports Leroy Sané Emerges From Chaos to Rewrite City’s Knockout Nightmare

Leroy Sané Emerges From Chaos to Rewrite City’s Knockout Nightmare

Perhaps, if Pep Guardiola learned anything from a chaotic night in Germany’s industrial heartland, it was that you cannot keep a good narrative down. Leroy…

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Sports Arjen Robben: If You Ask What is the Worst Stadium for Me, it’s Liverpool

Arjen Robben: If You Ask What is the Worst Stadium for Me, it’s Liverpool

In his tenth and final season at Bayern Munich the Dutchman talks about his extraordinary decade in Bavaria and burning desire to avenge Champions League…

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Sports José Gomes: Robson Was a Symbol of What English Football Means

José Gomes: Robson Was a Symbol of What English Football Means

For a young coach in Portugal’s second city during the mid-1990s the choice between university classes and a trip to Porto’s practice pitches barely registered…

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Sports The Joy of Six: Norwegians in English Football

The Joy of Six: Norwegians in English Football

1) Jostein Flo Just as Belgians were à la mode for the early and middle parts of this decade, for a while in the 1990s there was hardly a Premier League…

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