Nick Ames

Nick Ames
Sports A Brief Guide to ... the still-Compelling Arsenal-Liverpool Rivalry

A Brief Guide to ... the still-Compelling Arsenal-Liverpool Rivalry

Once the top flight’s hottest ticket, Arsenal and Liverpool remains one of the sport’s most prestigious rivalries even if the stakes have been tempered. …

Nick Ames (London)
Sports Gareth Southgate Toughens Up England For Hard Campaign at Russia 2018

Gareth Southgate Toughens Up England For Hard Campaign at Russia 2018

If anything about last month’s friendlies against Germany and Brazil set a resounding tone for Gareth Southgate it was the way in which, deprived of meaningful…

Nick Ames (London)
Sports Gheorghe Hagi: ‘I Took a Lot of Risks Because of the Passion I Have for Football’

Gheorghe Hagi: ‘I Took a Lot of Risks Because of the Passion I Have for Football’

Gheorghe Hagi has been talking for almost an hour when, not for the first time, he shoots a glance at the adjacent training pitch. Viitorul Constanta’s Under…

Nick Ames (London)
Sports The English Managerial Success Story Shunned By The Premier League

The English Managerial Success Story Shunned By The Premier League

Graeme Jones knew there was something atypical about the full-back who had joined him in signing on for a League Two season at Boston United. It was 2003 and…

Nick Ames (London)
Sports Germany

World Cup 2018 Power Rankings: Germany on Top among Qualified 23

Twenty-three nations have booked their places for the World Cup in Russia, with the holders and Brazil looking in good shape, but we rank England in 13th place…

Nick Ames (London)
Sports Nasri

How Samir Nasri Went from Being the ‘New Zidane’ to an Outcast

Samir Nasri had taken to Premier League life straightaway but within three months of his Arsenal debut something was bothering him. The season had, on a…

Nick Ames (London)