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Roger Clarke: Gary Neville doesn't need to pull plug on his TV career May 24 2012

GARY Neville has been a revelation since he hung up his boots and took to the Skywaves.Read

Roger Clarke: This freak show leaves boxing on the ropes May 17 2012

THE fun part of being away for a week without phones, email, Internet or newspapers is finding out on your return what you have missed – and confirming that you learn something new every day.Read

Roger Clarke: No reason to cry for Harry and England May 03 2012

ROY Hodgson starts as England manager with not so much a monkey on his back as a whole troop of them – all in Harry Redknapp masks.Read

Roger Clarke: It was a bit rich singling out the Bahrain protest Apr 26 2012

I DON’T think Bernie Ecclestone does morality or freedom or any of that caped-crusader stuff – but he does do money!Read

Roger's Rant: Ashley Young - a case for the defence Apr 19 2012

REMEMBER the old joke about never vacuuming if Spurs were on Sky because if you bumped the telly Jurgen Klinsmann would go down?Read

Roger Clarke: It's ref justice for Ivanovic as Mario escapes Apr 12 2012

THERE are times when you just look at football and wonder if it exists in a parallel universe.Read

Roger Clarke: Taking the Mick out of Wolves is no joke now Apr 05 2012

MOST people know the joke about the bloke walking around with a 12-inch pianist or followed by a million ducks all conjured up by the genie with dodgy hearing – your wish, pardon? is my command and all that.Read

Roger Clarke: Fed up of the cheats... I mean professionals! Mar 29 2012

THE problem with professional sport is that it is full of professional cheats. They won’t admit it, of course. They are not cheating, merely being... well, professional.Read

Roger Clarke: British Olympic Association takes an admirable stand against cheats Mar 15 2012

ONCE lawyers become involved the only certain outcome is their fees.Read

Roger Clarke: British rhythmic gymnasts are already winners Mar 08 2012

I AM delighted our rhythmic gymnastics team is back in the Olympics.Read

Rogers Rant: Don't let football rip the shirt off your back Mar 01 2012

WHEN I was a kid, shirts for every team going were simple – red with white edging and you were Liverpool, Man U... even Walsall.Read

Roger's Rant: Andre Villas-Boas can chalk this one down to experience Feb 23 2012

ANDRE Villas-Boas, or AVB as those who can’t be bothered to write his name in full know him, might not admit it, but losing 3-1 in Naples is probably seen as a letter of resignation in Russian Oligarch speak.Read

Roger's Rant: Liverpool must take some of blame for Suarez affair Feb 16 2012

HOPEFULLY, rub lucky rabbit’s foot (lucky unless you are the rabbit, of course), the Suarezgate affair is now over, done and dusted . . . until next season.Read

FA Cup crowd abuse was mindless yet inevitable Feb 02 2012

YOU could have bet your house on Patrice Evra being booed every time he touched the ball in the FA Cup tie at Anfield.Read

Brazil likely to be left ale-ing by FIFA demands Jan 26 2012

I SEE FIFA are flexing their shin pads again, this time at Brazil where, because of crowd violence, alcohol has been banned at football matches since 2003.Read

Britain has truly lost the spirit of the Olympics Jan 19 2012

I AM a bit old-fashioned when it comes to the Olympics. I still have this notion it is a celebration of sport, of dreams, aspirations and achievement, whether winning gold or merely being there.Read

Racism in sport is a problem for the whole of society Jan 12 2012

YOU do have to wonder about the creatures who inhabit football matches.Read

Duo show they care how their players behave Jan 05 2012

ANYONE spot that Danny Care has been dropped by England for the Six Nations?Read

Liverpool were wrong to put shirts on Luis Dec 29 2011

I HAVE never met Luis Suarez so have no idea if he would be an ideal recruit for the National Front or is the greatest champion of civil rights the world has known.Read

Drug cheats will prosper from dopey decision Dec 22 2011

DRUGS in sport has always been a controversial subject. There will always be athletes trying to keep one injection ahead of the testers with fame – and fortune – as the prize.Read