Birmingham Mail - Sport - Roger's Rant

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

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:54:00 GMT

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.

FA Cup crowd abuse was mindless yet inevitable

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:00 GMT

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

Brazil likely to be left ale-ing by FIFA demands

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:00 GMT

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.

Britain has truly lost the spirit of the Olympics

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMT

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.

Racism in sport is a problem for the whole of society

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:51:00 GMT

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

Duo show they care how their players behave

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:14:00 GMT

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

Liverpool were wrong to put shirts on Luis

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:53:00 GMT

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.

Drug cheats will prosper from dopey decision

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:42:00 GMT

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.

Olympic dream is costing grass roots dearly

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:55:00 GMT

I WOULDN’T stand too close to the fan if I were you because the proverbial is just starting to hit.

Dai's right, footy must be kicked out of Olympics

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:47:00 GMT

I MUST admit to some sympathy for Dai Greene, our world 400 metres hurdles champion who believes football should not be part of the Olympic Games.

Blame for World Cup woe lies at Twickers' door

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:48:00 GMT

IF YOU ever wondered why England’s rugby players didn’t even come close to an open-top bus ride to display the William Webb Ellis Cup, or to collect the MBEs and gongs we tend to give anyone who wins anything these days, then look no further than Twickers, home of all that is good – and bad – in the game.

Poppy police are showing little respect

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:38:00 GMT

DON’T get me wrong, I gladly wear a poppy each year but over the last few years a sort of poppy Gestapo has appeared.

Match-fixers cheating us of our innocence

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:00 GMT

THERE is something tragic about the three Pakistani cricketers facing jail for match-fixing.

Dowd shows why we need to go hi-tech

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:13:00 GMT

WHO needs video technology when you have Phil Dowd in the middle and Clark Kent running the line?

The Prem just want it all for themselves

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:03:00 GMT

PERHAPS I missed it but I haven’t seen Cadillacs full of rich Americans queued outside Bescot or Boundary Park, Spotdale or Gay Meadow – perhaps we should ignore the last one, place names can be very confusing for tourists – negotiating to buy the football club.

Collapse of deal for stadium is just the start

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:44:00 GMT

WHEN it comes to cock-ups Britain is now Olympic gold medal standard – we could probably take silver, bronze and any bits of metal left over as well.

Victory the only redemption for England now...

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:28:00 GMT

TIME was that whenever a hotel was in need of refurbishment or redecoration a visit by a touring rugby club would solve the problem – and pay the bill – overnight.

Rugby minnows are treated as second class

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:39:00 GMT

MANY years ago I was drinking in a Sacramento bar with the head of the Californian RFU who was also on the USA rugby board.

Women and kids put yobs to shame

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:26:00 GMT

ANYONE watch Leeds against Manchester United in the Carling Cup this week?

Roger's Rant: Kenny Dalglish to take over from Arsene Wenger as the Premier League's chief moaner

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:53:00 GMT

LIVERPOOL are setting their stall out to take over from wounded Arsenal in the top four elite, who are given golden passes to the Champions League.