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Posts Tagged ‘European Cup’

Fire the Manager?

By Denis Campbell • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Reflections

(Reprise article)
Sven-Goran Eriksson can’t catch a break, fired after leading the England national team to a decent record but no silverware and now a top-10 finish with Premier League team Manchester City, improving them dramatically, is not enough.
Frank Rijkaard is in trouble in Barcelona after making it to the European Cup semi-final and losing by [...]



SportCenter Not !

By Denis Campbell • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Living Abroad

(Reprise article)
What I would give to just once hear the ESPN SportsCenter duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh theme here in eastern Holland’s Achterhoek region. Living in Europe means the death of the sports I grew up loving.
While America was intrigued and beguiled by outstanding performances on the Salt Lake City speed-skating oval, unless you live in Wisconsin or [...]



Orange Fades to Black

By Denis Campbell • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: Reflections

What a terrible way to end a stellar international career. Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, retired from international football on the losing end of a 3-1 score despite singlehandedly keeping Holland in the match against Russia with stunning saves and exhorting his colleagues to wake up and play! Alas it was to no avail [...]



Hup Holland! Oranje Boven - Ole, Ole, Ole!

By Denis Campbell • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Features

This weekend begins the quadrennial festival of European football (soccer) as 16-nations battle for the right to hold aloft the European Cup. It all begins at 18:00 on Saturday when hosts Switzerland take on the mighty Czech Republic in what we can only hope will be a close game as this competition will, unfortunately, be [...]