Beckenbauer criticizes England and coach
Franz Beckenbauer says England has “gone backwards” under coach Fabio Capello and the team’s discouraging start to the World Cup has occurred partly because of a lack of domestic talent in the Premier League. Beckenbauer, in a column for South Africa’s The Times newspaper, said he didn’t think Capello could “still change much there.” England got off to a bright…
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Minister embarrassed by hotel
PARIS – THE hotel room in South Africa booked by French sports minister Rama Yade was more expensive than those used by the France team that she criticised for being too luxurious, according to reports. Ms Yade, the Secretary of State for Sports, had attacked the choice of hotel for the French squad at the World Cup and called for ‘decency’ at a time of general belt-tightening. However …
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