The Hollywood Pass
Lois Openda walked off the pitch with his head down. Marco Rose, the RB Leipzig coach, held out his hand to shake the substituted Belgian striker’s hand. Openda shook it perfunctorily and turned to Rose to voice his dismay at something that had happened on the pitch. Rose vigorously patted Openda’s torso, cradled the 23-year-old’s […]
With less than 2 minutes to go till the end of stoppage time at the BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen were leading VFL Bochum 4-0. Leverkusen had already been crowned winter champions of Germany, thanks to a 4-point lead over second-placed Bayern Munich before the Bundesliga paused for a 3-week winter break. Manuel Riemann, the Bochum goalkeeper, […]
Otto Rehhagel, 59, grinning from ear to ear, scuttled across the Olympiastadion upon hearing the final whistle. When he passed FC Kaiserslautern players on the way, he gave them a slap on the back to congratulate them, but kept running. The flask in his hand was spilling almost all of its water across Bayern Munich’s […]
Bayern Munich, Germany’s serial champions, got off their 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign to a fine start with a 4-0 win away at Werder Bremen on Saturday. However, the victory was far from straightforward, and had some interesting plots that deserve to be looked at deeper. Let’s get right to it. HARRY KANE HAS ARRIVED The last […]
In May 1977, Bob Paisley was in his third season in charge of Liverpool. He had already led the Reds to 4 trophies, including a ‘double’ of the First Division title and the UEFA Cup in the 1975/76 season. The 1976/77 season would see Paisley help Liverpool to another special achievement, this time a double […]
In 1938, Katherine Hepburn was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. She had already won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1934, and was widely acclaimed as one of the finest actors of her generation. But at just 31 years of age, she had also been labelled ‘box office poison’. In print. On May 3, […]