SportsFilter: Dng's blog

In search of Dieguito.

dng — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:24:46 -0400

Inside every fat man, they say, there is a thin man trying to get out. In the case of Maradona, it seems, there is an even fatter man trying to get in.

The joy of heavy men in bulging leotards

dng — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:21:08 -0400

Faster, higher, stronger. Weightlifting is the perfect Olympic sport: no messing about, no judges' errors. The men's over-105kg weightlifting does exactly what it says on the tin - men over 105kg lift weights. Heavy ones.

Rebirth of a nation

dng — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:24:34 -0400

how the 1954 World Cup final brought Germany back to life.

Holland 2 - 3 Czech Republic

dng — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:23:27 -0400

A simply astonishing match.

Greece beat Portugal.

dng — Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:09:36 -0400

Euro 2004 starts with an upset.

Every game should have a winner.

dng — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:57:06 -0400

Sepp Blatter wants to get rid of drawn matches. And just when the American league was going to finally allow them.

Houllier stunned by death threat.

dng — Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:11:55 -0500

Merseyside police have launched a criminal investigation after the Liverpool manager Grard Houllier received an anonymous death threat.

Two promotion-chasing Indian football teams have been suspended for cheating,

dng — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 06:34:01 -0500

after scoring an incredible 116 goals between them in their final games of the season.

Marco Pantani found dead.

dng — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:19:56 -0500

Pantani, winner of the 98 Tour de France, was banned for failing a drug test in 1999, and has since been treated for drug addiction and depression. No cause of death is given in the report. He was 34.