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Mourinho’s Notebook – Demented Mascots & Probing Fingers

Meet Kingsley. The new mascot of Scottish footy club Partick Thistle and the thing of children’s nightmares.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 26, 2015 Tagged Mourinho's Notebook

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #14: Serbian Glory

Congratulations to Serbia, an amazing achievement and a fully deserved one.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 22, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Mourinho's Notebook - Footballers Behaving Badly

Alan Pardew's certainly making the most of his holidays in Ibiza...

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 19, 2015 Tagged Mourinho's Notebook

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #13: Semis Tough And Easy

Folks, we have our finalists.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 18, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Football Ferns And The Women's World Cup - Crunch Time

After a tense 0-0 draw with the host nation, the Football Ferns must now go out and beat China. Go on girls, smash em.

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Written by Scott Miller On June 15, 2015 Tagged Football, Women's World Cup 2015

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #12: Los Quarters

Ah, penalties. The fascination of the neutral and the torture of the emotionally invested.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 15, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Junior All Whites: Round of 16 vs Portugal

Instead of folding at the biggest challenge this team would face, they rose to the occasion with their best performance of the tournament.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 14, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Mourinho’s Notebook – Mixing Politics And Football

How do you celebrate a Champions League title? Any damn way you want.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 13, 2015 Tagged Mourinho's Notebook

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #11: And So Sixteen Became Eight

With every passing game, we’re one step closer to finding the 2015 U20 World Cup champions.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 12, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #10: Spot Kick Heartbreak

It’s funny/tragic just how much the manner of elimination affects the perception of it.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 11, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Football Ferns And The Women's World Cup #1

A first up loss for the Ferns and it doesn't get any easier as they face Canada, the hosts. A fair amount about that loss to the Dutch and plenty of over stuff from the first few days of the Women's World Cup

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Written by Scott Miller On June 8, 2015 Tagged Women's World Cup 2015, Football

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #8 & #9: Concluding The Groups

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have our round of 16 finalists.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 8, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Junior All Whites: Game Three vs Myanmar

Hence nobody needed to freak out over the America result.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 7, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #7: Raise A Toast To The Hosts

And on the seventh day, nobody rested. Indeed, the stakes were never higher.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 5, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Mourinho’s Notebook - Jack The Lad & Papiss The Fleece (Ft. The Silly Buggers of FIFA)

Not even the annual referees convention had as many whistle-blowers as FIFA did this week.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 5, 2015 Tagged Mourinho's Notebook

The Secret Journal of Andrea Pirlo

"Tonight I will spend alone in abstinence but Saturday night I shall party."

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 5, 2015 Tagged Champions League

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #6: The Day The Minnows Triumphed

Every major tournament there’s always at least one smaller nation that punches well above their weight.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 5, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #5: Say A Little Prayer

Tell ya what, some of the goals at this tournament have been absolutely outstanding.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 4, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

Junior All Whites: Game Two vs USA

Let’s write this one off. If we played the USA 100 more times, we’d probably lose 98 and draw 2.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 3, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

U20 World Cup Chewing Gum #4: The Downpour Exudes

Four days in and the goals continue to flow with the rain.

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Written by Nick Robinson On June 3, 2015 Tagged FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015
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