Fergie hopes for better in europe

I would leave the treble talk alone
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2237544,00.html

Silvestre dreams of United return
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/premier-league/article3321354.ece

Forgotten men of football, Stefan Kovacs manager of Ajax after Rinus Michels
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/08/the_man_who_took_ajax_to_new_h.html
I love reading about that great Ajax side of the early seventies. The style of football they played, which was superb, footballers with opinions of their own, i admire that although it has to be admitted it doesn't always help to foster the best team spirit. As keano said somewhere in his auto biography, the Dutch players were arguing amongst themselves as usual.

Championship clubs the latest target for takeovers with profit in mind
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/09/from_bust_to_boom_a_12m_gamble.html

The test series goes on, for the moment, as now Brad Hogg seems set to be banned. Nobody seems to be coming out of this well, though. The Aussies giving it out ( sledging ), and then not being able to take it when it's given back. But then if it was racist, Singh got the punishment he deserved. Ponting's actions as captain, and catches claimed that should never have been claimed. But India's actions since the test finished, virtually trying to blackmail the authorities to get the umpire replaced and have singh's punishment rescinded without going through the correct procedures have been just as bad for the game.
Bucknor dropped from the next test, a poor reward for someone who has served cricket so well.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/09/proud_bucknor_may_be_on_the_wa.html
The Indian media fanning the flames, populist politicians
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/09/india_where_truth_is_up_for_gr.html

A good day for press freedom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/09/pressandpublishing.freedomofinformation

The west are still getting Pakistan wrong says Simon Jenkins
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2237569,00.html
I suppose all the great powers of history have been unable to resist the urge to meddle in other states affairs. It doesn't make it any more right, and if we all support democracy it is usually self defeating. But are they really interested in democracy?

Consultants, auditors, accountants and the unaccountable state
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/prem_sikka_/2008/01/heart_of_darkness.html
I have a feeling that future historians will see this as a bigger scandal, or at least as big a scandal as the foreign policy of post communist period.