Episode 1762: Jordan Journalism On Sneakers, Gripes And Gambling, This Is England At Home, Morals And Politics In German Football
The Bundesliga looks to be close to a return, with Angela Merkel giving it the green light on Wednesday. Ken details why this is possible, and the politics at play. Plus there’s more on England’s hard luck stories at major tournaments.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Bundesliga restart. https://t.co/jRKbyIO4Tj
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The Netflix documentary series “The Last Dance” is single-handedly getting many of us through the lockdown, and it’s appeal is now well and truly global – US fans are getting a trip down memory lane, while for the rest of the world this is the Michael Jordan career summary we’ve always wanted.
As the latest episodes talk us through Jordan’s “Republicans wear sneakers too”, his massive gambling debts, and his rivalry with the Detroit Pistons we talk to US Murph about just why, if this documentary is supposed to be about Jordan rehabilitating his image, it’s failing so badly at that exact job.
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We’re joined by Terry Fenwick, the first man on the planet to realise Maradona had scored with his hand in that 1986 World Cup quarter-final
Terry shares his memories of the day and the tactical tweak he feels could have changed the course of the gamehttps://t.co/IL9TgU194p pic.twitter.com/UT6Xwal180
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Some days are tougher than others on Achill Island, leaving @phlaimeaux to turn towards a 2009 copy of Hello! magazine featuring It couple Gavin Henson and Charlotte Church for glossy emotional support
Isolating??https://t.co/7n23gWBfRo pic.twitter.com/jf53WeVt0w
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Go to PatreonToday is a special day on the World Service as we have the pleasure of welcoming a genuine legend of women’s football in @CarliLloyd to ‘The Game That Changed My Life’.
We absolutely loved our chat with Carli which is out now ?????????https://t.co/dnhPMKFgR6 pic.twitter.com/LqqY4qrb9X
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