Dan Zeqiri

Dan Zeqiri returns with his weekly column following a much needed winter break… The retirement of Steven Gerrard produced an explosion of articles, columns and blogs dedicated to his illustrious career. You would expect plenty of media reaction when a player of that standing calls it time; but, by...

He’s already had more comebacks than Madonna, but Tiger Woods is this week preparing himself for another one. Formerly known as the Target World Challenge, the Hero World Challenge is an end of season jamboree which raises money for Woods’ charitable foundation. He personally invites 19 fellow professionals, and...

They same that time is a great healer, but in the case of football’s latest two controversies, nobody has defined the length of the prescription. The cases of Malky Mackay and Ched Evans are incomparable in terms of the gravity of their offences, but their reassimilation into football have thrown...

Ockham’s razor dictates that the simplest explanation is generally the correct one. That could well be true regarding Arsenal’s poor start to the season. They moved on three defenders during the summer (Sagna, Vermaelen, Jenkinson) and only signed two (Debuchy and Chambers). This has left them extremely light on...

While a good deal of consensus now exists behind the idea that the FA’S punishment of Rio Ferdinand was disproportionate, the issues that the case raised will carry on being contested for a fair time yet, and not just in sporting circles. Only a few weeks earlier, Justice Secretary...

If one wished to lampoon one of the many foreign owners in the football league, then one could have had a fair old romp this week. Massimo Cellino’s trigger happy regime at Leeds United continued as he sacked Darko Milanic after just 32 days at the club. Even Brian...

A friend of mine once commented, ‘I just love watching goals being scored’. A simple pleasure, it has to be said. Though in his way he was right; football would be a pretty joyless vocation if we didn’t see the ball disturb the net with at least a degree...