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Nicolas Anelka's move from Chelsea to China is no Shanghai surprise | David H...
by David Hytner
12 Dec 2011 at 12:01pm
The French striker's Jedi cool has always meant that he will not be forced down anything other than his own chosen path
The hooded figure walked calmly through the frenzy, headphones in, dark glasses on, like some sort of Jedi. Nicolas Anelka had landed back in Europe, at Heathrow, after his World...

Sounds and sights of Johannesburg in the lead-up to the 2010 World Cup ? as seen through the lenses of eight South African teenagers
Peter SaleJohn Domokos
? 'One mistake and you could be absolutely slaughtered'
? It could be months before you have another game, he added
Jamie Carragher has pointed out that some players are burdened with a fear factor when they play for England. The Liverpool defender came out of international retirement when he was s...

? Last year's World Cup disagreements have not been forgotten
? Tottenham's Benoît Assou-Ekotto warned after missing game
The Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has been fined for a bust-up with Samuel Eto'o, reflecting continuing divisions in the Cameroon team following last year's disastrous World Cup ...

First there were Alan Bennett's play and the hit sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Then the backlash. Now James Corden is back
Most actors would happily admit to trampling their own mothers if it meant getting a part in a new play at the National theatre directed by Nicholas Hytner. Who wouldn't want a poten...
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