Alex McCarthy

FOR the first time in years, Roy Keane has lifted the lid on some of the troubles he had with Mick McCarthy that led to him leaving Ireland’s World Cup squad back in 2002. The Manchester Unit…

Ramside Hall and its two golf courses are one of the best kept secrets in the UK – and now they want that to change. With two championship-level courses, a classy hotel and The Pin, an entert…

It’s great when you have to write about a golf course and, in all sincerity, can simply wax lyrical about it. That’s how it felt to play at Chart Hills in Kent. The course has grac…

JULIO ENCISO’S World Cup dream was cruelly shattered as the Paraguayan star went down in his country’s final warm-up game. The 22-year-old suffered what appeared to be a serious knee in…

YOU know how football fans – mostly Brits – bemoan how the US adopted the sport and called it soccer? Well it turns out that’s not quite right. The very word soccer stirs a certai…

Mauricio Pochettino is about to enjoy the rare honour of leading a nation into a World Cup on their home soil, but what comes next is what concerns most. The former Spurs boss is spearheading the U…

PARAGUAY may be considered one of the outside bets of the World Cup, to put it politely, but the wisdom of their manager Gustavo Alfaro could be their secret weapon. The 63-year-old Argentine has p…

IT’S not easy to make your name in football when you’re following in some Ballon d’Or winning footsteps. But Timothy Weah is having a better go at it than most. Sons of icons like…

CRISTIAN VOLPATO could be accused of choosing to represent Australia just because there is a World Cup coming up. But the 22-year-old already turned down that opportunity four years ago. Although V…

ARDA GULER announced himself at the European Championships two years ago. And this summer, Turkey are set to introduce another outrageous talent to the world – Kenan Yildiz. The left winger w…