Expert bloggers on Yahoo! Eurosport

Expert bloggers on Yahoo! Eurosport

  • Owen for broke …Read more

    Early Doors

    Early Doors knows little of the world outside the Eurosport office, having been chained to its desk and forced to subsist on a thin gruel of UHT milk and cardboard. It cares little for football itself, preferring to focus on the childish histrionics and self-regarding largesse of those involved in the game. Its primary interests are training-ground bust-ups, Baby Bentleys and deluded chairmen. Like many Premier League players, Early Doors refers to itself only in the third person.

  • Who would have imagined …Read more

    Jim White

    An award-winning columnist with the Daily Telegraph for which he has covered all the world’s major sporting events – Jim White is well known and highly regarded in all parts of the media. A long-serving contributor to Radios 4 and 5, he consistently appears on BBC television and Sky for which he has recently written, and presented, documentaries on Jose Mourinho and Sven-Goran Eriksson.

  • Different kind of …Read more

    Paul Parker

    Paul Parker enjoyed a distinguished career for club and country. The versatile defender won 19 England caps and played the 1990 World Cup semi-final against West Germany. After spells at Fulham and QPR, Paul joined Manchester United in 1991, where he helped the club claim their first league title for 26 years, and won the Double twice. During six seasons at Old Trafford, he played with legends such as Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and David Beckham.

  • L'il Mikey Owen - Great …Read more

    Fantasy Football Blog

    Jeremy and Neal

    Yes, its true Yahoo!"s self-appointed fantasy gurus are, gasp, Americans. Please, don't let that fool you. Jeremy knew enough to get points out of Radek Cerny and Neal managed to keep his team afloat with possibly the only contributions Collins John ever made to any team (fantasy or otherwise). Together they bring you news, opinion and in-depth analysis to help you get the most out of Yahoo! Fantasy Football.

  • Goodbye captain fantastic …Read more

    Paul Collingwood

    Paul Collingwood

    Paul Collingwood is a mainstay of the England middle order and captain of the Twenty20 side. He made his first-class debut for Durham in 1995 with his first appearance for England coming in a One-Day International in 2001. A Test bow followed in 2003 and during the 2006/07 series he became only the third English batsman to score a double century in Australia and the first since 1936. A tenacious batsman, ‘Colly’ combines natural strokeplay with reliable medium pace bowling in limited overs cricket and is one of the finest fielders of his generation.

  • Ashes fever hits new low …Read more

    Cow Corner

    Cow Corner had a sheltered upbringing - it was educated from home and forfeited text books for hardback copies of Wisden Almanack with the only visual stimulation being the John Player League. "Cowers" is the illegitimate sibling of Early Doors and can often be seen on park benches around St John"s Wood trying to sell signed copies of Colin Dredge’s autobiography. Cow has been known to bowl some military medium whilst wielding the long handle at the bottom of the order and answers to one God and one God only, that known as Benaud.

  • Time for the coaches to …Read more

    Graham Thorpe

    Graham Thorpe was a mainstay of the Surrey and England middle order for over a decade. The nuggety left-hander scored 6744 Test runs at 44.66 including 16 centuries and he also reached the milestone of 100 Tests. He spent 18 years as a first-class cricketer and was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1998. He was awarded the MBE in 2006 for his services to the game and has now returned to The Oval as the club"s specialist batting coach.

  • Backy: Lions to finish on …Read more

    Neil Back

    Neil Back MBE is a World Cup winner who has captained both England and Leicester in the past. The highlight of his career came in 2003 when he helped England to beat Australia in the World Cup final. In total he earned 66 caps for his country. He also helped Leicester to win two Heineken Cups and played on three separate Lions tours. Back is currently head coach of Premiership side Leeds Carnegie after having previously worked as defensive coach at Leicester.

  • Snooker in a state …Read more

    Mark Selby

    Mark Selby is considered the brightest young talent in snooker. He came to prominence in 2007 when he reached the final of the World Championship before losing to John Higgins in the final. In 2008 he picked up his first major title by winning the Masters before going on to win the Welsh Open a month later. He finished the 2007/2008 season ranked fourth in the world. The "Jester from Leicester" is also an accomplished pool player and won the World Eight-ball Championship in 2006.