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  • Watching Football on the Internet

    And so it has come to pass – this weekend’s dead rubber between the Ukraine and England, will only be available online or at your local Odeon cinema. The prices seem to range from £4.99 if you book now to £11.99 if you book on the day of the game. Odeon cinemas seem to be…

  • The Ashes on TV

    Yesterday evening, England won the final Test at the Oval, and doing so regained the Ashes. It was a fine moment. And it was a moment that I experienced via the radio listening to Test Match Special on Five Live Sports Extra. As it happened I spent most of the weekend at the V Festival…

  • Cambridge to Shepreth

    I went for a nice walk in Cambridgeshire yesterday, and here’s a map of where I went. View Cambridge to Shepreth Walk in a larger map There are a couple of sections towards the end that are a bit too much on the road to be honest. But it starts and finishes on a trainline…

  • 1-0 Up

    England finished off a great victory this morning (well technically, this afternoon) at Lords. And you’ll just have to watch it on Five this evening – or on news bulletins. Great coverage from Sky: and they even opened up their Sky Player to all Sky Sports subscribers for a couple of months – something I…

  • The Ashes

    On Sunday I was at my parents – who are retired – as the conclusion of the first test was reached in the unlikeliest of manners. England hung on to claim a draw. A friend even texted me to make sure that I was watching. It was nail-biting stuff, but I wasn’t watching on Sky…

  • Setanta

    So Setanta’s finally died – or at least gone into administration. It’s as good as dead. It won’t be missed by many. It did itself no good by having a reputation for truly awful customer service. In particular, cancelling it proved near impossible with, at times, people being asked to write a letter (no phone…

  • Free To Air Listed Events Review

    The DCMS has for the last couple of months been conducting a review into the listed events – those events that must be covered live on free-to-air television – Group A Events. That’s event like the Olympics, the World Cup and so on. It also includes events to which highlights must be made available on…

  • Champions’ League on the Radio

    It’s been a big week in the biggest club football competition in the world, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal all featuring in the second leg of the quarter-final. Last night I was returning late from the cinema and realised I was without a radio to listen to the Chelsea v Liverpool fixture. Perhaps…

  • Cricket This Summer

    Interesting piece in today’s Guardian about how the ECB is going to use social networks to popularise cricket this summer: Facebook and Twitter are both bandied around. All very noble and forward thinking, but to use a massively over-used expression, they’re ignoring the elephant in the room. “This is the biggest summer of cricket ever…

  • Guardian and Sky Question

    There I was earlier today, reading the sports section of The Guardian – the printed version. As well as lots of coverage about tonight’s game between Chelsea and Liverpool (and what a thriller that turned out to be!), there were a couple of pieces about tomorrow night’s quarter-final second legs. The piece about Manchester United…

  • Wasps v Harlequins

    I was right down in the corner today watching Wasps beat Harlequins 24-18. To be honest, my lens is too slow for the high shutter speed you really need for rugby. Hence, even though there was a try right in the corner where I was sitting, the shots were blurred because I should have been…

  • Televised Sport Update

    Last week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided that it wouldn’t award the EBU the rights to the 2014 winter Olympics and the 2016 summer games. In the past the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has collectively bought the rights to the Olympics for the past fifty years. All the public service broadcasters chip in and…

  • Setanta Broadcasts Free-To-Air Highlights Itself!

    According to Media Guardian, Setanta is broadcasting free-to-air highlights of Croatia v England later this evening on its own channel! This is very odd. They’re reported to have turned down an offer of £500,000 from ITV. And now, at the very last minute, they offer these free highlights. The story on Media Guardian was published…