Tony Klinger

The England cricket team were massacred by the West Indies in their last Test match. Last night the English football team were beaten by Spain. The England rugby team won “badly” against the Italians last weekend.
I was only present, in person, at Twickenham (and it was smashing to be there) for the rugby. The other [...]

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Today I have given over my space to a visiting writer, my son, Dan Klinger. He is, according to his mother, about 6’6” of solid, masculine magnificence. To me he is also a paragon of everything that’s wonderful, albeit a little smaller and less perfect than she would have it, but still, as we are [...]

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There is a very interesting situation in England at present. Our national football team is playing Croatia tonight and the vast majority of the population will be unable to watch it on their televisions. The reason is simple, Setanta, an Irish TV service owns these rights and will not sell a highlights package to their [...]

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Last night at the witching hour the football transfer deadline was reached with frenetic activity, particularly in the city of Manchester. Two £30 million plus deals went through minutes before the final cut off.
As a Manchester United fan I was thrilled that my team finally managed to pry the elusive Bulgarian, Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs. [...]

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No one can criticize the Beijing Olympics for their efficiency, scope or scale. It is simply awe inspiring and magnificent. Nevertheless its enormity renders it impersonal and somewhat robotic.
It was refreshing to watch the men’s second round table tennis (ping pong) match between an Austrian and a Croat. One of them, it doesn’t matter which, [...]

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