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	Cassius Clay Becomes Champion by The Ovi Team 25th February, 1964; Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston when Liston retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.
	Volleyball by The Ovi Team On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its character
	The Sporting Trial of Thierry Henry by Binoy Kampmark That much air time, and column space, is being given to this issue might be seen as worrying. But football matches have a habit of transfixing global audiences. No sport attracts more money or tribal interest. The largest sporting event on the planet i

	Bet football's transparency by Thanos Kalamidas When a couple of years ago the big football scandal hit Italy and Juventus fell from the first division to the second, first nobody was surprised and second everybody was waiting who's next to follow. Even though the rumours had it that the next one is g
	FIFA World Cup Round-Up by Craig Houston Wednesday night conjured up mixed fortunes for the British teams as qualifying for the 2010 World Cup reaches its final - and crucial - throes. England continued their superb 100% record as they gained revenge on Croatia by thumping them 5-1 at a pack
	Fair pay by Thanos Kalamidas I didn't expect Michel Platini to spend his time reading Ovi magazine, and particularly not my articles. But it seems I was one of the just too many people who said exactly the same thing. After all the amount of money spent on Cristiano Ronaldo, in a pe
	Was Daniel Jarque's death in vain? by Thanos Kalamidas It is only days since I last time wrote about football and football it is again. While I was thinking of writing something about the new European Champions' League that just started, a death turned everything around. A 26-year-old man died after sufferi
	Sir Bobby: Rest in Peace by Asa Butcher Sir Bobby Robson's death yesterday at the age of 76 was no great shock, following a lengthy battle against cancer, but his loss is great and English football has certainly lost one of its finest men.
	Michel Platini's obligation by Thanos Kalamidas Michel Platini used to be a football player and a good one, which in football nowadays translates into an expensive one. The man enjoyed everything nationally and internationally and there isn't a football trophy he didn't touch, which again nowadays tr
	Let's talk about record transfers by Thanos Kalamidas It has been a long time since I wrote anything about sports, and I suppose the reason was that it has been another disappointing year for Panathinaikos and Newcastle United, the teams that Asa and I support...
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