For a manager commonly regarded as one of the finest in the history of European football, it is remarkable that Jose Mourinho has never stayed at any club beyond three seasons. He has twice broken contracts of his own volition: first when he joined Chelsea less than a month after winning the 2004 Champions League
The most remarkable feature of Chelsea’s 2014/15 Premier League triumph was the manner in which the team’s style of play changed in the second half of the season. It is notable, for instance, that prior to Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at home against Manchester City on January 31, Jose Mourinho’s team scored 52 goals in 23
We have only just arrived at the semi-final stage, and it is already apparent that the 2015 Rugby World Cup will be remembered as a tale of two hemispheres. The BBC’s Tom Fordyce has pointed out that in six out of seven previous Rugby World Cups there were at least two European semi-finalists. Consequently, this
The start of the 2016 Six Nations in February stands as something akin to “year zero” for French rugby. After all, Saturday evening’s humiliating 62-13 defeat against New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup 2015 signalled more than the end of a deeply underwhelming World Cup campaign for Les Bleus . The result also brought