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Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson looks back at the highs and lows of the week in sport
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Why doesn't Serena Williams get the credit she deserves?

8:00am Friday 14th June 2013

IF you want to spark a reaction on Twitter, just say something complimentary about Serena Williams.

World class? England are simply not good enough

NOTHING SPECIAL: The England side that played at Wembley on Wednesday, who are no better than a Montenegro or Croatia, a Russia or a Sweden

8:00am Friday 31st May 2013

WHENEVER England under-perform, there always seems to be a clamour to find someone, or something, to blame.

The best and the worst of North-East football during 2012-13

Sunderland's 3-0 victory over rivals Newcastle will live long in the memory for Cats fans but it's Newcastle's thriller against Manchester United that takes the season's best game crown

10:51am Friday 24th May 2013

WITH the domestic football season having finished last weekend, its time to pick out some personal highlights and lowlights from the last nine months. The only caveat? Only matches I've actually seen this season count.

Why Ferguson's faults should not be airbrushed from history

LOVED AND LOATHED: Sir Alex Ferguson

8:00am Friday 10th May 2013

IMPOSSIBLE not to respect; incredibly difficult to like. Sir Alex Ferguson might have been the greatest British football manager of the last three decades, but it would be wrong to suggest he was showered with universal acclaim.

Why the Newcastle United blueprint should be under the microscope, not Alan Pardew's position

UNDER PRESSURE: Alan Pardew

8:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

IN the six days since Newcastle United’s chronic capitulation at the hands of Liverpool, a great deal of attention has been focused on Alan Pardew’s future.

North-East Team of the Season

8:00am Friday 26th April 2013

Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson selects his North-East Team of the Season from the region's four biggest sides

Violence indicates a change in North-East derby-day rather than a return to football's dark ages

DERBY DISEASE?: A strong police presence was visible on the streets of Newcastle amongst Newcastle United fans following the Tyne-Wear derby match

8:00am Friday 19th April 2013

GIVEN that it came 24 hours after Millwall supporters disgraced themselves by fighting each other at Wembley, it was inevitable that the disorder that followed Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby would be lumped into a general debate about the return of football hooliganism.

Fears of relegation heighten derby-day drama

DERBY FIRE: Alan Pardew squares up to Martin O’Neill in last year’s St James’ Park meeting, separated by the fourth official

8:00am Friday 12th April 2013

A SUCCESSION of Newcastle United and Sunderland managers have long expressed a hope that, one day, the derby between the two sides will be about more than regional pride.

Why Paolo Di Canio might be just the man to turn Sunderland around

MY WAY: Sunderland head coach Paolo Di Canio sets the standards

8:00am Friday 5th April 2013

AMID all the furore that has surrounded Paolo Di Canio's appointment as Sunderland manager, one issue has been somewhat overlooked. Forget all the talk of fascism and past political statements, just how big a gamble has Ellis Short taken by appointing someone who has never managed in England's top two leagues?

A tackle, and a tangle of mixed statements

NO GOING BACK: Rio Ferdinand’s England career should be ended after he flew out to Doha, after being unable to play for his country

10:29am Friday 22nd March 2013

IT takes a particularly warped form of logic to conclude that if you’ve made a serious mistake, it’s better to do nothing than to try to rectify it.



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