BBC Radio 4′s programme World At One today reported it has received confidential documents from the Hillsborough Disaster. The leaked papers reveal that top ranks of Merseyside Police misinformed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that drunken...
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By JOHN BOSCHINI

The fallout and reaction from Luis Suarez' handshake snub of Patrice Evra continues a couple of days after the latest incident between the Liverpool striker and Manchester United fullback.

Suarez issued a brief written apology for not shaking Patrice Evra's hand prior to Liverpool's loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday, but lingering tensions between the two camps makes it unlikely that the situation is anything close to being put in the past.

Robin van Persie and his wife, Bouchra, were at Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister, David Cameron earlier this week. Robin is the ambassador of football youth charity 'Street League', which encourages education and football programmes for young people to develop skills they can later use in the working world.

RvP and David Cameron meet to mark the one year anniversary of football youth charity Street League, of which the Arsenal player is the new ambassador. Image: IAN WEST/AFP/Getty Images.

One of these men is effectively responsible for the reputation, economic stability and global perception of a vast European superpower.

This is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments.

It is also sometimes colloquially used to cast doubt upon statistics used to prove an opponent's point.

The term was popularised in the United States by Mark Twain who attributed it to the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881):

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Liverpool Football Club will this week be heading for South Africa to discover whether the highly-acclaimed Tactics 4 Families initiative will scoop a prestigious Beyond Sport award.
The program has been nominated for the Sport Team of the Year accolade, and the club recently travelled to New York to showcase the scheme at the world famous Yankee Stadium as part of the Beyond Sport United summit during which LFC Family Officer Mark Chester delivered a presentation about Tactics 4 Families.

Tottenham's Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor has come out of retirement and declared that he is available for the Sparrow Hawks 2014 world qualifier match against Guinea-Bissau next week.

Adebayor who had retired from the national side following a gun attack on the Togolese team bus as it made its way into Angola for the African Cup of Nations last January, has received assurances from the TFF (Togo Football Federation) that player safety will be the of uttermost importance.

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KATHMANDU, July 21: "A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty," former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had said this during World War II.
Though it´s not World War II, Nepal has made it to the second round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers for the first time in its football history and is ready to face strong opponent Jordan in its away match on Thursday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron hangs out with the England women's football team that will be heading to the upcoming World Cup! / via AP Photo

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LONDON, England — A football club based near London's Olympic Stadium has written to British Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to block West Ham's planned move into the venue after the 2012 games. West Ham has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the stadium, beating a rival bid from Tottenham.