Liverpool legend Ian Rush has escaped serious injury after being involved in a serious car crash in
Egypt. Rushie was in Cairo to official open a new LFC Academy and Soccer School, and during a
sightseeing trip to the pyramids, his car was hit by another vehicle and crashed into a wall.
The Pyramids of Giza serve as a graphic to help describe a simple 3-D model of corruption in
football
The power pyramid on the left represents agents, betting, mafia.
The power pyramid on the right represents the ruling bodies, the national associations, major
leagues.
The power pyramid in the centre represents the territory where these two other pyramids mingle -
the upper part of the central pyramid is the white market, the lower half is the grey market and
the underground is the underground.
Bob Bradley on being an American in charge of the Egyptian national team-
"As an American I saw on TV and read about the January revolution and I respect what the
Egyptians have done for what they believe. And when you are a coach of a national team your team
must be connected to the people," he said.
Major stagnation period going on right now. It's the time when the previous season is old enough
for you to stop thinking of it as ‘this season'; it's also the time when the calendar leers at
you for looking ahead to next season. Stagnation time. It's all deserted on the field, the
tumbleweed is wantonly tumbling on the Emirates turf as a hauntingly slow version of ‘The Wonder
Of You' plays and Eboue diligently attends his summer knitting classes.
