Rio Ferdinand

• John Terry court appearance: a case of police wasting police time?

  July 17, 2012

  John Terry was found not guilty, but given the ambiguity of the evidence, a more accurate verdict would have been Not Proven. Brian Glanville analyses the Terry case and wonders whether it should have made it to court at all.

• England’s chickens come home to roost

  June 6, 2012

  Having diplomatically sidestepped the issue of Rio Ferdinand's exclusion from his original 23-man squad, England coach Roy Hodgson has found himself exposed as his defensive options continue to shrink.