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Football is all about its colours. And even if I write in the season when one team in blue knocks another team in blue from the throne of English football, it's common knowledge that red is the more successful colour to wear. But is that flame red? Blood red? The red of the Sun cover banner when it falsely declared 96 Liverpool FC fans were fatally caught up in a tragedy – and that it had been one of their own making? And while we're on about colour, where were the people of colour in football in the olden days? There are so many darker sides to football's history it's enough to make a young lad question the whole game…[[The Beautiful Game by Alan Gibbons|Full Review]]
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===[[Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith]]===
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As a runner myself, I often look for sources of inspiration. Training is rewarding, but every so often a day comes along when I question whether it is all worth it or not. Zatopek proves that is, indeed, all worth it. He put copious amounts of effort into his training, and the number of races he won over his career as a professional athlete clearly shows the results of it. [[Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith|Full Review]]
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