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# anecdote

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'Ibrahimovic threw Gattuso into a bin at Milan'
Thiago Silva has revealed Gennaro Gattuso found himself in a bin at AC Milan’s training ground courtesy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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Apr 4th 2016, 11:52 PM
Daniel O'Donnell's random act of kindness has everyone talking
What a nice chap.
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May 16th 2015, 2:57 PM
Mourinho: I called Balotelli for a meeting... he went to the Formula 1!
The Chelsea boss recalls his “funny problems” in dealing with the unpredictable striker.
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Dec 24th 2014, 11:42 AM
Tommy Tiernan recalls the time he got the Roy Keane 'scowl'
The Irish comedian once suffered the wrath of the Ireland assistant boss.
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Nov 29th 2014, 12:05 AM
Danny Higginbotham tells a tale about one of Roy Keane's rants
The former Sunderland defender wasn’t a fan of Keane’s management style, it seems.
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Sep 20th 2014, 2:17 PM
Have you heard this fantastic anecdote about how Arsenal signed Kolo Toure?
The defender was a relative unknown before joining the Londoners.
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Mar 24th 2014, 7:08 PM
How Jose Mourinho and Mario Rosenstock pranked Damien Duff
Ciaran Kelly recalls how the Irish comic and the Portuguese coach had a laugh at the expense of the former Chelsea winger.
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Dec 26th 2013, 8:00 AM
Column: What happened when MY country defaulted on its debts
Argentinian businessman Andres Blumenthal describes the panic and chaos that preceded the Argentinian default in 2002 – and the slow rebuilding of a country in its aftermath.
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May 12th 2011, 1:39 PM