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The Independent

If Brazil 2014 is already in trouble — and it’s already “amazingly” behind schedule — it’s because Brazil’s old “semi-feudal” cadre is in charge. Tim Vickery at The Independent adds that crumbling stadia, inadequate travel infrastructure, and wildly varying weather could spell catastrophe; Pitch Invasion’s Tom Dunmore casts a wary eye at Ricardo Teixeira, the new World Cup’s reflexively corrupt overlord.

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The Coming Miracle of Tony Adams

It’s hard to decide what’s most incredible – Tony Adams in Azerbaijan, Tony Adams pledging the next 10 years of his life to manage a team that’s 6th in the Azerbaijani Premier League, Tony Adams pledging that that team will make the Champions League during his reign…or that Arsene Wenger didn’t try to stop him. That might be because FC Gabala’s owner also seems to own half of Azerbaijan. (Shaun Walker/The Independent)

The Snigger Factor

The Snigger Factor: Rugby has its first openly gay star in Gareth Thomas — but what about football? Why homophobia might be harder to overcome in soccer than even racism…

The Crimes of Ashley Cole

Et tu, Roman? Has Chelsea management behaved any better than Ashley Cole? His “chief crime, in the eyes of a critical public, seems to be that he has blown a marriage with a woman who has been publicly venerated to levels unseen since Florence Nightingale was doing her ward rounds in the Crimean War.