Nick Miller
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A good man, and thorough. Staff writer: @TheAthleticFC. Who Owns Football? out now, from @BloomsburySport, order from link below. Represented by @sportlitagent
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Joined July 2010
Cape Verde are going to the World Cup. The planning to ensure this happened, the diaspora, the distances people travelled to be there, the celebrations & the life-affirming joy. All of that & more in my piece from an incredible few days in Praia. https://t.co/jGqbQXmJMn
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How does a collection of African islands, with a population of 525,000, qualify for the biggest show on earth? Nick Miller went to find out
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"Sometimes when I get home from a few drinks, I put the medal on just to remind myself what it felt like." Leicester City 10 seasons on, with help from Robert Huth, Danny Simpson, Mark Schwarzer, Wes Morgan, Shinji Okazaki and Christian Fuchs https://t.co/3hk6s2sxJy
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Leicester's stunning title win remains one of the great underdog stories in sports. What do the players who made it happen think of their achievement today? And will we ever see a team match their...
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@ReubenPinder @rachaeltinde_ It’s been the peak of “what a week he’s having” for @picolopes: qualified for the World Cup, Shamrock Rovers could win the Irish title & his first kid is due imminently. He posted the LinkedIn message that started his Cape Verde career on Insta earlier. One of the great stories.
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“It’s for the people...I’m very proud to make history for them.” I went to Cape Verde to see them become the second smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup. One of the best & most life-affirming stories I think I've ever worked on.
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Video inexpertly shot by me, guided by/made into something actually good/watchable by @ReubenPinder & @rachaeltinde_
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“It’s for the people...I’m very proud to make history for them.” I went to Cape Verde to see them become the second smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup. One of the best & most life-affirming stories I think I've ever worked on.
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Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @CDEccleshare & @NickMiller79 on Wednesday... Get in touch with your questions, observations, World Cup qualification quirks, footballers' names in things, etc, for the midweek Adjudication Panel. Cheers!
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I’ve written about a childhood hero and the greatest summer a cricketer has ever had
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A new documentary looks back at the day the diminutive West Indies left hander became the first batter to score 500 in a first-class match
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Cape Verde are going to the World Cup. The planning to ensure this happened, the diaspora, the distances people travelled to be there, the celebrations & the life-affirming joy. All of that & more in my piece from an incredible few days in Praia. https://t.co/jGqbQXmJMn
nytimes.com
How does a collection of African islands, with a population of 525,000, qualify for the biggest show on earth? Nick Miller went to find out
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From @TheAthleticFC: On Monday, Cape Verde qualified for their first-ever World Cup — and became the second-smallest nation to make it to the biggest sporting event on the planet. We were there to witness history unfold. https://t.co/tWy9Tq5Y7V
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Hell hath no fury like a group of football fans mildly scorned.
That sounds like 'Thomas Tuchel, we'll sing when we want' and 'Are we loud enough for you?' coming from the away end here.
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Cape Verde is a small collection of islands off Africa’s west coast. Its population is 525,000. It has only been an independent country since 1975. And its national team features players drawn from 15 countries - from Ireland to the U.S. How on earth did they qualify for their
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The team celebrates in their bus. Just at the end there you can see the coach, Bubista, absolutely livid that someone was blocking them in.
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The team had a stroll around a market yesterday, & it was wonderful. Everybody loves these guys.
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